The
Natural History Museum (in partnership with Oxford Uni) has launched a new
citizen science project - ‘Orchid Observers’. They’re looking for
people to help gather data on 29 species of orchids across the UK (by taking
photos of any orchids you see, with date & location & then uploading
them via the project’s website). There are orchid identification tools on line
(but ID is optional).
Recent
research has indicated that climate change is affecting the
flowering time of the early spider orchid. NHM are trying to find out if this
is true for other wild orchids and whether all species are responding in the
same way.
For more info, including a nice id guide to orchids see: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/citizen-science/orchid-observers.html
Get involved at
www.orchidobservers.org
Added 09/07/2015 08:23
