Explore wildlife with The Darwin Guide

Learn to discover wildlife just like Charles Darwin. A free guide produced by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN) helps you follow in his footsteps.

In celebration of Darwin’s bicentenary and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, the NBN has produced The Darwin Guide to Recording Wildlife.

Co-authored by Randal Keynes, great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, the guide offers a fantastic insight into how Darwin observed wildlife. It also explains ways you can get involved, what to look for and the basics of how to record.

The Darwin Guide to Recording Wildlife is completely free. It has been funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is aimed at anyone with an interest in nature, whatever their age.

You can download your copy from the NBN website, or if you prefer you can order a hard copy.