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What if we gave nature a little more room?

Britain is full of spaces with the potential to help wildlife: gardens, balconies, allotments, schools, farms, field margins, business grounds, roofs, orchards and meadows. Great British Pollinator Highway brings the people caring for those spaces together.

Our idea is simple: your space matters. A tiny space can provide food or shelter. Larger spaces can provide more, but that does not make a smaller plot insignificant. Members register the land they manage and submit species they find, and the map shows where members are recording and what they have submitted. A pin on the map shows a member's submission, not proof of habitat connection, corridor health, a restoration outcome, or a comparison between sites.

Pollinators are where our story begins, but not where our curiosity ends. Bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies, beetles and other insects all play a part, and members can record the wider biodiversity they discover too.

A red seven-spot ladybird on a green leaf
01

Notice nature

Look at what is already there and enjoy the habit of looking.

02

Make space for it

Create and care for places where wildlife can thrive.

03

Learn about it

Discover the species living alongside us.

04

Record it

Build a record of what you find.

05

Share it

Help create a wider picture of nature across Britain.

06

Enjoy it

Because helping nature should also bring joy.

Another reason GBPH exists

Nature can be good company.

It gives us something to notice, learn, talk about and share. Sometimes it is simply somewhere to sit quietly for ten minutes. GBPH is about helping wildlife, but we hope it also helps people rediscover the habit of looking.

Close-up of a butterfly feeding on a yellow flower
Butterfly feeding on a yellow flower head: the kind of moment a single record on the network captures.

Who is behind GBPH

Great British Pollinator Highway (GBPH) operates this biodiversity recording platform. Policy, privacy, removal and complaint enquiries can be sent using the Contact Us page. GBPH does not currently publish a legal entity, company number, postal address or named owner on this website.