Firstly a big thank you to our survey participants. You have now entered over 100 results into the Earthworm Watch website but we need lots more! Summer is fast approaching, and the weather is getting hotter and dryer. We have extended the survey into June, and need your help to complete your survey before earthworms become less active.

So where do earthworms go in the summer?

I have always been interested in the natural world, spending my school summer holidays recording the biodiversity of a local woodland and conducting live mammal trapping and tadpole rearing projects. I completed a BSc in Natural Sciences with the Open University in 2011, having graduated I decided to do MSc in Taxonomy and Biodiversity at Imperial College London.

Over the last several months we’ve been busy getting everything ready for the launch of Earthworm Watch. From filming our instruction video in the Natural History Museum garden, to testing and refining the methods for Earthworm Watch with our colleagues, friends and family. We are delighted to now launch this new project and - with your help - start collecting the first earthworm and soil data from gardens and green spaces around the country.