The latest edition of the Leicestershire & Rutland Recorder journal contains 52 pages with many photographs and articles on subjects such as birds, bats, flowering plants, mammals, caddis flies, fleas, local natural history societies, how to record wildlife. More...
Around 2,000 beetles species have been found in Leicestershire and Rutland, around half of the UK list. This impressive document lists all of these with details of the number of records and when last seen.
The latest publication from the Leicestershire Entomological Society describes the most notable beetles found in Leicestershire and Rutland, written by Graham Finch, the County Recorder. Visit the
The latest LES newsletter is now available. Read about recent insect discoveries in Leicestershire plus how to find the European Chinchbug (see image) in winter. Read or download from the
Amazingly there are 236 tetrads (2km squares) in Leicestershire and Rutland without any NatureSpot records. We are therefore asking our members to ‘adopt’ an unrecorded tetrad during 2015 and to record as many species as possible from their chosen area – even common species such as Daisy and Hawthorn. In this way we can begin to map the distribution of species across the two counties. 
2014 was another record year for wildlife recording on NatureSpot. A total of 14,624 records were submitted covering 2,471 different species! Thank you to all of you who contributed records during the year. Visit our 
A superb new guide to British and Irish slugs has just been published, full of images and drawings, with a key, species accounts and distribution maps. Highly recommended! 
A new introductory guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Leicestershire and Rutland has just been produced, including a list of all the species found in the two counties. Available on our 
The planning application to build 99 houses on the threatened Woodgate site near Burbage has been rejected, with one of the reasons given that it would result in the loss of ecological habitats. However an appeal by the developers is expected... 
The September edition of the Leicestershire Entomological Newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from the 
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A momentous report, produced jointly by 25 wildlife organisations and launched by Sir David Attenborough, reveals that 60 per cent of the species studied have declined over recent decades. More than one in ten of all the species assessed are under threat of disappearing from our shores altogether. Amongst other actions, wildlife recording by the public is seen as vital to monitor changing populations and to highlight species in need of help.