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    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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    Identifying Sawflies

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    Although we are close to the end of their season now, at certain times of the year sawflies are very abundant and rather showy insects. Identification of these insects is often problematic however. More...

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    Help us find a new species spreading in our region. Read more...

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    We've been updating our Wild Places pages again - the NatureSpot directory of where to find wildlife in Leicestershire and Rutland. Read more...

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    FSC BioLinks is a project from the Field Studies Council which brings together existing volunteers skilled in biological recording and identification with new volunteers. More...

    New NatureSpot Guidance For Plant Recording

    Oxeye Daisy

    NatureSpot wants records for all wild plants species, either growing in the wild or as weeds - here's how you can help.

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    Epicaecilius pilipennis

    Epicaecilius pilipennis, a small (2-3mm), dark barkfly. 

     

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    Autumn Hawkbit

    Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) is thriving this year in sun-burnt grass verges. Hawkbits are usually tough to identify but this one is OK - if you know how.

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