Many organisations run formal survey schemes. A lot of them will also offer training and support.
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Plantlife flora guardians visit known sites of rare and threatend plants like twinflower once or twice a year to monitor habitat and status.
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The National Plant Monitoring scheme is a new scheme to measure changes in plant populations across the country.
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The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) runs a number of different surveys to suit different skill levels and time commitments.
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BTO 'What's Up' is a survey programme specific to the Scottish uplands. Free training and a simple survey that can be dome whilt out for a wlk in the hills.
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OPAL is a fun, schools and family friendly approach to citizen science with lots of free identification guides, learning packs and resources.
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Butterfly Conservation offer a varity of monitor and recording programmes from garden counts to formal transects
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Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels works with landowners and communities to protect the core populations. Report your sighting and help get a clear picture of red and grey squirrel distribution.
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North East Scotland Biological Records Centre (NESBReC) are producing a mammal atlas. Recording common species like rabbits and hedgehogs is a great start for young recorders.
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Buglife are gathering data on some of the UKs rarest beetles. One of these, the Violet Oil Beetle, is a priority species for conservation in the Cairngorms.
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