Waxcap fungi survey – take part this autumn
Plantlife are running a Waxcap Watch. Download the app, and spare a couple of hours surveying a site near you. In Scotland, results from the survey will inform conversations with landowners on how best to restore and protect local waxcap grasslands in key project areas such as the Cairngorms National Park.
Help count red squirrels
Why not take part in the John Muir Trust’s Great Scottish Squirrel Survey 20-26 September 2021? download the toolkit here. This year you can also download a children’s worksheet.
Did lockdown spring bring a lasting connection to nature?
This Finding Nature blog (15 July 2021) with Dr Carly Butler, reports on a recent People and Nature Survey in England. Fewer people reported feeling a part of nature, despite nature being cited as important for people during the first lockdown in spring 2020.
Parents recognise the value of children being outdoors in nature
Results from Natural England’s interim July 2020 People and Nature Survey for England, include an increase in the percentage of adults who think that learning outside or about nature is especially important for their child at this time (28% of adults with children, up from 19% in June and May), [...]
How people have engaged with nature in England
This storymap shares 10 years of the Monitor of Engagement of the Natural Environment (MENE) survey. Find information about Nature Connectedness and the 'action gap' highlighted towards the end of this page.
