You may notice the NatureSpot home page has had some updates - here's why. More...
If you've spotted an animal, a plant, or a fungus you may want to be able to identify it - either out of curiosity, or preferably so you can submit a record. The NatureSpot discussion forums were added to our website in the early days - they were state of the art in the 1990s! Then came the unstoppable rise of social media (we know not everyone likes or uses social media but that's OK, we have alternatives for you). With this development came new expectations - being able to ask questions of a large, global, 24/7 network and get answers (some from experts - some not), very quickly. The NatureSpot discussion forums couldn't compete with this. Our approach at NatureSpot is to help you help yourself, signposting the most expert help available. This is explained on our improved Identification Help page.
In place of the old forums, we've featured links to this page on the website but feel free to bookmark it yourself. We hope our Identification Help helps!