Leicestershire and Rutland parishes plus wards in the City can have their own feature pages on NatureSpot – creating a very local wildlife website. Residents are invited to help map the natural history of their area – plants, animals or fungi found in gardens and around where they live, as well as local sites such as parks, churchyards and road verges. Submitted records and images are automatically displayed on the parish/ward page such that the site is continually updated and kept fresh. These feature pages help to connect local people to local nature, encouraging greater care in the local environment whilst creating dynamic wildlife maps for the area.
Parish/ward pages include:
• A home page (with a unique URL) with the option to add relevant local news
• An invitation for local residents to add records and images of wildlife seen in the area
• A display of the most recent wildlife records and images seen locally (submitted by local people)
• A downloadable list of all species recorded in the parish/ward
• An interactive map highlighting local areas of wildlife interest
• Links to all Wild Places feature pages within the area
• A full list of all records for the parish can be provided on request
Parish/ward pages work in a similar way to Wild Places: listing records, images and species for that area. Access to all the parish/ward pages is available from the Home page.
If your parish is missing from the list then do get in touch. We normally seek support from the relevant parish, ward or town council so can approach them on request.