We would love you to help us record the wildlife of Cheltenham this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any records you could add of any animal or plant you see in your garden would be great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a great range of online tools to help you identify wildlife, as well as many books and apps. Here are some links that you may find useful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Butterfly\nConservation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Butterfly Conservation have a useful\nguide to UK butterfly species, and moths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/butterfly-conservation.org\/butterflies\/identify-a-butterfly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/butterfly-conservation.org\/moths\/identify-a-moth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n First Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n This site has guides to fungi, wildlflowers, insects, trees,\nbirds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and mammals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.first-nature.com\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n iSpot<\/p>\n\n\n\n iSpot is an online community where you can add records and submit photos and ask\nfor help in identifying them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.ispotnature.org\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Natural History Museum <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Natural History Museum has guides to spiders, trees,\nbats, insect pests, orchids, bumblebees and amphibians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/take-part\/identify-nature.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n OPAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n OPAL has a range of identification\nguides including trees, hedgerow plants, duckweeds, orchids, ferns, lichens,\nearthworms, freshwater invertebrates, house spiders, moths, common garden\ninvertebrates, amphibians and bats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pl@ntNet<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pl@ntNet\nis a tool to help to identify plants with pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/identify.plantnet.org\/query\/weurope\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Royal\nEntomological Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Royal\nEntomological Society has a free to use identification service where you can\nsend them a photo and they will identify it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.royensoc.co.uk\/identifying-insects<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n RSPB<\/p>\n\n\n\n The RSPB have some great online tools\nto help you identify birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/birds-and-wildlife\/wildlife-guides\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mammal\nSociety<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mammal Society have a list of UK\nspecies, including rodents, deer and bats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.mammal.org.uk\/species-hub\/full-species-hub\/discover-mammals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Woodland Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Woodland Trust have some great\nguides to British trees, and an app to help with tree identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/trees-woods-and-wildlife\/british-trees\/a-z-of-british-trees\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n