Record a Sighting

Use this form to record the sighting of one of the species in the list of Orthoptera & Allied Insects. Attaching a photo will allow us to verify your record.

• About You

  We ask for your personal details to enable us to contact you, if necessary, to confirm your sighting. We will not share them with any third party. Select 'Remember Me' and we will save these details on your computer for your next visit.

  Title:  (none) Miss Mr Mrs Ms Dr

  First name: 

  Last name: 

  Email:   

  Address: 

  Postcode: 

  I am over 16: 

  Remember me: 

• About Where You Were

  So that we can locate your record accurately please provide either a grid reference or the postcode of a property within 200m of where you saw this insect. The locality (e.g. name of a village or town) provides a cross check.

  Grid Reference: 

  Postcode: 

  Locality:   

  Habitat :  Please choose one... Coastal dunes and sandy shores Coastal shingle Coastal rock cliffs, ledges and shores Bogs, fens and mires Chalk grassland Rough grassland including road verges Improved grassland (such as sports field) Hay meadows Hedgerows Shrub plantations Heathland and scrub Broadleaved deciduous woodland Broadleaved evergreen woodland Coniferous woodland Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland Lines of trees or small woodland Inland unvegetated and sparsely vegetated habitats Arable land and market garden Cultivated areas of gardens and parks Buildings of cities, towns and villages Industrial sites Hard-surface (such as pavements, roads and ports) Waste deposits such as landfill sites

  Date (dd/mm/yyyy): 

• About What You Found

  Select the species you have seen. If you can upload a photo we will try to verify your identification. Check the email verification box and we will send you an email confirming identification. Confirmed records will be forwarded to the National Biodiversity Network so please include a photo when you can.

  Naming: Common Names Scientific Names

  Order:  Grasshoppers & crickets Cockroaches & praying mantids Earwigs Stick instects

  Species:  Blue-winged Grasshopper Bog Bush Cricket Brown-winged Bush Cricket Cepero’s Groundhopper Common Green Grasshopper Common Groundhopper Dark Bush Cricket Desert Locust Egyptian Grasshopper Field Cricket Field Grasshopper Great Green Bush Cricket Greenhouse Camel Cricket Grey Bush Cricket Heath Grasshopper House Cricket Italian locust Jersey Grasshopper Large Conehead Large Marsh Grasshopper Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Lesser Mottled Grasshopper Long-winged Conehead Meadow Grasshopper Migratory Locust Mole Cricket Mottled Grasshopper Mottle-winged Bush Cricket Oak Bush Cricket Prickly Bush Cricket Roesel’s Bush Cricket Rufous Grasshopper Scaly Cricket Short-winged Conehead Sickle-bearing Bush Cricket Slender Groundhopper Southern Field Cricket Southern Oak Bush Cricket Speckled Bush Cricket Stripe-winged Grasshopper Tropical Bush Cricket Tropical House Cricket Wartbiter Wood Cricket Woodland Grasshopper

  Number seen:
  Accuracy of count:  I saw exactly this number I saw about this number I saw at least this number

  Photo 1:   
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  Photo 4:   

  Email verification: