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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 in Leicestershire & Rutland

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...

National Forum for Biological Recording Newsletter - April 2018

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.

All the beetles of VC55

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

Leaf Mines

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

New Photography Section

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

Earthworm Recorder's Handbook

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

Now That Spring Is Here

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...