Northamptonshire Biodiversity Records Centre

The home of quality ecological data for Northamptonshire

Look out for Rabbits!

Northants Easter Bunny Hunt

Spring is in the air and we'd like to present you with an Easter challenge by joining in with our Look out for Rabbits! survey.  Although thought to be common and widespread in Northamptonshire, we have relatively few records of rabbits in Northants and there are large areas of the county for which we have no records at all.

Personal details
*

Please provide your first name

*

Please provide your surname

*

Please provide your email address. This will only be used to contact you if we require further information to verify the record.

 *

Enter the date in dd/mm/yyyy format or select the date of the record.

You are submitting a record of Oryctolagus cuniculus
 *

Enter the recorder's name, if different

 

Provide an indication of the abundance

 

How certain of this identification are you?

 

Please indicate the sex of the organism, if recorded.

 

Please indicate the life stage of the organism, if recorded.

 

If anyone helped with the identification please enter their name here

Please add any additional information you think may be of interest

Sensitivity

This is the precision that the record will be shown at for public viewing

 *

Please provide the location name. This could be the name of a village, town, parish, nature reserve, wood etc. Do not enter a postal address as the information you provide will be visible to others.

Further details about where the sighting was within the main location, e.g. a road name, footpath, a compartment of a wood, or area of a nature reserve.

 *

Or simply click on your rough position on the map.


Look out for Ponds!

Ponds are a supporting habitat for a wide variety of species, both as a home, a resource and migratory pathway. By enhancing the available knowledge through this survey we inform decision making at landscape scale for species protection.

Standard Data Search

A standard NBRC data search for a given area will provide a map and a report (PDF) including:

  • Location of statutory sites that have been designated as; Special Protected Areas (SPAs), Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), National Nature Reserves (NNRs) or Local Nature Reserves (LNRs).
  • Location and where available, descriptions of non-statutory sites that have been designated as Local Wildlife Sites (LWS), Protected Wildflower Verges (PWV), Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves, Local Geological Sites (LGS), Pocket Parks, Important Invertebrate Areas (IIA) and Potential Wildlife Sites (PWS).
  • Lists of protected and notable species records (including red data book and Biodiversity Action Plan species) with dates and spatial references.

 

Data search map example

Look out for Bee-flies!

Bee-fly image by John Showers

It's nearly bee-fly season again and we'd like to continue with our bee-fly surveys to help map and monitor the distribution of these fascinating flies across the county.  In 2018, the dotted bee-fly was recorded in Northants for the first time and we've now added the option to submit a record of this species as well as your records of the dark-edged bee-fly, so please check out our Look out for Bee-flies survey page to find out how to tell the difference between the two and submit your records for 2021!

Personal details
*

Please provide your first name

*

Please provide your surname

*

Please provide your email address. This will only be used to contact you if we require further information to verify the record.

You are submitting a record of Oryctolagus cuniculus
 *

Enter the recorder's name, if different

 *

Enter the species name using * as a wildcard.

 
 

How certain of this identification are you?

 

If anyone helped with the identification please enter their name here

Sensitivity

This is the precision that the record will be shown at for public viewing

 *

Enter the date in dd/mm/yyyy format or select the date of the record.

 *

Please provide the location name. This could be the name of a village, town, parish, nature reserve, wood etc. Do not enter a postal address as the information you provide will be visible to others.

Further details about where the sighting was within the main location, e.g. a road name, footpath, a compartment of a wood, or area of a nature reserve.

 *

Or simply click on your rough position on the map.


Look out for Badgers!

Badger group image

We need your help to find Badgers!

NBRC are hosting the Northamptonshire Badger Group survey.

This group holds records of badger activity across the county, provides advice and organises rescue and rehabilitation.  Your help is needed to increase and update their records.  As a small community group, they rely on volunteers and members of the public to report badger information.  Records of badger activity in the southern half of the county are particlularly needed.

For more information about how you can help and submit your records, please visit our Look out for Badgers survey page.

Personal Details
*

Please provide your first name

*

Please provide your surname

*

Please provide your email address. This will only be used to contact you if we require further information to verify the record.

You are submitting a record of Meles meles
 

Enter the recorder's name, if different

Occurrence attribute occAttr:822 not found.Occurrence attribute occAttr:432 not found.
 

If anyone helped with the identification please enter their name here

Please add any additional information you feel would be useful. This could include; hair seen, scratch marks, worn pathways, age (adult/juvenile), number seen, activity of mammal when seen etc.

 *

Enter the date in dd/mm/yyyy format or select the date of the record.

 *

Please provide the location name. This could be the name of a village, town, parish, nature reserve, wood etc. Do not enter a postal address as the information you provide will be visible to others.

Further details about where the sighting was within the main location, e.g. a road name, footpath, a compartment of a wood, or area of a nature reserve.

 *
NB: All badger records will be blurred to 10km and the original grid reference supplied/location will not be visible to other users. Please supply a six figure grid reference as a minimum

Or simply click on your rough position on the map.


Subscribe to