Datasearch Summary of Species Data

We can currently provide access to 5,929,373 records for 15,468 species across a wide range of groups.

We are adding to the database tables all the time, both with new records and with old paper records which are computerised and validated by our County Recorders and other specialists. If you can provide reliable records for the county, please send us the data, either in a spreadsheet format with taxon name, site location, grid reference, Vice County, Recorder, Determiner, Date (preferably day date) and any other useful information such as broad and structural habitat, recording method, whether voucher material is available etc.

Group	Comment
bats	County data
Essex Bat Group	Countywide data
Essex Birdwatching Society	County 2013-on data
other mammals	County data
amphibians and reptiles	County data
honey bee and bumblebees	Countywide data
bees and wasps	County data
ants	County data
other Hymenoptera	County data
beetles	Available county data
hoverflies	Available county data
soldier flies and allies	County data
flies (other)	County data
butterflies	County data
larger moths	County data
micro moths	County data
leafhoppers and allies	Available county data
true bugs	Available county data
grasshoppers, crickets & allies	County data
dragonflies & damselflies	Available county data
caddisflies	County/National Recording Scheme data
galls	Available data
centipedes and millipedes	County data
spiders	County data
harvestmen	County data
pseudoscorpions	County data
woodlice	County data
molluscs	County data
flowering plant	Available county data
non-vascular plants	Available county data
fungi	Available county data
lichens	Sample of data
Invasive species	Available data
fish	Available county data
birds	Club records
slime moulds	Small number of records