Why not join us for a Swift Half in the pub and tell us where you have seen Swifts? More...

Pirri-pirri burr (Acaena novae-zelandiae) was originally introduced to Britain in a wool from New Zealand in 1901. More...

You should be in no doubt by now that insects (and hence humans) are in trouble - More:

Or could we do a better job of recording them? More...

The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is conducting a fascinating experiment at Charley and we need your help to monitor it. More...

We need your sightings: Swift Survey 2018

It's the time of year when bee photos flood into NatureSpot, so it must be time to write about bees. More...

The Scarlet Tiger Moth (Callimorpha dominula) is a spectacular day-flying moth found in the South West.

Earthworms aren’t the easiest group of organisms to identify - so that means you need to practice! More…

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NatureSpot has registered with Amazon Smile, a version of Amazon that donates to a charity of your choice. More...

The NatureSpot website received over two million pageviews from half a million users last year and it costs money to keep such a popular site up and running. Please help

Following on from the 2014 Atlas of Dragonflies and Damselflies in Britain and Ireland, the British Dragonfly Society aims to produce a State of Dragonflies report 2020 and they need your help. More...

Swifts will be returning to the county in the next month, but they are in trouble and need your help! The Swift Project Partnership needs all records from Leicestershire & Rutland this summer. More...

The Spring 2018 NFBR newsletter is now available to download or read online: http://www.nfbr.org.uk/?q=newsletters

Lots of good stuff in this issue. 

Graham Finch, County Recorder for Coleoptera, has updated the Annotated Checklist to the Beetles of VC55 (Leicestershire & Rutland). 

A number of NatureSpot users have been adding records recently based on the identification of leafmines - usually made by the larvae of micromoths. More...

Help us to help you recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland.

The Earthworm Society of Britain (ESB) recently announced that a new Earthworm Recorder's Handbook is available on their website. More...

It may not feel like it yet, but according to the Met Office it is spring (and nearly all the snow is gone), so it's time to start preparing for the return of the bees. Read more...