Volunteering opportunities - Surveying and monitoring
Surveying, monitoring and recording species across the county is vital if we are to understand the current state of nature across Somerset. Find out more.
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Recording species abundance and biodiversity
With species records of Somerset’s intertidal coastal zone absent for over 30 years, the Somerset Wildlife Trust seeks to update records of species abundance and biodiversity across its 53 miles…
Citizen Science for recording groups
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.
Interested in species monitoring and recording?
Why not get in touch with one of Somerset's specialist groups?
Youth Experience Day -Species Surveying
Join Joe Hampson, Honeygar Wilding Officer, for an exciting day at Honeygar, our first-ever Wilded site!
The Big Count is BACK: people across Somerset encouraged to take part in popular wildlife surveying event
Somerset’s annual citizen science event, The Big Count, returns for 2025, and as many people as possible are being asked to join in and help protect their local wildlife by recording the species…
Helping More Communities Build Climate Resilience
Natalie Barnett, Climate Adaptation Officer, explains how local communities across Somerset are taking climate adaptation into their own hands with support from our Act to Adapt programme.
More action needed to combat – and cope with – avian flu
The Wildlife Trusts call for a new approach to poultry farming
The worldwide pandemic of avian flu is having a devastating effect on UK birds – the tragic effects of the disease are being…
More than local: Why Local Wildlife Sites matter nationally
An amendment has been tabled to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that seeks to secure protection for Local Wildlife Sites. But what are they and why are they important?
Wild once more: pine martens return to the South West of England after 100-year absence
A pioneering conservation project has brought back pine martens to the South West of England for the first time in more than a century.*
Somerset Wildlife Trust and the Diocese of Bath and Wells Invite More Communities to make Space for Nature in their Local Churchyard or Burial Ground
After highly successful first year, ‘Wilder Churches' initiative invites more communities to get involved with new welcome event.
Bigger, Better, and More Joined Up: Somerset’s Two ‘super’ National Nature Reserves (sNNRs)
To celebrate National Nature Reserve Week, we’re focusing on Somerset’s two ‘super’ National Nature Reserves (sNNRs) and why partnership working is critical for nature's recovery.