Recorders

Helen has been working with Red Squirrels since 1991 and runs Wight Squirrel Project which focuses on monitoring, research, caring for sick, injured and baby squirrels. Helen is also chair for the IW Red Squirrel Trust which concentrates on educational and practical conservation tasks.

Hazel joined the team in January 2024. Hazel is a key member of the IOW Bat Group and much of her spare time is devoted to surveying and monitoring bats as a trained Volunteer Bat Roost Visitor. Hazel also co-ordinates the IOW Nathusius pipistrelle project.

Colin is the BSBI Isle of Wight recorder for vascular plants and he also covers lichens and fungi.

Robin has been an Isle of Wight birder since 1972 as has returned to the recorder role after a short break! He is also interested in many other aspects of Island natural and local history.

Richard is a chartered ecologist who has spent over 30 years working to increase our knowledge about the mammals of the Isle of Wight to aid their conservation, both by commissioning studies and working with landowners and like-minded organisations.

Andy has a lifelong passion for wildlife and butterflies are a particular interest of his. He has carried out many surveys including monitoring the populations of Glanville Fritillaries around the coast. His small coastal garden is a magnet for a surprisingly large number of butterflies.

Jim joined the team in 2017 and hopes to encourage more people to report their records and to help with identification queries. Jim is also the IW BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) Regional Representative and participates in butterfly and red squirrel surveys. Jim became Moth Recorder in April 2020.

Adam is a consultant entomologist with particular interests in bees, wasps and flies.

David specialises in a variety of groups but in particular, plant galls and the various causative organisms – micro-moths, bugs, micro-fungi as well as Hemiptera (half-wings)