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

Shropshire Mammal Group

Lorcàn Adrian

Shropshire Ornithological Society

Martyn Owen (county recorder for birds)

Shropshire Amphibian & Reptile Group

Fran Lancaster (acting chair)

Whitchurch Community Water Vole Group

Malcolm Monie

Shropshire Badger Group

N/A

Shropshire Bat Group

Fran Lancaster (acting chair)

Shropshire Barn Owl Group

Glenn Bishton

Shropshire Peregrine Group

John Turner

Shropshire Swift Group

Peta Sams

Insects and other invertebrates

Shropshire Invertebrate Group

Mike Shurmer

Shropshire Spider Group

Nigel Cane-Honeysett

Shropshire Dragonflies Group

Sue Rees-Evans

Butterfly Macro-moth records

Tony Jacques

Plant Galls and Leaf Mining Flies (Agromyzidae)

Godfrey Blunt

Micro-moths

Mike Shurmer

Ladybirds (Coccinellidae)

Maria Justamond

Hoverflies, Soldierflies, robberflies, picture-winged flies and conopid flies

Nigel Jones

Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies

Ian Cheeseborough

Terrestrial Bugs (except Shield Bugs) and Auchenorrhyncha

Keith Fowler

Shield Bugs, and Long Horned Beetles, Nematocera (Craneflies, winter gnats, mosquitoes)

Pete Boardman

Aquatic Bugs (Hemiptera), Water Beetles, Caddisflies, and Stoneflies

Frances Riding

Beetles (Coleoptera), all families except Cerambycidae, Ladybirds, and Water Beetles.

Caroline Uff

Grasshoppers, Crickets, Ground Hoppers, Earwigs (Orthopteroids)

David Williams

Springtails (Collembola)

Gerry Thomas

Plants, fungi and mosses

Plants, and Charophytes

Mags Cousins and John Martin

Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts

Mark Lawley

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.