Borrow Plant Recording Kit

Why survey? Conducting a plant survey can help you gain insights into the species that exist in your area and can help you work out the best management regimes for your green space. Knowing the plant life in your area can also help you identify the potential invertebrates that inhabit it. For example, most butterflies have specific food plants. Recording all this information can be useful when preparing management plans.

About the kit: Before starting you must work out your survey technique. This could be a random survey, quadrat survey or a walking transect. Once you have worked out the survey method, it is time to begin. Make sure you have a great ID book with you, because a lot of plants may not be in flower, but some can be done on the leaf structure. A top tip would be to learn a couple, to help with confidence.

Kit consists of: i) 4 x Quadrats; ii) 2 x Magnifier; iii) 11 x Plant ID sheets; iv) Kit Guide; vi) Kit Box.

For Instruction Manual, see below.

This kit has been provided by Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT). After borrowing this kit, you may wish to sign-up for SWT's Wilder Communities (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/projects/wilder-communities).

LARGE ITEM in Storage, please reserve this item NO LATER than the TUESDAY BEFORE you wish to check-out the item.

Large items are transferred from our storage site to the library every Wednesday afternoon. You can reserve a large item for collection, but it will only be available for collection from 4:00pm on the FIRST WEDNESDAY of your reservation period.