Wildlife and species recording groups
This page provides contact details for a range of species recording groups across Shropshire.
Further details of how to submit records or make an enquiry to a group can be found please contact them directly. Usually the minimum information required is: your name (or the person that saw it), species name (a photograph may be sufficient in some cases), where you saw it (a grid reference is ideal), and when you saw it.
We have provided a named contact in each case. This person is the county recorder for that group of species and records can be emailed directly to them. Please include your own contact details so that records can be verified.
Birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians
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Group |
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Contact |
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Shropshire Mammal Group |
Lorcàn Adrian |
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Shropshire Ornithological Society |
Martyn Owen (county recorder for birds) |
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Shropshire Amphibian & Reptile Group |
Fran Lancaster (acting chair) |
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Whitchurch Community Water Vole Group |
Malcolm Monie |
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Shropshire Badger Group |
N/A |
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Shropshire Bat Group |
John Morgan |
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Shropshire Barn Owl Group |
Glenn Bishton |
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Shropshire Peregrine Group |
John Turner |
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Shropshire Swift Group |
Peta Sams |
Insects and other invertebrates
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Shropshire Invertebrate Group |
Mike Shurmer |
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Shropshire Spider Group |
Nigel Cane-Honeysett |
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Shropshire Dragonflies Group |
Sue Rees-Evans |
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Butterfly Macro-moth records |
Tony Jacques |
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Plant Galls and Leaf Mining Flies (Agromyzidae) |
Godfrey Blunt |
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Micro-moths |
Mike Shurmer |
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Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) |
Maria Justamond |
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Hoverflies, Soldierflies, robberflies, |
Nigel Jones |
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Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies |
Ian Cheeseborough |
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Terrestrial Bugs (except Shield Bugs) |
Keith Fowler |
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Shield Bugs, and Long Horned Beetles, Nematocera (Craneflies, winter gnats, mosquitoes) |
Pete Boardman |
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Aquatic Bugs (Hemiptera), Water Beetles, Caddisflies, and Stoneflies |
Frances Riding |
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Beetles (Coleoptera), all families except Cerambycidae, Ladybirds, and Water Beetles. |
Caroline Uff |
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Grasshoppers, Crickets, Ground Hoppers, |
David Williams |
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| Springtails (Collembola) |
Gerry Thomas |
Plants, fungi and mosses
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Plants, and Charophytes |
Mags Cousins and John Martin |
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Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts |
Mark Lawley |
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Shropshire Fungus Group |
Philip Leather |
Wildlife groups
There are several active community wildlife groups in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. They have some highly enjoyable events and are always looking for new people who'd like to take part. The Shropshire Community Wildlife Groups Facebook page has more information.