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Monitoring & Research
We monitor the health of nature
Our monitoring and research team provide the science behind our conservation work. Surveys enable us to monitor population trends and assess the success of our practical habitat management. This involves a huge variety of surveys for mammals, invertebrates, plants, reptiles, amphibians, and habitats.
We encourage surveys on our reserves and are keen to support any activities that add to our understanding of sites and species. Please get in touch if you are interested in surveying on our reserves. To find out more about wildlife monitoring and how you can get involved please scroll down this page to explore our work.
Our Trust is accredited as a Conservation Evidence Champion. Our aim is for all our conservation work to be evidence led with habitat management decisions based on sound science. We run surveys to monitor population trends and assess the success of our practical habitat management, and work closely with universities and other organisations conducting research on our reserves. We recognise that we can achieve more for conservation by working co-operatively and by having a better understanding of each other’s work.
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Why do we test the soil on our nature reserves?
A look at how we monitor soil chemistry
Breeding bird survey update 2025
Sian Williams, Senior Monitoring and Research Officer, provides an update on breeding bird survey mapping and the top ten species of…
It Takes a Village: Two Years on at Strawberry Hill
It’s been a little over two years since we took on Strawberry Hill and with your help we have managed to successfully raise the funds to…
Settling Slow Worms
It’s been over 10 years since the Luton-Dunstable Guided busway was built. In that time Wildlife Trust BCN staff and volunteers have…
Reprofiling Habitats for Waders in the Nene Valley
Nene Valley Reserves Officer, Laurence, Kidd details reprofiling work at Nene Wetlands' Dragonfly Lake and at Summer Leys- plus…
Our first year at Strawberry Hill
It’s been just over a year since we took over Strawberry Hill, Beds, and we’ve not been idle. We’ve spent much of this first year…
