The Bat Conservation Trust's sunset survey is ideal if you've never done any bat recording before - you don't even need a bat detector! All you need to do is spend an hour at dusk or dawn looking for bats, in your garden, watching from your window, or in y...

You can record butterflies anywhere - in your garden or local green space, on a walk or at a nature reserve. Activities to Try: • Watching the butterflies in your garden for an hour and recording which species visit • • Taking a walk or using an accessible...

Scientifically, 'bugs' only refers to particular insects - things like shield bugs and aphids. But if you go on a bug quest, you'll find a huge diversity of invertebrates! Even a small garden is home to minibeasts like caterpillars, ladybirds, worms, woodli...

Our guide to...Deciphering Mammal Tracks and Signs This is your chance to become a nature detective! Many mammals are shy and difficult to find – but they leave plenty of signs behind, like footprints, tufts of hair and burrows. You can use these clues to...