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NEYEDC improve and inform environmental decision making, conservation, land management and sustainable development in North and East Yorkshire through the collation, management, analysis and dissemination of biodiversity information.
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Local Groups

Local Groups

As part of our role as an LERC, we support local groups and recorders across North and East Yorkshire. This includes community groups, parish groups, natural history societies, site-based groups such as nature reserves, and more. We can offer a range of support and resources to assist with the invaluable activities undertaken by local groups, whether these be based around biological recording, biodiversity and nature-recovery related projects, or engaging more widely with their communities about nature.

What can we offer?

Our standard package of support for your local group will provide you with:

  • Background data for your site/parish/area, including species list and information about locally designated sites

  • PDF/JPEG map of background records

  • Short PDF citations for Local Wildlife Sites relevant to your area

  • Access to our Local Groups Resource Pack, including NEYEDC resources, community action resources, ID guides, and information about biological recording

  • Training, development, and volunteering opportunities

If you are interested in the above, please contact Lucy on lucy.baldwin@neyedc.co.uk.

Your records

In return, we ask that you share any records your group collects with us. We can provide you with annual updates about how your data is being used and the impact it has in conservation, local decision-making, and research.

Additional support

We may also be able to help your group with specific requests for technical and data support, such as species records mapping, bioblitz support, project/event support, data analysis, or creating an iNaturalist project for your group. If you would like to discuss requests of this type, we would be very happy to receive them via email.

Case studies

Sheriff Hutton Wildlife Group

This small, relatively new group in Sheriff Hutton, north-east of York, contacted us regarding support for a hedgehog monitoring project within the village, similar to the work we completed for Molescroft Wildlife Network. We digitised their survey area, provided background species records for the village, and provided recording templates to assist with data collection, as well as advising on the best way to approach recording for the project. We plan to provide the group with regular mapping of new records to support their hedgehog project, and trail cameras to enable more residents to get involved with the project.

Friends of Jubilee Pastures

Jubilee Pasture is a small area of grassland managed for wildlife as a local community project, between the villages of Bugthorpe and Kirby Underdale on the Garrowby Estate in East Yorkshire. Their ‘Friends of’ group contacted us originally in 2023 to provide us with plant records for the site, which is how we became acquainted with the group. Since then, we have made their records available for local decision-making at their request, completed a habitat mapping drone-flight of the site to help its management, and completed a number of moth trapping sessions at the site to help build a picture of insect biodiversity.

Friends of Hell Wath

NEYEDC have been associated with the Friends of Hell Wath, a nature reserve close to Ripon, for a number of years. We have completed two bioblitz events at the site, one in 2019 and one in 2024, supporting in a data collation and mapping role, as well as processing the event results.

Keep in touch

Once we’ve provided you with a support package, we will stay in touch via email to ensure you’re provided with updates relevant to our local group network, including new resources, opportunities for training, development, volunteering, and events. We also have a Facebook Page for our local group network which you will be able to join as an affiliated group.