11 May 2016
Freshwater Habitats Trust ‘Clean Water for Wildlife is a community survey run by the Freshwater Habitats Trust which aims to find wildlife rich, clean water habitats in England and Wales. Take part to find out whether the ponds, streams and rivers in your neighbourhood are really good enough for wildlife. Freshwater wildlife needs clean unpolluted […]
17 Jan 2016
The Capturing Our Coast project is taking off with the different regional hubs advertising the project and regional links. http://capturingourcoast.co.uk/home The £1.7m Capturing Our Coast project, funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund, is designed to further our understanding of the abundance and distribution of marine life around the UK. Marine Conservation Society (MCS), is running […]
08 Oct 2015
CaBA ‘Citizen Science is a fundamental data gathering and engagement tool for Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) partnerships to help develop understanding of the issues in catchments and also to engage their local communities in identifying and delivering solutions. This resource pack has been collated to support the CaBA partnerships in their work to protect and […]
04 Sep 2015
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Order: 5th Dr Jane Delany ‘The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £1.7million to “Capturing our Coast”, a project designed to explore how the marine environment is responding to global climate change. The project will train over 3,000 volunteers – making it the largest experimental marine citizen science project ever undertaken in the UK. […]
24 Aug 2015
Text in post: Citizen science is becoming widely recognised as the report from this Scottish conference reflects. It is also providing invaluable insights into jellyfish ecology and enabling the remarkable strandings of barrel jellyfish to be recorded systematically. Citizen Science – Scottish report on a range of projects Public involvement in monitoring our environment is […]
06 Jul 2015
Environment Agency: The variety of fish which live in the River Thames has been highlighted by an Environment Agency fisheries survey along the river supported by volunteers from the Zoological Society of London. Specialist fisheries teams surveyed fish populations at 8 locations on the tidal Thames, between Gravesend and Richmond, and identified 17 different species […]
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