Recording the Wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland

Help to record the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland

Submit any sighting of an animal, plant or fungus seen in Leicestershire or Rutland to put your dot on our species distribution maps. All records are passed on to local and national recording schemes and help add to our scientific knowledge which helps conservation. All wildlife records are valuable, common or rare, and whether from your garden, local park or a nature reserve. If your wildlife sighting is not in Leicestershire and Rutland, please submit the record to the national iRecord website.

You can now use the NatureSpot App to record in the field with your mobile phone.

To submit a record and experience this site in full, you must register (free and quick!).

Limnephilus marmoratus
Andy's Rutland
16/10/2021
Empingham garden

Upcoming events

Charnwood Local Group: Scary Hairy Spiders - Spiders, Fear and Folklore: Alan Cann

Wed, 27/10/2021 - 19:30

Online via Zoom

Wildlife and Birds of Poland with Richard Bashford

Fri, 29/10/2021 - 19:30

This talk will be held via Zoom; go to lrwt.org.uk/online-talks to find out more and book your place - everyone welcome!

Lit & Phil Natural History Section - Don't Stop the Rot - Steven Falk

Wed, 03/11/2021 - 19:30

Online via Zoom.
This talk will discuss and celebrate the importance of old trees and dead wood for invertebrates.

LROS: Sri Lanka - Blue Magpies, Blue Whales and Blue Skies - Ashley Grove

Fri, 05/11/2021 - 19:30

St Anne's Church Hall, Letchworth Road, Leicester LE3 6FN.

Loughborough Naturalists Club - Rockpooling a talk with Jeff Blincow

Sat, 13/11/2021 - 19:30

Zoom talk

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NatureSpot Disruption

We have been informed that parts of the NatureSpot website will be disrupted from 3pm on Friday 22 October to 5pm on Sunday 24 October. This is because BRC-hosted websites including iRecord will be unavailable during this period. You will not be able to upload records during this time. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes.

30 New Parish Pages

Thanks to a Shires Environment Grant from Leicestershire County Council, NatureSpot has been able to set up 30 new parish pages on our award-winning website. More...

Gaps, what gaps?

NatureSpot now has records from all areas of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. More...

Fly Versus Invasive Species

NatureSpot user Christine captured this scuttle fly (Phalacrotophora) parasitizing a Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) pupa. We aren't able to identify the fly exactly but this is an interesting illustration that invasive species don't have it all their own way!