Submit a wildlife sighting

Common cockchafer beetle

Common cockchafer / Maybug (Melolontha melolontha), taking off from human finger, Wiltshire garden, UK, May. - Nick Upton/2020VISION

Submit a wildlife sighting

The best way to send your wildlife sightings to us is via iRecord.

iRecord is a website and app for submitting, verifying and sharing biological records, including the associated photos.

Submit your sighting to iRecord

These records get downloaded by Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC). WSBRC are based at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, has been the custodian of Wiltshire’s wildlife records for over 40 years. WSBRC holds around two million species records (for fungi, plants and animals) and detailed information on habitats and sites of importance across Wiltshire and Swindon.

Need help identifying something you've seen?

Email our wildlife identification volunteers at wiv@wiltshirewildlife.org with a photo and your question.

Why not join the ranks of enthusiastic volunteers who spot wildlife and send in their records, building up a comprehensive record of wildlife in the county?  If this information is collected systematically over time, real changes in the health of our natural world can be monitored and accurately assessed. 

Read more about WSBRC