Dr Imogen Cavadino (Newcastle University and Royal Horticultural Society) showcases how citizen scientists have helped further our knowledge of slugs in British gardens.
Category Archives: Biological recording
Team PollinATE: Feeding People and Pollinators
Dr Beth Nicholls (University of Sussex) discusses a citizen science project that worked with allotment holders and investigated pollination and urban food production.
The Rothamsted Insect Survey NBRI: From Microscopes to Machine Learning
Dr James Bell (Rothamsted Research) explores the Rothamsted Insect Survey and how their 50+ year aphid and moth datasets inform scientists, policy makers and conservationists.
Riverflies: The Canary of Our Rivers
Trine Bregstein (Freshwater Biological Association) provides an overview of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative methodology, sharing the progress of the project, looks at some case studies and what’s in store for the future.
FSC BioLinks: Biological Recording & Training Consultation
The FSC BioLinks project consultation surveyed biodiversity sector professionals and amateur naturalists regarding where biological recording training should be focused, which species groups it should focus on and how it should be delivered.
Water Beetles: Recording & Atlases of Britain & Ireland
Prof Garth Foster (Balfour-Browne Club) explains the history (and future) of recording water beetles in Britain and Ireland.
Autumn 2023: ID Training Courses in London
Check out our London species identification training programme for Autumn 2023! Join us to learn about botanical keys, earthworms, ferns, fungi, mining bees and winter plant ID.
The Tale of the Ivy Bee: A New British Species
Aaron Bhambra (University of Birmingham) tells the story of a new species of bee to colonise Britain and the research being undertaken to monitor it.
Rarities in Arachnology: Finding and Recording Rare Spiders in Britain
Richard Gallon (British Arachnology Society) discusses the Spider Recording Scheme, with an emphasis on how to find and record rare spiders in Britain in this blog.
Can Community Science Support a County Wildlife Sites Framework in Devon?
Jess Smallcombe discusses trialling a new approach to monitoring county Wildlife Sites in Devon that involves local community groups.