Participants: If you are interested in
helping with any of the surveys detailed below please contact ONLY the
person, telephone number or email address.
Survey Organisers:
50 word listings on this page are free (details not included in any
paper publication) additional words at 20p each minimum fee £10. To send
your survey details or for more information
contact CJS.
Wildlife Surveys and Fieldwork
Many conservation organisations appeal for volunteer surveyors to record and
submit local sightings for a national wildlife survey. Taking part in any of
these surveys will give you useful experience and also help to extend the
scientific knowledge of a species, so vital for appropriate conservation
management. Some include training in survey techniques and some may even pay
expenses.
General / Habitat
Homes for Wildlife
Get free, tailor made advice from the RSPB & help turn
your garden into a haven for all wildlife! whether you have a large
mature garden or just a balcony, there's advice for everyone. Visit
www.rspb.org.uk/hfw to find out
more.
End Date: Ongoing.
The Million Ponds Project
will create an extensive network of new ponds across the UK. Ultimately
the aim is to reverse a century of pond loss, ensuring that once again
the UK has over one million countryside ponds. A critical element of the
project is that these new ponds will have clean water. To find out how
to make clean ponds, see the Million Ponds toolkit.
www.pondconservation.org.uk/millionponds/pondcreationtoolkit
End date: funded to 2012
More information about all People's Trust for Endangered
Species surveys - past results and ongoing work - can be found
at http://www.ptes.org/surveys,
with details of how to take part End Date: ongoing
Garden Moth Scheme (GMS)
GMS invites you to take part in a national survey to help our
commoner moths by counting them in your garden.To find out how to get
involved then check our website on www.gardenmoths.org.uk and get in
touch to join in straight away.
dgcountryside@btinternet.com 01214465446
Mammals
PTES Mammals on Roads Survey. By recording the mammals
along road journeys, we can build a picture of how species distribution
and abundance is changing. Visit our website at
www.ptes.org/mor or email
mor@ptes.org
for a free survey park. Survey starts 1st July.
Annual survey, deadline 30 Sept.
2008
Updated results August 2009
All People's Trust for Endangered Species / Mammal Trust
surveys, past results and present surveys can be viewed on
http://www.ptes.org/index.php?cat=9
The Llangollen Canal Corridor Water Vole Study needs your
help.
A national survey carried out from 1996 – 98 estimated that water
vole populations had declined by over 90% from sites previously
occupied. To establish the status of the water vole on the canal, we
need your help by recording any mammal sightings and sending this
information to either our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Llangollen-Canal-Corridor-water-vole-study
Or email
pjroberts1969@yahoo.co.uk.
Birds
The RSPB’s Make Your Nature Count takes place 2-10
June 2012 - Spend an hour counting your garden birds, answer a
few questions about other garden wildlife, let us know what you saw and
that’s all you need to do! For more information, just visit
www.rspb.org.uk/naturecount
Wild Sparrows Survey
UK house sparrow numbers have declined by 10 million in 25
years. Wild Sparrows has been launched to bring house sparrows back to
the cities, towns & villages of the West Country. You can help by
reporting where you see house sparrows so we can get a detailed picture
of where they live.
www.wildsparrows.org.uk
We need your help to find out
more about our swifts
You've probably seen them
speeding through the air, screaming their heads off, or swooping into
crevices in buildings. But they're in trouble. Tell us where you see
swifts and help us to help them. To find out more and how you can help,
visit:
www.rspb.org.uk/helpswifts
End Date: Ongoing.
National Corncrake Survey
with RSPB
Corncrakes will begin to return
to the UK at the end of April, and and the public will be able to call
in on special hotline numbers to submit their records of the species.
(England and Wales) - 01767 680 551 (Scotland) - 0131 311 6500 (Northern
Ireland) - 028 9049 1547 ID info
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/corncrake/index.asp
End Date: Ongoing.
