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If you are keen to get outdoors and do your bit for biodiversity, there are many wildlife surveys and nature experiments that you can take part in across the UK. Here is a selection.

Brimstone © Jim Asher/Butterfly Conservation

Help to take nature’s pulse by joining the biggest ever nationwide survey to assess the health of our environment from 16–31 July 2011.

Damselfly © Peter Chadwick/NHM

See how many different types of bug you can spot in three 15 minute challenges.

Cherry blossom © NHM

Join the second year running of the national survey to locate, identify and count the cherry trees in streets, parks and gardens across the UK.

Blackthorn © Derek Adams/NHM

Identify and record the trees in your garden, street and park for the Natural History Museum’s urban tree survey.

Support Jungle Fever, a new campaign to save rainforests by Cool it Schools.

A comic look at the importance of bees to our natural environment.

Join ARKive's Facebook campaign to support threatened plants and animals.

Are bluebells in Britain flowering earlier than they used to? Is this evidence of climate change?