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Download the following guides and methods to research species in your own backyard.
- Bird Point Counts.pdf Learn to identify common bird species in your garden.
- Branch Beating for Caterpillar and other insects collection.pdf Assess the relative abundance of mobile tree-dwelling arthropods.
- Garden Shrubs Measured by Line Transect.pdf Measure the shrub layer in a garden and see how it changes over time.
- Light Trapping.pdf Assess the diversity of nocturnal flying insects (moths especially) and see how this compares with the abundance of birds in gardens.
- Citizen ScienceBees.docx Collect information about the bee diversity and abundance in your own garden.