Gardenwatch, one of the most ambitious citizen science projects to take place in the UK, was launched during BBC’s Springwatch 2019. This collaboration between the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), BBC, and the Open University leaves no stone unturned to help find out just how important gardens are for wildlife. This is the first time...
BTO: Scientists follow amazing Cuckoos on their journey to Africa
As part of a project to discover what might be driving the decline in UK Cuckoo numbers, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has fitted four of these iconic birds with satellite tags. These tags will enable BTO researchers to follow the Cuckoos as they make their way to the Congo rainforest, where they winter,...
2019 City Nature Challenge: The Results
Despite two days of Storm Hannah, it being our first year and a fairly laid back approach… the results are in.. And you did yourselves and the Liverpool City Region proud! Here are some of the stats from the 4 days; The LCR 3 key stats are; Observations: 12,326 Species: 1,075 Observers: 121
The Greenspace Challenge
The Greenspace Challenge has a dedicated help website here: https://www.activenaturalist.org.uk/gschallenge/ To be in the running you need to add wildlife observations you make on parks and greens-paces to iNaturalist Once you have signed up all you need to do is get out there explore, discover and share! Sign-up to iNaturalist and Log you wildlife sightings (log...
