Biodiversity
Damsel and dragonfly survey
Assess the spatial and temporal variations in the abundance of odonata populations.
Standardized counts of common odonata
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Biodiversity
Wintering bird survey
Assess the spatial and temporal variations in the abundance of winter populations of common birds.
Standardized counts of common birds
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Butterfly monitoring for green space managers
Monitoring of butterflies in green spaces by professional gardeners to measure changes in populations and assess the impact of management practices on butterflies
Observers conduct timed species counts (ten-minute counts along a transect) three times a year (June, July, August) to identify and count the butterflies they observe.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Once a month
Biodiversity
BIRDLAB is a citizen’s observatory that aims to study bird behavior at the feeder in winter. Participation is via a game played on a smartphone or tablet.
Participate from a garden, a balcony or a deck by installing two feeders and by watching the birds as they come and go at the feeders using the BirdLab app.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Garden butterfly monitoring
Opération Papillons aims to improve scientific knowledge on butterflies. The data collected over the long term should help measure the effects of human activities on these species.
Participants carry out inventories of butterflies in their gardens or on their balconies, noting the maximum number of individuals seen together for each species. At the end of each week of observation, the data are entered on the observatory website.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Sauvages de ma rue (Wilderness on my street) is a citizens’ observatory from Vigie-Nature that lets urban dwellers learn to identify the wild plants that grow on the streets in their neighborhoods. The data are used for urban ecology research.
Participants carry out inventories of wild plants that grow on city streets. They note the presence of plant species from among 240 plants listed in the protocol and indicate whether they are growing at the base of a tree, on sidewalks, in the grass, etc.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Garden bird monitoring
Oiseaux des Jardins aims to obtain qualitative and quantitative data to better understand the impact of human activities on bird populations.
Participants identify and count the birds they see in their garden as often as they wish throughout the year. The protocol requires no prior knowledge.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Garden bumblebees monitoring
Observatoire des Bourdons aims to obtain qualitative and quantitative data on bumblebees to better understand the impact of global changes on these pollinating insects.
Participants carry out inventories of bumblebees in their gardens or on their balconies, noting the maximum number of individuals seen together for each species. At the end of each week of observation, the data are entered on the observatory website.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Participatory Observatory of Beach Top Biodiversity
To monitor and understand the biodiversity dynamics of the shore in response to global and local changes to improve conservation of this ecosystem.
Any member of the community can participate in simple protocols, based on observations of the biological groups in the wrack (seaweed; and eventually, birds, invertebrates and plants).
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case