Citizen Science

Scotland Norway orca Match 2

Mysterious orcas spotted in Norway reveal significant insight

Peacock butterfly. © Mark Searle/Butterfly Conservation

Big Butterfly Count: how to take part and species to spot

Scarlet tiger moth. © Bob Eade

Moth Night: what and when it is, how to take part, and which species to target

© Andrew Parkinson/Getty

Living With Mammals survey: what is it, and how to take part

City Nature Challenge: when it takes place and how to take part

A female house sparrow perched on a wire fence. © Gary Chalker/Getty

Majority of garden bird species recorded in the Big Garden Birdwatch 2021 suffer decline

Duke of Burgundy. © Iain H Leach/Butterfly Conservation

2020 was a ‘good’ year for butterflies in the UK

Daisy in winter. © Minh Hoang Cong/500px/Getty

New Year Plant Hunt: what and when it is, how to take part, and which species to look out for

Leon Moore in Guyana. © Sander Groen

Verifying bird records in Guyana

Anna Saltmarsh. © Kevin Sawford

Surveying rare plants and safeguarding native trees

Face masks are increasingly being washed up on British beaches.

PPE litter washing up on British beaches due to coronavirus pandemic

Birdwatchers

Global Bird Weekend: when it is, and how to take part

Volunteer surveying from the land in Scrabster, Scotland. © Zoe Doran

Scotland records highest number of whale and dolphin sightings in annual UK survey

Sinistral Jeremyl on top of a dextral snail. © Angus Davison/University of Nottingham

How Jeremy the ‘shellebrity’ snail found fame and advanced scientific understanding

Person holding litter collected from a beach, MSC

Volunteers asked to record PPE during this year’s Great British Beach Clean