Dr Sam Green (WildFish) explains how SmartRivers is empowering communities and organisations to use freshwater invertebrate populations to monitor river health.
Category Archives: Blog
entoLIVE Season 1 Summary Report
The results are in for season 1 of entoLIVE. Check out the entoLIVE Summary Report to see just how many people the programme engaged through our first 20 webinars, and what people thought of the series/
American Signal Crayfish: A Losing Battle?
Dr Nicky Green discusses her work trialling new and innovative techniques to control the invasive American Signal Crayfish.
The State of the UK’s Butterflies: Are Conservation Efforts To Save Our Butterflies Working?
Dr Richard Fox (Butterfly conservation) presents the latest information coming from decades of monitoring the UK’s butterfly populations.
The Downland and Dung Beetle Project: The Story of Onthophagus joannae
Sally-Ann Spence discusses the accidental restoration of a large area of downland due to a personal obsession to conserve one particular species of dung beetle.
Can Satellite Imagery Data Be Used For Biodiversity Net Gain?
Explore the potential benefits and limitations of using satellite imagery for assessing and monitoring Biodiversity Net Gain.
Slipping Under the Radar: Recording Slugs in British Gardens
Dr Imogen Cavadino (Newcastle University and Royal Horticultural Society) showcases how citizen scientists have helped further our knowledge of slugs in British gardens.
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.
Biological Recording 