iSpot, your place to share nature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nA citizen scientist can be anyone; it involves members of the public collecting and sharing data. This could be from your local park, backyard or somewhere more exotic.<\/p>\n
One of the great things about being a citizen scientist is that you can learn more about the species around you while at the same time contributing useful information to science. iSpot (www.ispotnature.org) is one example of a citizen scientist website that allows you to do this.<\/p>\n
This talk will share the approaches the iSpot team are using to support citizen scientists as they build their identification skills. I will share some of the findings from the site, including a moth spotted for the first time in the UK by a six-year-old girl. I\u2019ll also provide details about how you can join the site and become a citizen scientist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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