Introduction Projects Development  The Survey project was started to encourage monitoring of local wildlife. 

Existing Wildlife Surveys. Only selected area of specific interest can be surveyed by professionals, because of the limited resources that are available. Until recently, very little monitoring had done outside recognised conservation areas, especially on a regular basis.   Voluntary wildlife experts provide regular information to ERCCIS, the Environmental Record Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. ERCCIS have several ongoing projects [Ponds, Bird Atlas, Mammal Atlas] covering Cornwall as a whole. To date, this is the only project the focuses on individual parishes.

The Proposed Survey Project is to use volunteers with minimum existing survey skills to provide regular information on a wide range of simplified projects designed to cover a wide range of habitat and species in each of the 18 or so parishes supported by the Launceston Branch of Cornwall Wildlife Trust. The surveys are being designed to be Parish-based, so that volunteers can contribute in their own back yard, reducing travel, allowing volunteers to survey on land where they are know by landowners. Feed-back is to be through parish notice boards and reports to parish councils. The survey projects have been chosen to represent a wide range of species and habitats, not just those on biodiversity action lists