Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre

Recent Sightings

This is where we display your records of wildlife in Wiltshire that have recently been submitted via our on-line recording form *

You can see what other people have been recording, what's about and where at the moment, which can give you inspiration of what you could see!

Date Species                  No. of animals        Location                   Comments                      
02/08/2010 Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis 1 Cowage Brook, Hilmarton  
31/07/2010 Polecat - Mustela putorius  1 Bulford  
28/07/2010

Short Winged Conehead - Conocephalus dorsalis

 4 SU24362786 Males and females were sitting on broken plastic tree protectors.
26/07/2010 Roesel's Bush Cricket - Metrioptera roeselii  1 SU24362786 Female was in the Brown form. It was sitting in the top of a plastic tree protector and edged downwards each time I approached too closely.
26/07/2010 Southern Hawker - Aeshna cyanea 1 Slip way between Avro Way and Halifax road in Bowerhill  
26/07/2010 Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrecopus major  1 In woods on path parallel to approach to Heavens Gate, Horningsham  
23/072010 Meadow Cranesbill - Geranium pratense  6 On bridleway behind Monkton Deverill on bend on Hindon road  
23/07/2010 Marbled white - melenargia galathea  1 On bridleway behind Monkton Deverill leading up from bend on Hindon road

 

 

 


Submit records of your sightings via our on-line form and you could see your records posted here!

Validation and verification - All records received by the WSBRC are checked before being placed online. Recording forms are checked to see that fields are filled in correctly, this is validation. Records are verified by checking the species in question against known occurrences and existing records. 

* data may be withheld if the species is considered ‘sensitive’. Find out more information about protected species



Badger, WWT/ Darin Smith

 

Lapwing, WWT/ Darin Smith

 

Otter, Darin SMith/ WWT

 

Toad, WWT/Darin Smith

The WSBRC is housed at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, a Company Limited by Guarantee and registered as a charity. No. 266202
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