Wildlife Recording

Anyone can start doing wildlife recording. You do not have to be an expert; enthusiastic amateurs have a very important part to play. Why not start by making a diary of animals you see in your garden or local park? If this heightens your interest then why not join one of the many local recording groups in the Cheshire region. New members are always welcome and there are often good training opportunities available.

RECORD is the Local Record Centre for the Cheshire region and will be able to put you in touch with other like-minded individuals in your area.

So, if you, or your society, collect biological records you can help to protect our natural heritage by passing your information on. RECORD is now open and would be pleased to receive any information about plants or animals you might have seen/recorded. Observations might come from trips to the countryside or simply from your own backyard. No matter how trivial you think the record is, it will be and is useful to us.

We collate all terrestrial, freshwater and marine records, and the basic facts we need to know are:-

Your Name, Address and Telephone number,
Species Name,
Site where the observation was made,
OS Grid Reference for the Site (if you don't know how to do this we can help, give us a ring),
Date of Observation (e.g. 13/12/1998).
Any further information is always useful (e.g. numbers, sexes, habits, etc.).

Records can be sent to the centre for inputting to the database via paper records, computerised records via e-mail (info@rECOrd-LRC.co.uk), on record forms via our website (www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk), or on the recording sheet which is downloadbale from our web-site.