Saturday 6 – Sunday 14 June is Love Your Burial Ground Week, Churches Count on Nature and National Cemeteries Week.
Free webinars
This year’s Churches Count on Nature free webinar series kicked off with a session on recording wildlife – a Beginner’s Guide to iNaturalist – Why Record? Caring for God’s Acre Director, Harriet Carty, talks about the value of churchyards for nature and the importance of biological recording, and how they can be used both locally and nationally.
Biodiversity Data Manager Hannah Risser goes through the practicalities of recording, including using iNaturalist. Knowing what wildlife is in burial grounds can be a great help to site managers and those planning change. These records are also used by scientists to identify the national situation and monitor changes that happen over time.
All records are of value, both of common and of rare species, and everyone who takes part in a recording event for Churches Count on Nature is helping to build up a picture and is a great example of citizen science.
Monday 8 June
Tuesday 9 June
Wednesday 10 June
Thursday 11 June
Friday 12 June
Towns and cities will feature in God’s Green Spaces looking at a range of wildlife, particularly the role of urban churchyards and burial grounds as relatively undisturbed, protected green space.
All the webinars are free to attend and if you are not able to join on the day, you can still register and you will be sent a link to catch up at a time that suits you.
Find out more about Caring for God’s Acre and go to the Beautiful Burial Ground Data Portal, part of the NBN Atlas.