After a concerted effort over the past couple of weeks I've now entered nearly 17,000 records from 2017 into MapMate and, barring dissections and data from the Marsh Gibbon RIS trap, I'm at last almost up-to-date with inputs. I therefore now feel comfortable reminding everyone else how vitally important your records are. If you haven't already done so, you too should now be considering getting them together in whatever form you use to pass on to your County Moth Recorder.
That data doesn't just sit on your CMR's computer (honest!). It gets passed on to the National Moth Recording Scheme which is managed by Butterfly Conservation and is used to inform conservation activities for moths throughout the UK.
If you haven't contributed records before (or if you've forgotten how to go about doing so), you'll find all the information you need under the "YOUR RECORDS" tab at the top of this page.
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
I'll start preparing mine shortly to go to the two Martins.
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