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 – with or without a photo – to put your dot on our species distribution maps. All records are passed on to local and national recording schemes. All wildlife records are valuable, common or rare, and whether from your garden, local park or a nature reserve. Help To Record

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7 Spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Abbey Park - 22 October 2019

Upcoming events

MB Nats: Pollen, Spores and Us by Dr. Catherine (Cat) Pashley

Tue, 22/10/2019 - 19:30

The Hall at St Peters C.E. Primary Academy, Station Road, Market Bosworth. CV13 0NP.

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Entomological Society Autumn Exhibition

Sat, 09/11/2019 - 10:00

Brackenhurst Campus of Nottingham Trent University, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire

The Wonder of Willow - Tim Sexton

Sat, 09/11/2019 - 19:30

Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Church Room, Church Lane, Quorn, LE12 8DP

Leicester Lit&Phil Natural History Section - The spiders of Leicestershire & Rutland - indicators of change?

Wed, 13/11/2019 - 19:30

Leicester New Walk Museum

MB Nats: The Ecology of Bradgate Park by Steve Woodward

Tue, 19/11/2019 - 19:30

The Hall at St Peters C.E. Primary Academy, Station Road, Market Bosworth. CV13 0NP.

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DaNES Insect Show 2019

Saturday 9th November 2019 Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Entomological Society (DaNES) Annual Insect Show. More...

BRC Newsletter

The latest update from the Biological Records Centre has just been published. NatureSpot users may find a number of items of interest (not least, how you're not going to be replaced by A.I any time soon!). Read it or subscribe here.

Help improve your local environment and you could win £1000

If you are aged 10–20 years old and live in Leicestershire or Rutland, or work in a community group or school, you are eligible to enter: https://www.lrwt.org.uk/get-involved/grand-ideas-competition

Closing date 29.11.2019.

Spider or Harvestman?

It's got long legs - but is it a Spider or a Harvestman? Here's how to tell...

NatureSpot Wild Places

We constantly work to improve NatureSpot and we've been making a lot of changes behind the scenes recently. These may not be immediately obvious but one of the improvements you can see is to the Wild Places section of the site.