Recording

The easiest way to submit records of ladybird observations you have made is to do so using our on-line recording forms. After submitting a record we encourage you to email us a photo so that we can verify it.

Incidental Records Form - for a particular species

Have you seen a ladybird wandering around?

If you have been out somewhere (perhaps for a walk, shopping or at a garden centre... ) and you have noticed a particular species, you can record just that incident.

Fill in one form per incidental record. So, if you saw a 7-spot ladybird in your office and a pine ladybird in the park, you should fill in two forms.

All Species Records Form - from a site survey

If you have surveyed a specific site (a nature reserve, a park, your garden... ), please use this form instead. Record the numbers of all the species you observed.

  • Step 1 - supply your details, and information on where you made your survey.
  • Step 2 - tell us exactly what you saw, and how many.

If you have records to submit in spreadsheet format, please email them in an Excel file to: ladybird-survey@ceh.ac.uk

Alternatively, to send records on paper, you can download a recording form (Excel format), that can be posted to:

The UK Ladybird Survey
CEH Biological Records Centre
Maclean Building
Benson Lane
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB