Citizen science activities and projects are a great way to learn more about our wonderful wildlife, at the same time as help us to protect it. Find out more about what's going on across Somerset and how you can be a part of it!

The more we understand about species, their behaviour and how populations are dispersed across the county, the better equipped we are to ensure that we protect them for the future. We need more people taking notice of what they see - whether that's families and individuals like you in their own home patch, local green space, or in their travels around the county. Citizen science activities and projects are a great way to learn more about our wonderful wildlife, at the same time as help us to protect it.

It's really important that we monitor and understand changes in both the diversity (the variety) of species we have and, more importantly, the abundance (the quantity) of wildlife species we have across the county. This in turn helps us track the health of the ecosystems that exist to support them (and us), which are coming under increasing pressure from changes in our climate.

Somerset Wildlife Trust is a science and evidence led organisation. Find out more.

Here you will find some great ideas of garden projects - large or small - to improve your outdoor space for wildlife.