Amphibians
- Freshwater Habitats Trust’s frogspawn survey There are plenty of other surveys that you can get involved with on their website
Birds
- BTO Garden birdwatch Send in records all year round
- RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch A once a year survey
- The Devon House Martin Project Report nests and birds
- RSPB Swift Mapper Record nesting swifts
Ecosystem health and habitats
- Westcountry CSI Monitoring river health (habitats, wildlife, pollution, water quality and other hydromorphological variables) with the Westcountry Rivers Trust. Take part in monthly water sampling of your local river or stream.
- River Teign Restoration Project
- National Plant Monitoring Scheme Record plant indicator species to assess the health of ecosystems
- Plant Hunt Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
- Every Flower Counts Survey Take part in Plantlife’s No Mow May and survey your lawn to find out how good it is for wildflowers
- PTES surveys Including hedgerow, orchard and wood pasture/parkland
- OPAL surveys Including water, air, biodiversity, bug, tree, soil, earthworm and pollinator surveys
- DWT’s Saving Devon’s Treescapes Including tree, brown hairstreak butterfly and lichen surveys
- The Woodland Trust’s Ancient Tree Inventory Record ancient trees!
- The Great British Hedgerow Survey Get involved to help build a picture of national hedgerow health
Fungi
- Plantlife’s waxcap watch An app to record waxcap fungi. They are indicators of rare, undisturbed, species-rich grassland
Invertebrates
- Big Butterfly Count with Butterfly Conservation
- Moth Night Record moths in your garden
- UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
- Planting for pollinators
- OPAL surveys Bug, earthworm and pollinator surveys
- DWT’s Saving Devon’s Treescapes Brown hairstreak butterfly survey
Mammals
- Bats in churches sign up to survey bats roosting at your local church
- Devon Bat Survey
- PTES surveys Including dormouse, water vole, hedgehog and mammals on roads
- Harvest mouse project Devon Mammal Group