Do Something Great for nature >>> with BBC Springwatch this weekend

Springwatch has started up again this week on BBC 2:
BBC Two - Springwatch

And this weekend, we're being encouraged to 'do something great for nature' - somewhere near you over this weekend:

Do something great

Click here for all the details of the Springwatch Do Something Great campaign! 

How to get involved with RHS Britain in Bloom!

If you've been inspired to make your patch bloom, then all the details can be found on the RHS website! 

Citizen science - get involved

• Read about how you helped make The Big Spring Watch a success
• Have you seen a little owl? Log your sightings at UK Little Owl Project 
• Have you seen a stag beetle? 
• Canal & River Trust water vole survey - download the free app or email
• National Trust’s interactive coastal bioblitz 
• Caithness seawatching on Facebook - log your sightings
• Orkney Skate Trust - Found a flapper skate egg case? 

Helping wildlife

• What to do if you find a fledgling (www.rspb.org.uk)

• When to clean out nest boxes (www.rspb.org.uk)

• Advice about injured animals (www.rspca.org.uk)

• Guide to helping wildlife 

• Abandoned fawn? Think twice 

• Garden advice

Beat the bead!

Download the free app - check for microplastics in beauty products.

More information via the Marine Conservation website

Birdboxes

• Siting a nestbox (www.rspb.org.uk)

• Cleaning a nestbox (www.rspb.org.uk)

• FAQs, maintenance, hole sizes (www.bto.org)

More homes for wildlife:

• Bats, bees and hedgehogs

Bird observatories

Find your nearest bird observatory on the Bird Observatories Council website 

(www.birdobscouncil.org.uk).

Filming locations

• Springwatch at Easter 2016 is brought to you from Stackpole in Pembrokeshire. 

Identify wildlife

Get help identifying UK wildlife:

• Tips on identifying reptiles

• Tell flying swifts from swallows

• Get up-close to garden birds

BBC Two - Springwatch - Springwatch Do Something Great
BBC - Do Something Great - Do Something Great Live
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