Resources

Invertebrate recording schemes in and around Berkshire

Since Berkshire does not have a county records centre there is no single coordinator for biological recording in the county. The following are recording schemes particularly relevant to Berkshire.

Records and permits for BBOWT reserves:

BBOWT Berkshire Office, Wooley Firs, Maidenhead, Berks.

Butterfly records for Berks, Bucks and Oxon (and rest of UK!):

Jim Asher, Upper Thames Butterfly Conservation, 24 Fettiplace Road, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6PL.

Grasshopper, cricket, earwig and cockroach records for Berkshire (modern county):

Des Sussex, 43 Heathermount Drive, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 6HJ.

Mollusc records for west Berkshire:

Michael Weideli runs the West Berkshire Mollusc Survey, and will accept mollusc records for the whole of Berkshire, liasing with other local recorders such as Ron Boyce and Rosemary Hill as necessary. Michael Weideli, 35 Bartlemy Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6LD.

Moth records for Berkshire (vice-county):

Martin Harvey, 10 Kiln Ride, Upper Basildon, Berkshire, RG8 8TA. email:

Moth records for Buckinghamshire (vice-county):

Martin Albertini, 11 Hargrave Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6JR.

Moth records for Oxfordshire (vice-county):

Martin Townsend, 69 Alice Smith Square, Littlemore, Oxfordshire, OX4 4NQ. Martin has recently taken on the role of Oxfordshire moth recorder, working alongside John Campbell at the county Biological Records Centre, and has established the Moths of Oxfordshire Recording Scheme. A newsletter is published.

All records for the Pang Valley:

Malcolm Storey, Pang Valley Recording Project. Email:

All records/permits for SSSIs:

Wanda Fojt, Berkshire Conservation Officer, English Nature, Foxhold House, Crookham Common, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8EL. Tel: 01635 268881.

All records for Buckinghamshire:

Joanne Hodgkins, Environmental Records Centre, Bucks County Museum, Technical Centre, Tring Road, Halton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5PJ. Tel: 01296 696012.

All records for Oxfordshire (modern county):

John Campbell, Oxfordshire Biological Records Centre, Oxfordshire Museums Store, Witney Road, Standlake, Oxfordshire, OX8 7QG. Tel: 01865 300639.

Reading and District Natural History Society:

See: http://rdnhs.org.uk for contact information

The Reading and District Natural History Society publishes an annual journal, The Reading Naturalist, that includes a useful selection of records of the more interesting invertebrates recorded in the "Reading area". This area covers central Berkshire, some of south Buckinghamshire, some of south Oxfordshire and some of north Hampshire. The Society does not maintain a complete list of records submitted.