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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine’s annual wildlife survey has revealed that butterfly sightings in the UK decreased again in 2021, with significant decline in regular sightings of every listed species.
Nature lovers from across the UK are invited to take part in the world’s largest survey of butterflies from Friday 16th July when the Big Butterfly Count 2021 is launched. The annual citizen science event – run by wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation – offers an easy way to give something positive back to nature and is open … Read more
A new report issued this week by wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has revealed that Britain’s larger moth population has dropped by a worrying one third over the last 50 years. These latest findings are a real concern for nature as moths – along with butterflies and bees – are a crucial indicator of the health of our wider environment.
Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is looking for volunteers to take part in a ‘Stag Weekend’ – to help save threatened stag beetles across the UK. From Friday 5th to Sunday 7th June, anyone with a garden or an allotment can help the nation’s largest land beetle by recording sightings and making their green … Read more
If you would like to do something positive for wildlife without having to leave your home, People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for volunteers to take part in its annual Living with Mammals survey which launched this week. Many of Britain’s mammals are under threat, but recording sightings from your garden, balcony or … Read more
The results for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch are in and reveal good news for smaller birds who were spotted in greater numbers in our gardens across the country this year. The wildlife survey, which takes place over the last weekend in January, attracts over half a million people of all ages with almost 8 … Read more
A recent survey conducted by scientists from ZSL (Zoological Society of London)’s London HogWatch programme and People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has revealed a mixed picture for native hedgehogs across the capital. The research, carried out over a two-week period in 2019, involved placing hundreds of cameras in several green spaces across London, from … Read more
The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is set to return at the end of January with up to half a million people expected to take part this year. Those who sign up are encouraged to spend just one hour watching and recording the birds in their gardens to help the RSPB better understand how our feathered friends … Read more
In 2018, scientists at conservation charity ZSL conducted the first-ever count of seal pups born in the Thames. The results have just been published and show an incredible 138 arrived in one season, proving that harbour seals are breeding in London’s river. To carry out the research, hundreds of photos were taken from a light … Read more
The Wildlife Trusts are calling on people to get involved with their Shoresearch citizen science project and record what they find on our coastline, beaches, rockpools and estuaries. Our seas are home to some fascinating and beautiful creatures, but we need to find out more about where they live to give them better protection. Starting … Read more
UK wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is urging us all to take part in The Big Butterfly Count to help assess the health of our environment. Launching today and celebrating its 10th year, the world’s largest butterfly survey attracted more than 100,000 people in 2018 who counted over one million butterflies. Participants are encouraged to spot … Read more
The RSPB has launched a citizen science photography project to find out more about one of our best-loved seabirds. Puffarazzi is a ground-breaking project which will help scientists learn more about puffins and what they are feeding their chicks, known as pufflings. For this study, the RSPB would like visitors to puffin colonies around the … Read more
A new national beetle survey has been launched by wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and Royal Holloway University of London. Volunteers are needed for a two week period in June to help find and record sightings of the noble chafer beetle, to help conservationists save this threatened species. Noble chafers are small, … Read more
Wildlife charities the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) and People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) have been urging people to help hedgehogs by building them homes in their gardens. The recent heatwave has prompted more of us to help the nation’s favourite mammal, but what exactly makes the perfect hedgehog house? Last year, the first … Read more
Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is asking for your help to monitor and protect endangered stag beetles this summer, either by taking part in the European Stag Beetle Monitoring Network survey, joining the Great Stag Hunt or by making your garden a stag beetle haven. Stag beetles are Britain’s largest land beetle with … Read more
Hedgehog Street launched the first ever national Hedgehog Housing Census this week, a nationwide campaign set up by wildlife charities the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and People’s Trust for Endangered Species. The aim of the survey is to combat the ongoing fall in native hedgehog population numbers, which have declined by up to a third … Read more
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