Here’s my third video for National Children’s Gardening Week, all about how you can help wildlife in your garden. This video is about wildlife surveys you can do in your garden. Getting involved in wildlife surveys is a chance to learn more about the wildlife in your garden and it helps wildlife because it helpsContinue reading “National Children’s Gardening Week: Garden Wildlife Surveys”
Category Archives: Surveys
World Bee Day
Today is World Bee Day! Bees are really important because we need them to pollinate plants including a lot of the food we eat. But bee numbers are going down and they need help! Here are some things that we have done and you can do to help bees. Flowers for beesFlowers are really importantContinue reading “World Bee Day”
BTO Garden Birdwatch
This year we are doing a survey called the BTO Garden BirdWatch. The BTO Garden Birdwatch is a survey run by the British Trust for Ornitholgy (BTO). It’s to find out how birds are getting on in gardens. You have to do it every week if possible. You have to count the birds which comeContinue reading “BTO Garden Birdwatch”
The CPRE Star Count
Last night we did the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) Star Count. The Star Count helps to measure light pollution around the UK. We had to go outside on a clear night after 7pm when the stars would be out and wait for a few minutes to get our eyes accustomed toContinue reading “The CPRE Star Count”
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2021
Today we did the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch happens on the last weekend in January every year. This year it is January 29th, 30th and 31st. You have to count the birds in your garden for one hour. You count the most of each kind of bird you see atContinue reading “RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2021”
BSBI New Year Plant Hunt
Today, we took part in the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) New Year Plant Hunt. We had to spend up to three hours looking for flowering wild plants. When we saw any we had to take a photograph and submit it using a form on the New Year Plant Hunt website. The NewContinue reading “BSBI New Year Plant Hunt”
Big Butterfly Count Results
I just found out the Big Butterfly Count results! The Big Butterfly Count happened between 17th July and 9th August. You have to get a piece of paper and count the butterflies you see in 15 minutes. Then you need to submit the results to Butterfly Conservation, who organise the survey. The results showed lessContinue reading “Big Butterfly Count Results”
Moth Night
Last weekend, we were doing a survey called Moth Night. Moth Night happens at the end of August each year. This year, it happened from 27th – 29th August. We did it on 29th August. You have to try to attract moths to your garden and identify them, then you submit your findings to MothContinue reading “Moth Night”
Big Butterfly Count
The Big Butterfly Count is a survey to help us find out how well butterflies are doing. It is run by the Butterfly Conservation Trust. It happens every year and this year it runs from 17th July to 9th August. It’s important to know how butterflies are doing because numbers of butterflies and moths haveContinue reading “Big Butterfly Count”
Every Flower Counts
Today we did our Every Flower Counts survey. Every Flower Counts is organised by Plantlife, which is a charity that looks after plants, wild flowers and fungi. We did it on our front lawn. You have to count all the open flowers within a 1m2 quadrat. We did five quadrats. First we made our quadrat.Continue reading “Every Flower Counts”
Helping the Planet 