Take part in a survey

Your observations can help wildlife

Taking part in a wildlife survey is a great way to engage with nature near you and also supports professional conservationists.

Get to know the wildlife in your own patch by getting outside - or observing and recording it from the comfort of home.

•Surveys are essential for assessing the status and needs of wildlife. Taking part lets you make a real difference.

•No matter your passion - from amphibians, reptiles and marine life to birds, insects and trees - there's a survey to suit you.

•Take part wherever you live - it's important to monitor wildlife across the UK, in urban and rural areas.

•Surveys run at different times of year. Get involved whenever you have free time.

•Take part as an individual or as part of a group.

•Many of the organisations that run surveys are charities and rely on volunteers to gather information.

Surveys to try
Here are a few UK wildlife surveys that the public are invited to join. Remember not everything lives throughout Britain and Ireland.

Various plants and animals: Nature's Calendar | OPAL surveys | UK's Wildest Hide and Seek

Bats: Big Bat Map

Birds: Big Garden Bird Watch | BirdTrack

Bugs and insects: Beewatch | Buglife | Great Stag Hunt | Migrant Watch | Moths Count | UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme | UK Ladybird Survey

Plants: Beagle Project | Conker Tree Science | Wildflowers Count

Reptiles: Add an Adder

Sealife: Big Seaweed Search | MarLIN

Snails: Evolution MegaLab | Great British Snail Hunt | Snail Search

Browse all the Breathing Places Partners to find other organisations that welcome volunteer help.

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Trust you Jake xx

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