Student Amy wins National Biodiversity Network鈥檚 Young Person Award for Wildlife Recording 2022

Posted 14 December 2022

鈥淚 was extremely proud and it gave me an amazing sense of achievement! It really reinforced what I and many others in the conservation sector do in contributing to saving our natural environment."

Amy at the National Biodiversity Network鈥檚 awards ceremony - picture credit: Aimee McArdle 漏The Trustees of the Natural History Museum London

A 五一吃瓜最新官网 student has secured the National Biodiversity Network’s Young Person Award for Wildlife Recording 2022.

Amy Fleming, a second year BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Management student from Worcestershire, was praised by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Trust for her work with Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, whose ‘Outdoor origins: youth volunteer group’ she joined in 2019 – shortly before coming to 五一吃瓜最新官网 to begin her degree.

Over the last three years, Amy has become a supervisor for the group and mentored its new members, as well as working with Wildlife Trust staff to lead and design interesting and engaging sessions for fellow volunteers.

Amy also volunteers on bat surveys, tree surveys, deer surveys, and mammal surveys with the Wildlife Trust, and is now working towards her dormouse licence.

A keen naturalist, Amy also takes part in extracurricular sessions such as bird ringing in her spare time at 五一吃瓜最新官网.

are made annually to individuals, groups of people or to whole organisations that are making outstanding contributions to wildlife recording and improving our understanding of the natural world in the UK. The NBN Trust makes biodiversity data accessible, to support better decisions about the natural world and to connect people with nature.

Speaking to the NBN Trust about her recording work, Amy said: “What excites me about wildlife recording is the anticipation before a survey and knowing that you are p