Nature Counts

Whether you’ve seen something common or rare, in your garden or on one of our nature reserves, let us know. All species records are welcome.

Add your sightings to our database

Welcome to our online sightings and recording system, Nature Counts.  This will not only make it easier for us to upload large amounts of data at a time after a survey, it also gives everyone visiting our reserves a way to easily contribute to the larger environmental picture and record their wildlife sightings.

This information will help us to get a clearer representation of how our local flora and fauna are thriving or where they are in decline. The data collected will also feed in to the National Biodiversity Network’s database, the NBN Atlas,  which is shared by ecologists across the country and used to inform national policy decisions about nature and the environment.

Whether you’ve seen something common or rare, in one of our nature reserves or elsewhere in Essex, let us know and record your wildlife sightings using our easy recording page.  All species records are welcome, from birds and bees to fungi and lichens – they all help to build up a picture of the state of nature here in Essex.

Here’s a really easy guide to using our wildlife recording site.