England’s newest wildlife reserve - the Big Wildlife Garden – is ready for exploration! Launched this week by Natural England, via it's website, it creates an online network of gardens and open spaces and encourages people of all ages to discover how to attract more wildlife into their gardens. The website enables users to log their own diaries noting seasonal … [Read more...] about The virtual nature reserve
Habitats
National Bat Monitoring Programme
National Bat Monitoring Programme The BCT runs a number of national, annual surveys through a volunteer network to monitor the status of many of our bat species across a range of habitats. Our surveys form the National Bat Monitoring Programme through which we track changes in bat populations. Monitoring bats is essential as it would seem that many of our bat species have … [Read more...] about National Bat Monitoring Programme
Bumble Bee Survey
The Bumble Bee Conservation Trust are looking for people to support them and need your help to map the distributions of our bumblebees. In particular they need to know the current habitats of the rarer species which are bordering on extinction. You can take digital photographs of any unusual species that you see in your garden, or when off on a walk, and email … [Read more...] about Bumble Bee Survey