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
Ecosystem health and habitats
- Westcountry CSI Monitoring river health (habitats, wildlife, pollution, water quality and other hydromorphological variables) with the Westcountry Rivers Trust
- National Plant Monitoring Scheme Record plant indicator species to assess the health of ecosystems
- 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
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
- 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
- PTES surveys Including dormouse, water vole, hedgehog and mammals on roads
- Harvest mouse project Devon Mammal Group