Connect with nature by exploring and sharing your photos from the natural world on the iNaturalist app. Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science.

Download and use the Blooms for Bees citizen science app to survey which flowers in your garden or allotment bumblebees like to visit.

Take part in the Big Garden Bird Watch in January every year. Request your free guide and pack to take part.

Watch this short video on how to carry out a Flower-Insect Timed count. See previous tab for more information.

Bumblebees are in decline! The aim of this scheme is to collect abundance and distribution data on Britain’s bumblebees and to use this data to improve conservation efforts.

Download the free irecord butterflies app and record butterfly sightings all year round.

Record sightings of nesting swifts using the Swift Mapper. This will help identify breeding hotspots and ensure their nests are protected.

Take part in The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) carried out by volunteers each year. The NPMS is carried out on 1 kilometre squares of the British and Irish national grids. Sign up so you can have an available square assigned to you and you can begin to take part.

Download and use the Blooms for Bees citizen science app to survey which flowers in your garden or allotment bumblebees like to visit.

Take part in the annual butterfly (and day-flying moth) count in July every year. You will need to download the irecord app (see previous tab).

Help the government’s new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme by taking part in the Flower-Insect Timed (FIT) count. Simply pick a patch of flowers and record the types of pollinators that visit over 10 minutes.

Fungi provide a myriad of critical eco-services which we are not able to do without. Fungi underpin life on earth. Download the iNaturalist app, join the Hidden Heroes Campaign and photograph and record the fungi you see.