Citizen Science

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

Short-necked oil beetle. © Annie Haycock

One of the UK’s rarest oil beetles found in Wales

Students pond dipping at Epping Forest Education centre.

People & Wildlife

Citizen science: what are the benefits and how to get involved

Male house sparrow. © Ray Kennedy/RSPB

RSPB reveals results from the Big Garden Birdwatch

Dr Nathalie Pettorelli. © ZSL

Meet The Scientist

How social media is helping monitor new species to Britain