Research and Monitoring

 

Surveys are the bedrock of the Nature Recovery Networks activities. It is part of our principle of ensuring that we know what is there before we make interventions (look before you leap - conservation history is littered with disasters on this score). It will also help us understand what is happening to our environment over time and will help us support the decision-making of local government. Just as important, by sharing surveying skills (local expert to local enthusiast and local councillor), we can build up a cadre of skilled local people (including young people through our education group) that can help us protect our local wildlife and environment over the long term.

So far we have initiated surveys of trees, plants, birds, reptiles, bats, water voles, hedgehogs, fungi, insects, freshwater invertebrates and water. The surveys provides the foundational evidence that will inform all decisions about priorities and targets and modes of action. 

Surveys