Our Field Recorder Days are a core part of our mission to get more people observing wildlife and submitting their data into biological recording systems. We use iRecord as our recording platform to ensure that our records get to the relevant Local Environmental Records Centre and National Recording Scheme/Society. Beginners through experts are welcome, with subject specialists on-hand to provide identification support and mentoring throughout the day.
Field Recorder Days involve visiting a site to make field observations (and collect specimens for identification at a later date).
Are you booked to attend one of our Field Recorder Days? Then check out our Info for Field Recorder Day Attendees page for everything that you need to know in advance of your event.
London Field Recorder Day Programme
All of our London Field Recorder Day events are free to attend, and all of the data is collated through iRecord and shared with Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL). We work closely with the London Natural History Society and they partner with us on our Field Recorder Day programme.
Upcoming events
- Beetle Field Recorder Day 24 Mar 2026
at Lesnes Abbey Woods (Bexley) - Earthworm Sampling Day 27 Mar 2026
at Paradise Fields (Ealing) - Earthworm Sampling Day 01 Apr 2026
at Welsh Harp (Barnet) - Mollusc Field Recorder Day 14 Apr 2026
at Paradise Fields (Ealing) - Invertebrate Field Recorder Day 21 Apr 2026
at Welsh Harp (Barnet) - Mollusc Field Recorder Day 23 Apr 2026
at Lesnes Abbey Woods (Bexley) - Invertebrate Field Recorder Day 12 May 2026
at Redbridge Cycling Centre (Redbridge) - Botany Field Recorder Day 14 May 2026
at Paradise Fields (Ealing) - General Field Recorder Day 16 May 2026
at Lesnes Abbey Woods (Bexley) - Invertebrate Field Recorder Day 17 Jun 2026
at Paradise Fields (Ealing) - Botany Field Recorder Day 24 Jun 2026
at Welsh Harp (Barnet) - Beetle Field Recorder Day 25 Jun 2026
at Paradise Fields (Ealing) - Bug Field Recorder Day 30 Jul 2026
at Paradise Fields (Ealing) - Invertebrate Field Recorder Day 16 Sep 2026
at Tolworth Court Farm (Kingston) - Plant Gall Field Recorder Day 19 Sep 2026
at Welsh Harp (Barnet) - Fungi Field Recorder Day 15 Oct 2026
at Welsh Harp (Barnet)
Information for Field Recorder Day Attendees
For details on start/finish times, meeting points, getting to the event, toilets and any other event-specific information, please check your booking confirmation email.
For details of what to bring with you and guidance on submitting biological records, check out our Info For Field Recorder Day Attendees page.
If you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via emailing info@biologicalrecording.co.uk
Check out our iRecord: An Introduction and iRecord: Tools For Recorders guidance pages for more information on using iRecord.
London Recording Projects
Our London Field Recorder Day programme started in 2023 and involves working with a range of partners, including projects involving London Natural History Society, Citizen Zoo, Ealing Wildlife Group, Friends of Grove Farm, Kingston Council and Southwark Council. You’ll find the project reports and details of these various projects below.
We’re always looking for new projects and recording initiatives to get involved with, so get in touch if you have a project that you think would benefit from a Field Recorder Day programme! We have a large network of naturalists and are happy to discuss the recording of any and all species groups!
Wild Tolworth
The Wild Tolworth project aims to bring rewilding to urban communities, and engage with local residents to inform how the site is rewilded. The project is led by Citizen Zoo and involves working in partnership with a range of organisations, including the Biological Recording Company.
The Biological Recording Company is delivering a programme of 7 Field Recorder Days during 2024 to 2025 to build on previous events delivered in partnership with the London Natural History Society and Field Studies Council (the latter as part of the FSC BioLinks project). These events will cover taxa such as beetles, dragonflies, grasses, flies, fungi and pollinators.
The Ealing Beaver Project
Nestled in the serene environs of Paradise Fields in Greenford, Ealing, the Ealing Beaver Project is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at fostering urban human-beaver coexistence. As London’s first fully accessible urban beaver reintroduction site, the project is dedicated to bringing people closer to nature right in the heart of the city.
During the preparation stage of the project (2023-2024), the Biological Recording Company delivered 7 Field Recorder Day events to engage London’s naturalists with the project and generate biodiversity data for the site pre-release. This resulted in the generation of 733 new biological records for the site, with 298 different taxa recorded on site.
A programme of 6 more events is coming in 2026…
Lesnes 500
The Lesnes 500 project marks 500 years since the dissolution of Lesnes Abbey. The project will engage local communities through heritage, creativity, nature and education, honouring the legacy of one of Bexley’s most historically significant sites.
The Biological Recording Company will deliver 7 Field Recorder Day events throughout 2025 and 2026, covering taxa such as fungi, meadow plants, lichens, plant galls and saproxylic beetles.
Hogsmill Valley
The Hogsmill Valley is a series of 5 nature reserves within the Hogsmill river corridor that includes Rose Walk Nature Reserve, Elmbridge Meadow Open Space, Hogsmill wood, Southwood Open Space and Six Acre Meadow.
The Biological Recording has been working with Kingston Council to gather biodiversity data through a series of projects, including the Earthworm Image Recognition Project and Breathing Life Back into the Hogsmill Wood project, delivering 5 Field Recorder Days during 2023 to 2025.
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