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Survey & monitoring reports
This page contains links to reports on matters such as survey and monitoring, and provides detail on open access software delivered by Somerset Wildlife Trust.
Ancient Tree Survey Training
Learn how to record Ancient, Veteran and Notable Trees in your area and how to add them to the Woodland Trust’s National Inventory
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.
Connecting with nature on your doorstep boosts health and wellbeing, survey finds ahead of 30 Days Wild challenge
TV presenter Liz Bonnin urges people to ‘fall back in love with nature’ in June.
Lesser sea-spurrey
Traditionally a coastal species, Lesser sea-spurrey has spread inland, taking advantage of the winter-salting of our roads. Its pink-and-white flowers bloom in summer.
Bugs Matter
Insects underpin our natural world and their numbers can help us to better understand what is happening in our environment so join in our Bugs Matter survey now!
My classroom
Passionate about the oceans and the diverse life that they hold, Bex is lucky enough to be able to teach scuba diving to university students at Plymouth University. This provides her with the…
Shoresearch
Shoresearch is The Wildlife Trusts' national citizen science survey of the intertidal shore, the exciting world of extremes where the sea meets the land. It's a great way to explore your local coast, learn more about the wildlife found there and add to our understanding of this important habitat.
My regeneration
30 years ago, if Jeremy had fallen in the river then he’d have been more worried about being poisoned than drowned! A 1980s trawl survey found just one fish in the Billingham reach of the Tees,…
Sea Watch sightings
Have you spotted a porpoise or other sea mammals in Somerset Waters? Whether you want to record a casual sighting or your sighting is part of your 2 hour land-based survey, submit your sightings here!
Sea Watch Foundation is a national charity working to improve the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises. You can take part in its monitoring programme as volunteer observers through regular surveys along the coast organized by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. We also offer training by Sea Watch experts in how to carry out monitoring and surveying of this important group of sea mammals.
The information gathered by Sea Watch observers has been the primary source of knowledge about the relative status and distribution of cetacean around the British Isles.
Sea Watch Foundation is a national charity working to improve the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises. You can take part in its monitoring programme as volunteer observers through regular surveys along the coast organized by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. We also offer training by Sea Watch experts in how to carry out monitoring and surveying of this important group of sea mammals.
The information gathered by Sea Watch observers has been the primary source of knowledge about the relative status and distribution of cetacean around the British Isles.
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…