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) - various surveys
Several national, annual surveys to monitor many
bird species in a range of habitats, creating an unrivalled
historical database of UK bird populations and distributions. In
addition to running the UK's national Bird Ringing Scheme, other
surveys include: Breeding Bird Survey, Garden Birdwatch Survey,
Heronries Census, Nest Record Scheme, Owls, Wetland Bird Survey,
House Martin Survey and
Bird Atlas 2007-11.
Competent birdwatchers required, especially
in remote areas. Details at www.bto.org
or from BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU
Deadline: none
&
survey updates
The RSPB is
asking anyone who sees a hen harrier in England to report it to
a special Harrier Hotline. The appeal for sightings is in
a bid to find out more about where birds may be nesting. The
number is 0845 4600121 (calls charged at local rate).
Reports can also be e-mailed to
henharriers@rspb.org.uk. Please provide details of the
date and location of sighting, including a grid reference where
possible. For harrier id info, click on
www.rspb.org.uk/henharrier End Date: ongoing.
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation invites you to participate in
Sliding Scales – a project to record and conserve Britain’s snakes. To
find out more, submit a snake sighting on-line, or discover how to send
in a sloughed skin for our Conservation Gene Bank, please see
Have you found large numbers of dead frogs during the spring/summer
(May-September)? Submit your sightings and contribute to the latest
research into amphibian diseases:
www.froglife.org/disease
Why did the toad cross the road?
Froglife’s Toads on Roads project registers
toad migratory crossings throughout the UK. Toad Patrollers need
your help in the spring to monitor these sites and record vital
information on the current status of the common toad nationally. Over
45,000 toads were helped across in the UK’s roads in spring 2010.
Interested in taking part? For more information and to find your
nearest crossing see
http://www.froglife.org/toadsonroads
Plants
'Life on the Verge' - Voluntary roadside wildflower
surveyors
You don't need to have any previous botanical or survey
skills.Help us look
for just a shortlist of wildflowers so we can connect wildlife
corridors. ID Guide, survey forms, hi-vis vest, online survey
system or information in the post. Visit
www.lifeontheverge.org.uk for details.
Traditional Orchard
Inventory for England
PTES are producing the national
inventory of traditional orchards to support the traditional
orchard Habitat Action Plan. Help us to locate traditional
orchards in your local area & to help establish their condition.
You'll be provided with a detailed survey pack containing
everything you need. For
more details
www.ptes.org/orchards
or Anita Burrough
anita@ptes.org
020 74984533
Deadline: ongoing to
2011
Conker Tree Science
Conker (horse chestnut) trees are being attacked by invading
leaf-mining moths, which eat the leaves from the inside,
turning them brown, and reduce the size of the conkers.
Help scientists map the spread of the moth and the damage
caused. Accept 'Mission: alien moth survey' at
http://www.ourweboflife.org.uk
Fish / Marine / Coastal
No current surveys
Insects and other invebrates
Moths Count aims to
encourage interest in moths throughout the UK and to establish an
ongoing National Moth Recording Scheme to improve
knowledge and conservation of the 900+ species of larger moths. You can
submit moth sightings, attend moth events, or get involved in Butterfly
Conservation's work to conserve moths.
www.mothscount.org
The Giant Aphid Hunt
It’s the world’s largest aphid, fiercely guarded by
ants and milked like a dairy cow. Now the Giant oak aphid needs your
help. The new survey will help us to map where it lives so that we can
discover just how rare it really is. For more details and survey forms
look at
http://www.buglife.org.uk/getinvolved/surveys/giantaphidhunt.htm
Submit sightings to
hopkins@fireflyuk.net or call 01603 660300.
Take Part in the UK Safari Glow-worm Survey
Now in its ninth year. If you've seen any glow-worms this year we'd love
to hear about them. You can easily report your sighting online anytime.
Visit:
www.uksafari.com/glowworms
Ongoing: no deadline
2008 2009
Details believed correct but given without prejudice.
