Wildlife Recording
Recording is a vital part of conservation: unless we know where a species is found, and in what numbers, it is very difficult to take effective action for its conservation.
Anyone can help by recording wildlife. You do not have to be an expert; enthusiastic amateurs have a very important part to play. Recording common everyday sightings is just as important as finding rarities. Observations might come from trips to the countryside, visits to CWT nature reserves or simply from your own backyard. The basic facts that form a record are:
- Species Name
- Site where the observation was made
- OS Grid Reference for the Site
- Date of Observation (e.g. 13/12/1998)
- Your Name, Address and Telephone number
- Any further information is always useful (e.g. numbers, sexes, behaviour, etc.)
RECORD is the Local Record Centre for the Cheshire region, covering Cheshire, Halton, Warrington, the Wirral, and the old Vice-County boundary covering most of Trafford, Stockport and Tameside. RECORD holds data for all the species found in Cheshire, whether they be flora, fauna or fungi, currently nearly 1.5 million records. Some of these records are from wildlife organizations such as Cheshire Wildlife Trust, but the majority come from individuals, many of them enthusiastic amateurs. They are always pleased to receive any information about plants or animals you might have seen and recorded.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust works in partnership with RECORD, as the data they hold is vital to our work.
Recording wildlife on CWT Reserves
Knowing what, where and when wildlife uses our reserves is vital information needed to help make decisions on the best way to manage each site.
Tell us what you’ve seen
Recording wildlife across all of our nature reserves is a huge task and we need your help. As a Cheshire Wildlife Trust member we encourage you to visit a nature reserve and make a list of the plants and animals you see.
You can submit your records via the Record Online Data Input System (RODIS) on the RECORD website
You can also email spreadsheets to info@rECOrd-LRC.co.uk, or post paper records to:
rECOrd
Oakfield House
Chester Zoological Gardens
Upton
Chester
CH2 1LH
There are direct links to RODIS for each of our reserves (below) on their individual pages, along with a downloadable map. These links will make it easy for you to enter what you have seen without needing to register as a user or find details such as grid references. We’ve done most of the technical stuff for you so all that you need to do now is get out there and tell where our wildlife is!
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