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SHROPSHIRE

RECORDING WILDLIFE

Shropshire Wildlife Trust maintains a database of animals and plants seen on Trust nature reserves and Wildlife Sites, and we are always pleased to receive up-to-date records for such sites. Please send them to the Trust offices at the address below, or email to the enquiries address.

The Trust also maintains a record of all sightings of certain species of national, regional or local importance. If you have seen any of the following listed species in Shropshire please complete the report form with as much detail as possible.

Otter
Water vole
Brown hare
Dormouse
All species of bat
Polecat
Water shrew
 
Native crayfish
Great crested newt
Grass snake
Common lizard
Slow worm
Grass snake
Common club-tail dragonfly
Whitefaced darter
Scarce blue-tailed damselfly
Variable damselfly
Keeled skimmer
White-legged damselfly
All species of orchid
Pink waxcap
Mountain pansy
Marsh violet
Barn owl
Snipe
Curlew
Lapwing
Dingy Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
Wood White
Grayling
Mountain bumblebee    

Please include a telephone contact number and/or email address as the Biological Recording Officer may wish to contact you for further information.

If you wish you can print out the recording form and take it with you while you are out and about.

Send us your results!

You can either print out the recording form here, complete and post it to us, or you can complete the online form here.

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ROADSIDE VERGES

Valuable verges which support a good mixture of wildflowers and grasses, or have unusual plant species such as orchids, cowslips, ragged robin, or other traditional hay meadow plants need to be identified and protected.

If you know of any sites in Shropshire where a valuable verge exists please complete this recording form.

Please also read the risk assessment.


Photo: roadside verge
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VETERAN TREES

Photo: veteran trees

Veteran trees are defined as trees old enough to be hollow or contain rotting heart wood.

They are often native trees such as willows and oak, and many have been managed in the past by pollarding (cutting off branches well above ground level which then re-grow). Most are well over 100 years old. Many are associated with former parkland and wood pasture but some may be parish or other boundary markers.

If you know of any sites in Shropshire where a veteran tree or trees exist please complete the wildlife recording form.

 
 
If you would like to report a sighting of an animal of plant not located on a nature reserve or Wildlife Site, and not included in the list above, please contact your local recording group.

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Shropshire Wildlife Trust, 193 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AH. Tel: 01743 284280.