CityWildlife: Getting Started

Launched in 2004, CityWildlife is a 'one stop shop' for wildlife in Brighton & Hove. This interactive web site allows you to discover the wildlife of the City and where it can be found. Registered naturewardens can also contribute their own records to the database.

Find out about :

. . . how YOU can get involved:

• Become a Naturewarden and:
  • put your own species records onto CityWildlife. 
  • monitor a Local Nature Reserve. 
  • enter information about a nature conservation group.
  • join ‘Your Garden’ - your personal wildlife recording scheme!
• Complete a Local Nature Reserve Visitor Satisfaction Survey.
• Join a nature conservation group in your neighbourhood.
  

. . . special places for wildlife:

• Local Nature Reserves – maps and photos, what to find there, how they are changing.
  • Habitat monitoring
  • Visitor satisfaction survey results
• School wildlife
• Other special wildlife places – Sites of Nature Conservation Importance, allotments, cemeteries, parks and open spaces and more

. . . wild plants and animals (‘special species’):

• See live species records - distribution maps, charts – constantly updated!

. . . local biodiversity:

• The Biodiversity Action Plan for Brighton & Hove.