Welcome to Nature’s Calendar

Nature's Calendar is the home for thousands of volunteers who record the signs of the seasons where they live.

It could mean noting the first ladybird or swallow seen in your garden in spring, or the first blackberry in your local wood in autumn.

You don’t have to be an expert to take part and lots of help is given, including a nature identification booklet that you receive when you register.

This kind of recording has moved from being a harmless hobby to a crucial source of evidence as to how our wildlife is responding to climate change.

What next?

          Watch the seasons unfolding across the UK

What plants and animals do we survey?

The science of Nature’s Calendar

Take part in our survey