Wildlife Activities
From surveys to podcasts, there are plenty of wildlife themed activities available to get involved with; below is a list of resources from a wide variety of organisations, collated by SEWBReC.
Wildlife Recording Surveys
SEWBReC Squares of the Month (year round)
SEWBReC Species of the Month (year round)
Noble Chafer Pheromone Trapping Survey in Wye Valley AONB (June 2022)
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust surveys (year round)
Garden BirdWatch (year round)
Garden Butterfly Survey (year round)
Garden Moth Scheme (year round)
Garden Wildlife Health (year round)
Mammal Web (year round)
Spittlebug Survey (year round)
Wetland Bird Survey (year round)
Big Garden Birdwatch (Jan)
New Year Plant Hunt (Jan)
Spawn Survey (Jan-May)
BTO Breeding Bird Survey (Apr - Jun)
Bat Sunset/Sunrise Survey (Apr-Sept)
UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (Apr-Sept)
Big Garden Sawfly Survey (May - Sept)
Bugs Matter (Jun-Aug)
Big Meadow Search (Jun - Aug)
National Plant Monitoring Scheme (Spring - Summer)
YouTube Playlists
Playlists of species training courses from different organisations, collated by SEWBReC.
Terrestrial invertebrate courses
YouTube Channels
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
London Natural History Society
Neath Port Talbot Local Nature Partnership
QGIS for Ecologists (also a Facebook Group)
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Wales Biodiversity Partnership
Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
Podcasts
Bat Conservation Trust "BatChat"
BBC Radio 4: Metamorphosis - how insects transformed our world
British Ecological Society Journals
Environment Platform Wales "Curious Minds"
Flowerpot (National Botanic Garden of Wales)
Melissa Harrison "The Stubborn Light of Things"
Wildlife Sound Recording Society
Reading material
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Archive
Garden Moth Scheme Newsletters
Gwent-Glamorgan Recorders' Newsletters
National Forum for Biodiversity Recording [NFBR] Newsletters
National Biodiversity Network (NBN) eNews
Wales Biodiversity Partnership Newsletter
Natur Cymru (back issues 2001 - 2017)
Natur Cymru subscription (2020 onwards)
The Silurian (Monmouthshire Moth & Butterfly Group)
Live Wildlife Webcam Streams
Alderney Wildlife Trust Puffins
Countryfile Magazine list of webcams
Computer Based Activities
Enter your data on SEWBReCORD
Write an article for the Gwent-Glamorgan Recorders' Newsletter
Connect with other recorders on the SEWBReC Facebook group
Wildlife Gardening
Activities for children
Gwreiddiau Gwyllt (Welsh language wildlife resources for different age groups)
SEWBReC Garden Alphabet Challenge
Hunt in your garden for wildlife beginning with each letter of the alphabet and write or draw them in the box. Use descriptive words if struggling with a trickier words, e.g. Quacking duck or Zippy starling. Download the pdf here.
SEWBReC Rainbow Garden Bingo
Suitable for young children, use this sheet to discover the rainbow of wildlife in your garden. Download a poster and see if you can tick them all! You can also download a worksheet for drawing your own findings.
