What exactly is NatureSpot for? To promote understanding of the wildlife and wild places of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and help to increase public awareness of and interest in local biodiversity. Read more

Russell Parry, VC55 Joint Recorder for flowering plants and ferns, has produced two great videos on identifying grasses. More...

A major project to protect and restore a tributary of the River Soar in Leicester has been awarded more than £800,000 from the Heritage Fund Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2. More...

Artificial Intelligence marches on.  Soon we will be replaced by machines. More...

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We've updated our list of Wild Places - the best places to see wildlife in Leicestershire and Rutland - with Coalville Meadows SSSI. 

NatureSpot welcomes Dunton Bassett to our Parish Pages feature. Does your parish have one?

Thinking about buying or upgrading a microscope? We discuss digital microscopes and how to capture images of your samples with Philip Pike from GT Vision.

NatureSpot doesn't usually publicise campaigns but in this case we feel we have to make an exception. More...

Invasive Species Week is an annual event led by the Non-native Species Secretariat to raise awareness of invasive species and how everyone can help to prevent the

Join the NatureSpot team and members as we wrestle with sedges, spiders, bugs and the fastest plant in the world: https://youtu.be/AkMpSuG5TYY

Nominations for the 2021 NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording are open.There are five categories of Award More...

This new guide uses vegetative characters to identify the 90 most common grass species found in the UK. More...

Acari (Mites) Recording Scheme organiser Dr Matthew Shepard demonstrates how to use the key he has co-authored to identify soil mites. 

Can you help NatureSpot improve the biodiversity of road verges in Leicestershire? More...

Now is a good time to look out for leaf mines on Birch leaves. More...

Our list of Species Champions is growing. Will you join them?

Beware the Bluebell - they're trickier than they look! More...

Want to watch wildlife and save money at the same time? More...