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Surrey Wildlife Trust Wildlife Recording Kits

Want to know what wildlife might be making its home on ground you own, manage or work on with a community group? Help is at hand thanks to SWT's 'Wildlife Recording Kits' - boxes filled with surveying equipment to help you undertake species monitoring on sites from gardens and recreation grounds to local woodland. Learn more about SWT's Wildlife Recording Kits here. 

See all the SWT Wildlife Recording Kits in Guildford Library of Things. 

About this kit

Moths play an important role in ecosystems as herbivores, pollinators and as prey for other animals. Monitoring moths can help us to determine how biodiverse our sites are and can support decision making in regard to future actions. 

Moth trapping involves the use of an artificial light source to attract moths during the night. In a moth trap the bulb is suspended over a box into which the moths fly, and from where they can be examined and identified before being safely released.

This kit contains:

• Moth trap
• Battery
• Torch x 2
• High-viz jacket x 5
• ID guides x 2
• Magnifying tubs x 2
  

The items in this kit come in a handy carry case, pictured below.

After borrowing this kit, you may wish to sign-up for SWT's Wilder Communities (www.surreywildlifetrust.org/get-involved/projects/wilder-communities).

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Carbon saving

Save 57 Kg of CO2 emissions by borrowing this item, compared to buying it new.