WildChiswick in collaboration with Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGl) are encouraging Chiswick residents to record species because wildlife conservation relies on data. Without knowing which species are around us, we cannot effectively protect or enhance their habitats. Enter what you see on the form below. A photo is also very handy so we can verify your sighting.
Long term, data are important for understanding Chiswick’s environment and measuring its health. We can assess if local species populations are declining, increasing or remain stable. This can help identify actions to help and where data may be lacking. It is just as important to know what species we do NOT have locally as we may be able to create habitat for them.
Recording data and ensuring records are shared locally and beyond is important to ensure species are considered by ecologists, planners and developers when building applications are submitted. Hounslow Council use information from GiGL to help make decisions on development, nature recovery and conservation. The more species shared with GiGL, the more likely species are to be acknowledged, and habitats protected.
It is easy join in!:
- Recordings can be taken anywhere in Chiswick including your garden.
- If possible, take a clear photo of the species. This helps us verify the species, especially if you are not sure of the name yourself.
- Enter the details in the form below.
- Choose “other” from the dropdown if your location is not listed.
- Chiswick area only – W4 postcode.
RECORDING FORM.
GiGL are the local environmental records centre for London. GiGL curate, mobilise and share data about London’s natural environment. Sharing data with GiGL ensures the best available evidence can be used by planners, ecologists, conservationists, researchers and more, to help understand, improve and protect London’s nature. Get in touch with Victoria Kleanthous at GiGL if you would like to know more about the data GiGL hold for your local area from species to habitats to protected sites and open spaces. https://gigl.org.uk/contact/
GiGL data sharing policy. Submitted records are entered into the GiGL database and shared with GiGL partners and Community Network Members. Only patrons who have signed a data use licence can access raw data and where a data use licence has not been signed, only data summaries can be accessed. Your personal details will be shared with GiGL verifiers should they need to check the veracity of your record. Otherwise, personal details will never by shared by GiGL. Species data (accompanied by your name but no other personal details) will also be uploaded to the National Biodiversity Network Atlas at 10km resolution.
Read more at the GiGL website https://www.gigl.org.uk/privacy-statement/
WILDCHISWICK NATURE SURVEY RESULTS SO FAR –
BURIAL GROUND ALLOTMENTS
| Caterpillar – rusty tussock moth |
| Cinnabar moth caterpillar |
| Dragon fly pupae |
| Jersey tiger moth |
| Fox Vulpes vulpesJay |
| Long horn beetle |
| Meadow brown butterfly |
| 22 spotted ladybird |
| Speckled Wood butterfly |
PROMENADE ALLOTMENTS
Nesting kestrel with chicks
DUKES MEADOW ALLOTMENTS
| 22-spot ladybird |
| Buff-tailed bumblebee |
| Cabbage white butterfly |
| Cinnabar moth x 2 |
| Cinnabar moth larvae x 2 |
| Common Blue Butterfly |
| Common brimstone caterpillar |
| Eurasian field grasshopper x 3 |
| Fox Garden Bumblebee Harlequin Ladybird x 4 Harlequin ladybird larvae |
| Gatekeeper butterfly |
| Green shield bug |
| Hedge brown butterfly |
| Hornet mimic hoverfly |
| Hoverfly x 2 |
| Jay |
| Jersey tiger moth |
| Harlequin ladybirdsPied shield bug |
| Brown Rat |
| Redadmiral butterfly |
| red-brown longhorn beetles |
| Southern Green stink bug x 2 |
| Western honeybee |
STAVELEY ROAD ALLOTMENTS
| Banded general hoverfly |
| Broad bodied chaser dragonfly |
| Cabbage White butterfly |
| Carder bee nest |
| Cinnabar moth |
| Comma butterfly x 2 |
| Gate keeper butterfly |
| Green veined white butterfly |
| Hawker dragonfly |
| Jersey tiger moth |
| lesser stag beetle |
| Marmalade hoverfly |
| False blister beetle – Oedemera lurida |
| Peacock butterfly Red Admiral Butterfly |
| Robin |
| Small white butterfly |
| Speckled bush cricket |
| Spindle Ermine Moth Caterpillar |
| Lesser Hornet Hoverfly – Volucella inanis |
| White tailed bumble bee Flower longhorned beetle – Stenurella melanura |
DUKES MEADOW RECREATION GROUND
| 24 spot ladybird |
| Banded burdock fly |
| Common blue butterfly |
| Common carder bee |
| Cricket bat spider |
| Jersey Tiger moth |
| Lesser spotted sawfly larvae |
| Marbled white butterfly |
| Red legged shield bug (or Forest bug) |
| Red tailed bumblebee |
| Running crab spider |
| White tailed bumblebee GUNNERSBURY TRIANGLE Brimstone butterfly Cinnabar Moth caterpillar Cluster fly Dock bug European Jay Flesh fly Flower longhorn beetle Gatekeeper Butterfly Harlequin ladybird Honeybee Meadow frog hopper Oak bush cricket Robber fly Spotted longhorn Spotted woodpecker Wasp |
ACROSS GARDENS IN CHISWICK (PLUS ALONG THE THAMES)
| Banded Ivy Tortrix moth (Clepsis dumicolana) |
| Bat (unknown species) |
| Beewolf |
| Box tree moth |
| Buff tailed bumblebee |
| Bumble bee |
| Candy striped spider |
| Chafer beetle |
| Comma butterfly |
| Common Frog |
| Cormorant – |
| Cucumber green spider |
| Egyptian Goose x 2 |
| European Garden Spider |
| European Hedgehog |
| Fire bug |
| Flower Crab Spider |
| Fox |
| Goldfinch x 2 |
| Great spotted woodpecker |
| Green bottle fly |
| Harlequin Ladybird |
| Hawker dragonfly |
| Heron |
| Honeybee |
| Hornet mimic hover fly |
| Jersey Tiger moth |
| Lesser black backed gull |
| Lime hawk moth |
| Mallard duck |
| Mint moth |
| Field Mouse |
| Mute swan |
| Old lady moth Mormo maura |
| Oyster Catcher |
| Pararge Aegeria (Speckled wood butterfly) |
| Red admiral butterfly |
| Red-tailed bumblebee |
| southern green shieldbug |
| Stag Beetle x 3 |
| Swift x 8 |
| Thrush |
| Yellow legged tiger cranefly |