Records – Report your sightings – Dorset Environmental Records Centre

Whether you have heard a Cuckoo, seen a Sundew or found the evidence of other fauna or fauna, it can help add to the wealth of wildlife information for Dorset. Please use this form to let us know.

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First name

Surname

What have you seen or heard?

Comments (eg how many? juvenile or adult?)

When did you see or hear it? (DD/MM/YYYY)

Where did you see or hear it?

Grid reference or address or what3words?
We recommend using Dorset Explorer to obtain grid references.

Any other useful comments to help us locate the place (eg habitat, back garden, roadside).

Any additional notes?

If you want to send us a photo, please email the team at derc@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

All records sent into DERC are checked by local experts before they are added to the database. For more exciting records, we may need to contact you for more information, so please add your contact details.

Address

Phone Number

Consent to release records:
Records are sent to DERC on the understanding that the information provided will be entered onto a computerised database and may be used for nature conservation, research or education. Records are also available for public information although records for particular sites or species may be restricted. The information remains the intellectual property of recorder at all times.

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Your privacy is important to us. The information you provide will be kept on a computerised database used by Dorset Environmental Records Centre for administration and verification purposes. Contact details will only be retained for as long as required for those purposes. Your information will not be passed to any third parties except for the purposes set out in our Data Privacy Policy

Dorset Environmental Records Centre

Recording Dorset's wildlife since 1976

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