Wildlife Monitoring Volunteer

Great Woodpecker

Is nature your calling? Do you love bird watching? Are you interested in learning about insects?

Then our wildlife monitoring opportunities are perfect for you!

Many species use farmland to feed on, travel across and as their main habitat. The Monitoring of species including animals, birds, butterflies, bees and plants is essential to demonstrate how our farming methods are benefitting wildlife and regenerating the farmed landscape.

It doesn’t matter what level of skills you have identifying species; our monitoring officers would love to share their knowledge with you and give you all the training you need. We just need your enthusiasm and commitment to support a monitoring programme!

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What We Do

The CRT promotes nature-friendly farming to help reverse biodiversity decline and combat climate change. We believe nature is integral to good farming and we protect, promote and regenerate our land and all life on it. We put our philosophy into practice on over 2,000 acres of working farms, small-holdings and woodland across England.
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Wildlife and our farms

The CRT has a wide range of wonderful properties across the UK. Many of these have been left to us in legacy whilst others were purchased to save the land - full of precious ecosystems and habitats - from intensive farming.
Conservation Volunteer

This is your chance to get 'down and dirty' to help CRT improve the habitats and environment on our farms, with a wide range of conservation projects and initiatives.
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The CRT relies completely on the generosity of our incredible supporters and friends to continue our vision of a living, working countryside.