MELLISSA HARRISON

摘要

Public interest in wildlife is hampered by overlapping campaigns and initiatives from charities competing for attention.It began in June, with a beetle. A friend from South London texted me a blurry photo: "LOOK! What on Earth?!?" read her text. "Stag beetle! Where?" I texted back. "Brixton," she replied. "Do I tell someone?" And thafs when things got difficult.The first organisation that sprang to mind was the London Wildlife Trust. But while looking up its website I stumbled across the PTES (People's Trust for Endangered Species) stag beede count, then the GiGL (Greenspace Information for Greater London) Staggering Gains survey; someone on Twitter recommended iSpotNature.org, and someone else told me about the OPAL (Open Air Laboratories! Bues Count app.