Species names
To help you provide the correct common name and scientific name you can visit the NBN Gateway. Click HERE. You can also check the distribution of many species.  This is probably where your record will end up.

Grid References
For a quick way of finding a grid reference try clicking This MAP on Natural Shropshire or using the following web site:

wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

Location names
A standardised list of locations to use can be found on the Shropshire Ornithological Society. Click HERE for the list.

Help with species identification
You can either email photos to the county experts listed on this web site (click HERE), or email a photo to Natural.environment@shropshire.gov.uk
or you could upload a photo to the iSpot web site and ask a wide group of people.

Alternative recording web sites:

All species

http://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/

Birds

www.bto.org/birdtrack/

Amphibians and Reptiles
www.narrs.org.uk/

Mammals

http://bit.ly/Shrop_Mammal_Group

Harlequin Ladybird
http://www.harlequin-survey.org/recording.htm

Dragonflies
www.ghmahoney.org.uk/bds/
recording/RecordEntry.aspx