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Recording & Mapping Mammals for the National Mammal Atlas
Mammals in Britain are critically under-recorded. To address this, The Mammal Society is compiling a National Mammal Atlas, the first for over 20 years, which will provide a detailed, up-to-date picture of mammal distribution and abundance across the British Isles.
Records provide vital information, identifying changes, declining populations and vulnerable species. Without it, we can't advocate effective policies for mammal conservation.
It starts with YOU, we need your records for all species, common or rare! All records made between the years 2000 and 2015 will be accepted.
Submit mammal records online here.
Large record sets can be submitted directly to your County Mammal Recorder who will upload them to their local recording scheme to be included in the atlas. They also receive all individual records from our online form for verification.
Records for Ireland should be submitted to Biodiversity Ireland.
Local Groups: read our guidance on How to Build a County Mammal Atlas, if you're currently developing yours.
What Happens to Records Submitted Online?
Your records are stored with the Biological Records Centre (BRC), verified by the county mammal recorder, and uploaded to the National Biodiversity Network (NBN), the "data warehouse".
Information is regularly shared between national and local schemes in an open process to ensure everyone has up-to-date quality information. If you submitted records to a local scheme that you know shares with the BRC or NBN, you don't need to submit them here.
How does The Mammal Society work with others to monitor mammals?
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the public body co-ordinated under DEFRA that advises the Government on UK and international nature conservation.
JNCC and 24 other organisations, including The Mammal Society, established the Tracking Mammals Partnership to improve the quality, quantity and dissemination of information on the status of mammal species in the UK. All organiations in the partnership have agreed to collaborate to achieve this aim. The latest update from 2009 can be viewed here.