Bushcraft field survey?

[greensurfingbear]

Very commendable sir😄

You could do a phase 1 habitat survey. Essentially get a map of the area then draw different types of habitat on

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2468

They aren't hard to do and are quite good fun in a geeky mapping kind of way 😉

If you are surveying for animals many of the conservations NGOs have web pages dedicated on how to record species for them, some even have survey sheets you can download and fill in..... We often use them at work.

If do any surveys its always useful to pass your your findings on as you never know what you find might be rare or at the very least it'll help create a more accurate representation of what's out there.


Orric

 

[shaggystu]

....You could do a phase 1 habitat survey. Essentially get a map of the area then draw different types of habitat on

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2468

They aren't hard to do and are quite good fun in a geeky mapping kind of way...

Just had a quick glance at this, it looks very useful, thanks for that

Stuart.

 

[shaggystu]

This is the one you want - http://livingrecord.net/

Take a look and see what you think.

Just joined, it looks like it could be really useful, thanks for that

Stuart.

 

[Harvestman]

There are two things that eople tend to leave out when recording: Time, and bad weather.

By which I mean, they carry out a survey (say, of flowers) at just one or two times of year, and thereby only get snapshots of what is there. recording needs to be continuous, as far as it is practical to do so.

With regard to bad weather, I mean that if you really want the feel of a place you need to see it in all conditions, in order to appreciate the place as a system. Too often site visits and recording seesions are cancelled due to 'bad weather' (rain, cold, etc), but the wildlife can't avoid this stuff and still has to cope. Somewildlife is actually easier to see in bad weather because it is more likely to venture out, and if you don't see the site in heavy rain then you don't have a full understanding of where the water runs to and flows from, etc.

Obviously, it depends how thorough you want to be, but for a holistic approach you need to see it in all of its shades.

Get experts in, as others have said - they will see so much more, and if you go around with them you will learn masses of stuff.

Most of all, enjoy.