Nature Info - Fife Nature

Guest speak was Lindsay Bamforth from Fife Nature Records Centre. The centre is the Local Environmental Records Centre (LERC) for Fife and Kinross.  Records wildlife seen by an individual at a point in time.

There are LERC all around the UK. Fife Nature Records Centre is the local centre for the collation, management and dissemination of biodiversity and wildlife data for Fife, holding:

* over 2.2 million species records

* details of more than 150 sites designated for their natural heritage value

* information on habitats.

Local Environmental Records Centres are not-for-profit organisations and Fife Nature Records Centre is funded by Fife Council and NatureScot. Set up in 1992 to fill void of information held centrally.

Records are used for decision making - planning and conservation, biodiversity initiatives, land management and research.

A wildlife record - what (including sounds), where, when and who.

Records can be entered on irecord.org.uk

The goal of iRecord is to make it easier for wildlife sightings to be collated, checked by experts and made available to support research and decision-making at local and national levels.  Anyone can join iRecord to share their sightings with the recording community, explore dynamic maps and graphs of your data and make a real contribution to science and conservation.

On the behalf of the club Helen Fowler gave the vote of thanks. She recommended the Merlin app for identification of bird sounds.