Be a Citizen Scientist 

Support our independent, flagship Westcountry Citizen Science Investigations (CSI) and you will contribute to the resilience of your region’s rivers,
their habitats and wildlife - now and for the future.

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Our Westcountry CSI aims are:

  • To educate and engage people with the water environment.
  • To produce data that can be used to target work and identify degrading water bodies.
  • To spot pollution events which can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
  • To create a network of catchment communities that are invested in their local environment

Hi, I’m Anna.

I oversee the Westcountry CSI team and support them in looking after our fabulous community of #WestcountryCSI citizen science volunteers.

Anna Crane

CSI Coordinator

Hi, I’m Zoe.

Along with project work, I assist Anna and the Westcountry CSI team by providing training and more for our #WestcountryCSI citizen science activities.

Zoe Connelly

Evidence & Engagement Officer

“It’s important to monitor our rivers; they are such a vital habitat but vulnerable to pollution. I learn from taking part and feel I’m making a difference while seeing things I might otherwise miss.”

Linda

Westcountry CSI citizen scientist - River Yeo

Learn more and sign up as a volunteer

Active Volunteers Since 2016

SURVEYS completed since 2016

When you register as a Westcountry CSI volunteer, you will be given access to an information manual to support you in your citizen science activities.

For a taste of how you will monitor your designated freshwater environment, watch our training film below.

When you support our work as a Westcountry CSI volunteer, you will be helping to look after our region’s rivers, their habitats and wildlife, and our water resource.

You can monitor your river for a variety of reasons such as problem plants to pollution.

CSI Scorecard Map

Use this map, or below, to explore Westcountry CSI scorecards for waterbodies in the Westcountry.

Click on the icons to view and download the PDFs and find out the health of your local river.

CSI Leaflet

CSI Survey Form

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