Welcome to the City Nature Challenge 2025: Berkshire and Oxfordshire! Join us in recording any wildlife in these counties! Your nature sightings contribute valuable data that help scientists understand and protect our environment.
What is City Nature Challenge?
The City Nature Challenge is an annual four-day global bioblitz, where cities compete to gather the most nature observations, find the most species, and achieve the highest participation.
How to participate?
Friday 25th April – Monday 28th April, 2025: Simply venture outdoors and capture photos of the stunning flowers, interesting plants, or captivating animals you encounter and upload them to iNaturalist. Join our City Nature Challenge project:
Berkshire project Oxfordshire project
Tuesday 29th April – Sunday 4th May, 2025: Upload and identify your photos on iNaturalist. Join the project and check back as we record all the biodiversity we find! Let's document our local wildlife together!
Why get involved?
Community science is for everyone! Whether you're an avid naturalist or just getting started, you can participate in community science and help collect data on the biodiversity in our beautiful counties. Every observation helps us understand and conserve local wildlife. Community-generated data is crucial for scientists, aiding efforts to protect nature both locally and globally.
City Nature Challenge Frequently Asked Questions
New to iNaturalist?
Explore the links below to learn how to use the iNaturalist mobile app. Once you're familiar with the app, you can upload and identify your observations on iNaturalist.
You can also join us and Enstone Eco, Saturday 26th April, 2-4pm at St Kenelm’s Church in Enstone. We’ll show you how to use iNaturalist and then take you around the churchyard to try it out yourself.
The City Nature Challenge is organised on a global scale by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences. The City Nature Challenge 2025: Berkshire and Oxfordshire is organised by Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (TVERC).
Thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund’s WISH Partnership for support to broaden community involvement in wildlife monitoring.