Over the last few weeks we've been getting all the records submitted in 2019 sorted out. More...

Recently the NatureSpot Team held a works outing to Everard's Meadows and while we were there we couldn't resist doing some recording. More...

Now is a good time of year to spot and record the distinctive leaf mines of the Firethorn Leaf Miner, Phyllonorycter leucographella.

Farmers - naturalists are your friends - but don't take our word for it. More...

At the start of this month we promised you exciting developments on NatureSpot in 2020 and the first one has landed. More...

It is with great sadness that we have to report the death on 9th January 2020 of Ron Stevens, a NatureSpot trustee and regular behind the scenes worker for NatureSpot. Read more...

2020 is a big year for NatureSpot and we have a lot planned. More...

For the past few years Penny Metal has been photographing and writing about the invertebrates in a small urban park in London.

The NatureSpot team has been pondering what determines the distribution of records we receive. More...

Isn't modern technology amazing? Think you can give Springwatch a run for their money? Need a last minute Christmas present? Read this...

If you can't face another election TV "debate", then you may be interested in this programme

The Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society Natural History Section has created two new online discussion groups which you are welcome to join. More...

An introductory course about identifying liverworts and mosses. More...

Two new books on identifying fungi have been published recently. They're fantastic, but you'll have to dig deep. More...

The latest update from the Biological Records Centre has just been published. NatureSpot users may find a number of items of interest (not least, how you're not going to be replaced by A.I any time soon!).

If you are aged 10–20 years old and live in Leicestershire or Rutland, or work in a community group or school, you are eligible to enter: https://www.lrwt.org.uk/get-involved/grand-ideas-competition

Closing date 29.11.2019. 

It's got long legs  - but is it a Spider or a Harvestman? Here's how to tell...

We constantly work to improve NatureSpot and we've been making a lot of changes behind the scenes recently.

We've been waiting for this one...