WildlifeRecordingAtHome
There has never been a better time to get out and explore your very own garden. In the UK private residential gardens make up more than 5290 km2. This is a greater area than all of our nature reserves combined. Every garden is unique, and therefore each of them, has the possibility of hosting a unique range of species. Given the current government guidance for people to stay at home unless absolutely necessary, and the known welfare benefits of staying connected with nature, there is no better time to take a closer look at, and record the wildlife in your very own garden.
Across the country there are thousands of recording programmes that will help you to identify and then record the species that you might find in your gardens. These programmes cover fungi to frogspawn, lichens to larch, robins to rabbits and everything in-between. Once you have identified the creatures in your garden, you can then submit these records and help researchers and conservationist to better understand the distribution of common and rare garden species. This can also help to recognise which species may be declining and which habitats might need more protection to prevent this.
Below you will find a list of local and national recording programmes and guidance on how to use each of them. Click on each card to be taken to the relevant recording scheme!
