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Wildlife recorders are an important way for scientists to learn how the natural world around us is behaving. As part of Springwatch on Midlands Today, I went out and spent an enjoyable day watching the Worcestershire Wildlife Recorders in action in a stunning orchard in the village of Kemerton. We even found a buttercup that hadn't been discovered in that location before.

Recorders don't just create a list of all the species of plants, bugs and mammals they see in a location. They also record the date they observe a species. By doing this it's possible to track how species are spreading or retreating across the Midlands. Which means this work could be used in studying global climate change as well as providing important information on a much more local level.

But as we saw tonight, there's much more recording to be done than there are recorders. The team in Worcester and elsewhere in the Midlands are looking for more volunteers to join them in their work. You don't need to have any specialist knowledge although you may find a general interest in wildlife might blossom into a full blown passion as did one of our interviewees. Though personally I think unlike him I'd pick rare orchids over slugs and snails.

If you spend time out in the countryside perhaps as a golfer, angler, gamekeeper, horse rider or walker then you might be able to help. If you want to find out more about being a recorder here are some useful links;

Herefordshire

As there are so many nature groups in Shropshire providing a single contact is a little difficult but best place to start the Natural Shropshire or the for the county.

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