Citizen Science

We’re just over a month into 2023, and already there are plenty of newly described species. We share some of our favourites.

Take part in the 44th Big Garden Birdwatch and record your garden birds. Here is our guide on how to take part and birds to spot in your garden this winter.

Anyone who spots a stag beetle (or its larvae) is asked to record their sightings online.

Celebrate moths and submit your sightings in this annual recording event. This year's theme focusses on moths found in woodlands.

Join a global citizen science project and discover the wildlife in your garden and city.

16 wild resolutions to help you connect with the natural world, become a better naturalist and help wildlife survive and thrive.

Megan Shersby and Ann Chadwick meet Joe Fryer who volunteers at the nature reserve where he spent his childhood birdwatching with his grandad.

Despite more butterfly counts being submitted than ever before, the overall number of butterflies recorded per count was the lowest it has ever been for this annual citizen science survey.

An acoustic recording project detected the social calls of a Kuhl's pipistrelle bat, a species which is rarely seen or heard in the UK.

For the first time ever, a match has been made between orcas photographed in Scotland and in Norway.

The annual Big Butterfly Count is the world's largest survey of butterflies. Find out how to take part, which species to look out for, and how to submit your sightings.

Learn more about the People’s Trust for Endangered Species’ Living With Mammals survey, and help to shed light on the state of the UK’s mammals.

The annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch shows that 16 of the top 20 small garden bird species have experienced a significant decline since last year’s survey.

The results from the annual UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme show that last year was a 'good' year for butterflies, but conservationists warn of the dangers of shifting baseline syndrome.

Take part in this annual event to find out how our wild flowers are responding to changes in autumn and winter weather patterns.

Megan Shersby meets Leon Moore, a birder and wildlife tour guide who verifies eBird records for Guyana.

Megan Shersby meets Anna Saltmarsh, a botanist volunteering for a number of conservation charities and citizen science projects.

A concerning amount of PPE litter was found during this year’s Great British Beach Clean.

Take part in this new global birdwatching event and join naturalists around the world in submitting your bird sightings.

This year’s National Whale and Dolphin Watch saw Scotland report more cetacean sightings than any other country in the UK

When a rare left-handed snail popped up in a London garden, it gave scientists a unique opportunity to study the root of this mysterious phenomenon, with a lot of help from citizen scientists.

Volunteers are being urged to take action locally as part of this year's Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) Great British Beach Clean and citizen science survey, which aims to record the impact to wildlife of abandoned PPE.

The short-necked oil beetle has been rediscovered in Pembrokeshire.

Getting involved in a citizen science project can benefit your health – download one of these recommended citizen science apps