Species spotting
27 February 2009
Have you seen a red squirrel lately? Or an Irish hare or marsh fritillary butterfly. If you have or if you’ve seen any of our “priority species”, we would like to know. You can tell us using a simple online form. This will help increase the understanding of the status and distribution of Northern Ireland’s biodiversity.
In order to help any of our native plants and animals, it’s important to know exactly where they are. The Centre for Environmental Data and Recording collects and stores this information for future use. We will be contributing to these records using the information you supply.
You can help our understanding of where they live by reporting any sightings to us. We will then pass those records to CEDaR. There is a link to a simple recording form on each of the individual species pages.
We will also pass your records on to the relevant organisation responsible for that particular species’ action plan if they request the information.
The only personal details you need to leave is your email address – just in case someone needs to contact you to check on a few details. You can leave your telephone number too. These details will only ever be used to contact you about your sighting.
So, please record what you see – it can make a real difference.
To send us a sighting, please visit that species’ page on our site (eg. red squirrels or barn owls) and click on the link to let us know.