12. Notice what you see

It is vital that we continue to record the species and habitats found in Sussex so that we can understand how wildlife is being affected by human activity and try to manage sites to increase biodiversity. To help build up a clearer picture of wildlife in Sussex, try keeping a simple record of what you saw, when you saw it and where.

Nature Street examples:

  • Wildlife records from urban areas are particularly important as there are relatively few records from built up areas.
  • Leave a recording sheet pinned up in your kitchen or on a window ledge so you can note things down as and when you see them.
  • You might like to choose different weeks to focus on different species groups. When you feel more confident, you could even start using professional recording apparatus such as a moth light trap.
  • Use fixed point photography to record how your street changes.
  • There may be people in your street who are interested in collating your records on a computer, using iRecord.

Find out how to make a viable wildlife record.

Posted in: Nature Street on 09 July 2015


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