Recording Biodiversity at Lichfield Cathedral

On Thursday, 20th April, the Cathedral hosted a training session on iNaturalist, an app which makes it easy to use a smart phone to identify and record species of flora and fauna.

The training was organised by Lichfield Wildlife Group and led by Linda Norbury. After learning how to use iNaturalist the group of 20 split into smaller groups exploring the cathedral grounds.

Back in 2008 over 700 species were identified around the Cathedral. Over the coming months we plan for volunteers to add their sightings to the international Lichfield Cathedral | NBN Atlas Beautiful Burial Grounds, We will be participating in next weekend’s City Nature Challenge and, in June, Churches Count on Nature 2023.