Citizen Science Case Studies

The case studies below demonstrate the data journey for specific marine citizen science projects, covering their planning, collection, processing, preservation, sharing and reuse.

The Rock Pool Project

The Rock Pool Project is a not-for profit community interest project founded in Cornwall in 2018 and has a team of over 100 volunteers in 9 hub locations around the UK. Their primary goal is to connect people to nature, to engage with local communities to promote scientific exploration and to create a network of healthy, well connected marine conservationists across the UK.

The Seabird Monitoring Programme

The Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP) is a citizen science initiative run by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in partnership with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), which monitors abundance and productivity of breeding seabirds throughout the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands to support the conservation of their populations.

Shoresearch

Shoresearch is The Wildlife Trusts' national citizen science survey of the intertidal shore, the exciting world of extremes where the sea meets the land.

The Shark Trust Great Eggcase Hunt

The Shark Trust's conservation work is funded by grants and foundations, their mission is to safeguard the future of sharks through positive change which they achieve through science, education, influence and action. The Great Eggcase Hunt has now recorded over 600,000+ individual eggcases!