Have you spotted a porpoise or other sea mammals in Somerset Waters? Whether you want to record a casual sighting or your sighting is part of your 2 hour land-based survey, submit your sightings here!

Sea Watch Foundation is a national charity working to improve the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises. You can take part in its monitoring programme as volunteer observers through regular surveys along the coast organized by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. We also offer training by Sea Watch experts in how to carry out monitoring and surveying of this important group of sea mammals.

The information gathered by Sea Watch observers has been the primary source of knowledge about the relative status and distribution of cetacean around the British Isles.

Taunton is our county-town and is a town that still retains a rural, easy-going charm, lying in a natural valley between the Quantock, Blackdown and Brendon Hills. The town has retained a diverse array of wildlife despite continued growth, and although habitat connectivity throughout and around the town is quite limited, sites within Taunton still count rarer species like kingfisher, barn owls, dormice, water voles, otters, and bats amongst the wildlife contingent.

The aim of the Bat Watch Taunton is to enthuse everyone about wildlife mapping and the fascinating world of bats, and to monitor changes in both the variety of bat species and the number of bats, that we have across Somerset.

There’s a huge amount you can do in your garden to make it more hospitable to Hedgehogs. Small changes can make a big difference, and we plan to cover all these topics in more depth over the next three months.

We’re so happy you’re interested in joining our Homes for hedgehogs journey.

Our local projects by area, whether that by levels and moors, coastal, Mendip Hills or Taunton.

How to use iNaturalist to record your sightings including for our Great Somerset Wildlife Counts'.

A conservation group who meet weekly to carry out work to maintain and enhance habitat formation on the meadow in Taunton town centre.