The Stroud Valleys Dipper Project has been established to achieve 5 core conservation goals:
-To coordinate a full volunteer-led survey of the Stroud Valleys to map and count the Dipper population in the breeding season of 2025(including a river habitat survey).
-To provide an online map where people can send in their sightings of Dippers throughout the year (adults, young birds, nest sites, roost sites, etc).
-To establish a colour-ring population to allow sightings of individuals.
-To undertake a survey of winter roost sites in 2024/25.
-To use the information collected by the above activities to:
(i) establish a baseline against which future change can be monitored;
(ii) undertakedata analysis to understand the factors affecting Dipper distribution and abundance in the five valleys of Stroud.