Surveys One of the best ways to get involved in recording is to take part in one of our organised surveys
Home Why collect records? Submit your records Data management Data request service Community work Events diary Surveys Garden survey 2007 Species of the month Volunteer with us Publications Contact us Links	Throughout the year CPBRC run a variety of surveys for you to get involved with. Current  surveys to get involved with are: · River Survey This year we are running a river survey and are hoping as many of the county’s  youth groups as possible will take part. It is very easy to get involved and will hopefully give us some good data regarding the state of some of the rivers in the county in terms of wildlife.  We are asking that each group chooses a stretch of river and surveys it twice during the year, once in April/May and once in August/September.   We will provide all the resources you need; survey sheets, ID sheets, and can help you get hold of equipment such as pond dipping nets.  We currently have a number of interested groups taking part, including a range of brownie and scout groups as well as Wildlife Trust Watch groups. If you are interested in taking part and would like further information then please do contact me. christine.whinneyATcpbrc.org.uk (replace AT with@)  or 01954 713571 Garden Survey 2007 The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Biological Records Centre needs your help! We want to know what is visiting your garden during the summer and help us get some information on garden wildlife. There is lots of information from large national surveys, such as RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch  to show  what is happening with bird species and to show that some are in decline, for example House sparrows and starlings but not so much information on other groups. For example, there are concerns that species such as hedgehogs are in decline. This survey will hopefully help us to get more information on other groups of species, as well as information on the garden bird populations for the Cambridgeshire area. Gardens are a big issue at the moment and are often involved in the climate change discussions too. To try to give us some idea about general trends and changes in garden wildlife we are also asking for people to think about what they used to see in their garden and don’t anymore, and also if they are seeing new species in their garden that they didn’t used to see. It is really easy to take part; just fill in the online form here  click here for a survey form. Recent surveys the records centre have been involved with include: · Black Poplar survey The Black poplar is Britain's rarest native timber species with estimates of less than 7000 trees left and only about 100 records in Cambridgeshire.  However we believe there could be more and want your help to find them! Click here for a survey form and information leaflet · Cambridge City Churchyard Survey We have teamed up with the Cambridge Greenbelt Project and Ely Diocesan to carry out wildlife surveys in the churchyards (or curtilages of other religious buildings) throughout Cambridge City.  We would love to hear from anybody who would like to get involved and survey their churchyard. No experience is needed, we have developed a simple survey form for people to use, which will provide us with some very useful information about these important wildlife sites. For more information please do contact us.