Recording
The easiest way to submit records of ladybird
observations you have made is to do so using our on-line
recording forms.
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Incidental Records for
a particular species
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.
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All
species records 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 informations
on where you made your survey. Step
2 - tell
us exactly what you saw, and how many.
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Alternatively, you can download a recording
form (Excel format), that can be sent to the following
address:
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The UK Ladybird Survey
Biological Records Centre,
CEH Monks Wood,
Abbots Ripton,
Huntingdon,
Cambridgeshire,
PE28 2LS
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A note on how to work out grid references
*** Ordnance survey maps (not road maps) should be used
to calculate grid references.
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The United Kingdom National Grid is first divided
up into 100km squares. Each of these is given code
letters, e.g. TL.
Each 100km grid square is divided into 10km grid
squares, and each of these is then divided into 1km
squares.
On 1: 50 000 OS maps, the light blue lines mark
1 km squares. The grid reference of a 1 km square
is comprised of the 100 km square code (e.g. NN)
followed by four numbers that identify the bottom
left corner of the square. The first two numbers
refer to the horizontal scale and the second two
the vertical square.
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A six-figure reference can be derived by dividing the
1 km square into 10 from the bottom left corner.
The following diagram shows how the coloured 10km square
is referred to as "TL63".
Remember to read eastings (across),
and then northings (up).
PLEASE NOTE - on the Incidental Records form, you may
use a local postcode or sitename instead of a grid reference.
If you aren't sure about how to work out a grid reference
for a site, the Ordnance Survey provide a
good, quick tutorial on how to do it. You can also
find out more about the UK national grid through the
online Wikipedia.
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