Enquiry Forms
- General Enquiry Form – Word
- General Enquiry Form – PDF
- Consultants Enquiry Form – Word
- Consultants Enquiry Form – PDF
Recording Forms
- General Recording Form
- Marine Recording Form – PDF
- Marine Recording Form – Word
- Dorset Flora tick list 2025
- Flora card name changes
- Recording in Excel
- Rare Plant Recording Form
- Recorders Opt-in Form
SNCI Resources
Sites of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCIs) are sites in Dorset that are considered to be of at least county level importance for nature. The project is run by Dorset Wildlife Trust but the data is managed by DERC.
- SNCI manual
- SNCI manual – App 3 Habitats
- SNCI manual – App 4-10 Species Lists
- SNCI manual – App 13 Acid Grassland
- SNCI manual – App 14 Veteran Trees
- Dorset Notable Plants by Habitat
- Dorset Notables Spreadsheet (Excel)
DERC Small Grants
Reports and Checklists
- The Dorset Mammal Atlas – available at the Dorset Mammal Group website.
- Dorset Beetle Checklist
- Checklist of Orthoptera and Allies
- Bryophyte Checklist
- Dorset Biodiversity Audit 2021 PDF
- Dorset Biodiversity Audit 2021 Excel
- Identifying & Assessing Significant Dorset Hedgerows (DERC 2022)
Recording Dorset
PDF copies of each edition are available by clicking on the images below. Paper copies of some editions are available on request for a small charge plus postage. Please contact DERC.
Dorset Flora Group Resources
- Flora Card Name Changes
- Dorset Rare Plant Register 2025 List (PDF)
- Dorset Rare Plant Register 2022 Index (Excel)
- Dorset Flora Tick List 2025
- Urban Flora Project
- DFG Constitution 2018
- W method – data and protocol
- Sir Maurice Abbot-Anderson and Flora League (August 2018)
Dorset Environmental Records Centre 
