Recovering our Rivers: citizen science opportunities | Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

Recovering our Rivers: citizen science opportunities

You don’t have to be an expert to help monitor the river. Across the river Wye catchment there are lots of opportunities to get involved, from one off surveys that anyone with a smartphone can join in with, to detailed ecological surveys which need special training. A few options are presented here with details on how to get involved.

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Nature Counts

Submit your wildlife sightings, to help us make better, more evidence-based conservation choices

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Friends of the River Wye citizen science project

Monitor nutrient levels and water quality as part of a community citizen science project.

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CPRE citizen science volunteer (Herefordshire)

Take water samples from agreed locations and record observations about the water samples through entering the results into your mobile…

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Riverfly monitoring

Collect data and be part of the long-term conservation efforts to help monitor the condition of Britain’s rivers

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The Big River Watch

A simple citizen science activity launched to help build a picture of river health across the UK and Ireland

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River Naturalness surveys

Complete a naturalness survey on your chosen site, be it a lake, river, or stream

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