Norfolk is very fortunate to have an energetic and expert community of voluntary recorders and specialists known as the County Recorder Network. This network has knowledge of almost all plant and animal groups and is co-ordinated largely through the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society (NNNS), which was founded in 1869.
The NNNS suggests a County Recorder should:
- Carry out their own recording
- Receive records from others
- Store records for their ‘group’ on a database
- Validate records (by following up anything clearly doubtful if possible)
- Pass records on to NBIS and to appropriate national schemes and databases.
NBIS is very dependent on the efforts and expertise of the County Recorders and is seeking ways of supporting their work. A joint intiative of NBIS and NNNS is the development of the Norfolk Red Data Book on NNNS website. This will contain information on thousands of species of conservation concern in Norfolk.
COUNTY RECORDERS, IF THEY SO WISH, CAN SEND US THEIR RECORDS DIRECTLY BY USING OUR NBIS RECORDING SPREADSHEET OR NBIS SURVEY CARD and emailing to nbis@norfolk.gov.uk
For further information, please visit the NNNS website (above). For information on specific species groups, please see the list of County Recorders below:
Norfolk County Recorders
| Group | SubGroup | Address | |
| Mammals | General | Dr Dave Leech | British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford IP24 2PU |
| Badgers | Mr John Crouch | 2, Chestnut Cottages, Guton Hall Lane, Brandiston, Norfolk, NR10 4PH | |
| Bats | Mr John Goldsmith | Barn Cottage, Wheelers Lane, Seething, Norfolk NR15 1EJ | |
| Birds | Dave and Jacquie Bridges | 27 Swann Grove, Hempstead Road, Holt, NR25 6DP | |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Mr John Buckley | 77 Janson Rd., Shirley, Southampton, Hants SO15 5GL | |
| Fish | Freshwater | Dr Martin Perrow | ECON, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH |
| Marine | Dr Dick Hamond | Scaldbeck House, Morston, Holt, Norfolk NR25 7BJ | |
| Insects | Butterflies | Mr Andy Brazil | 68 Albany Road, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0EE Tel: 01493 659563 |
| Lepidoptera (macro moths) | Mr Jim Wheeler | Iveygreen, Town Street, Upwell, Wisbech, PE14 9AD | |
| Lepidoptera (micro moths) | Mr Dave Hipperson | Summerfield House, Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. NR29 3HN. | |
| Beetles | Mr Martin Collier | Hillside Cottage, Syleham, Eye, Suffolk IP21 4LL | |
| Mayflies | Mr Francis Farrow | Heathlands, 6 Havelock Rd., Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8QD | |
| Grasshoppers, Crickets | Mr David Richmond | 42 Richmond Rise, Reepham, Norfolk NR10 4LS | |
| Lacewings, Alderflies | Mr Paul Cobb | 34 Staithe Road, Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE31 7EE | |
| Bugs (Hemiptera) | Mr Ken Durrant | 18 The Avenue, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8DG | |
| Aphids | Dr J.I.T.Thacker | 38 Gladstone St., Norwich NR2 3BH | |
| Dragonflies | Dr Pam Taylor | Decoy Farm, Decoy Rd., Potter Heigham, Norfolk NR29 5LX | |
| Hymenoptera (parasitic) | Mr Graham Hopkins | 15 Matlock Rd., Norfolk NR1 1TL | |
| Hymenoptera (solitary bees and wasps) | Mr Tim Strudwick | 16 Beech Way, Brundall, Norwich NR13 5ND | |
| Hymenoptera (ants) | Mrs Doreen Wells | 1 Cobden Terrace, Northgate Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1BT | |
| Bumblebees | Mr David Richmond | 42 Richmond Rise, Reepham, Norfolk NR10 4LS | |
| Other insects | Dr Tony Irwin | Natural History Dept., Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ | |
| Spiders, Harvestmen | Mr Peter Nicholson | St Michaels, 9 Stalham Rd., Hoveton, Norfolk NR12 8DG | |
| Woodlice, Pseudoscorpions | Mr Dick Jones | 14 Post Office Rd., Dersingham, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE31 6HP | |
| Centipedes, Millipedes | Mr Dick Jones | 14 Post Office Rd., Dersingham, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE31 6HP | |
| Molluscs | Freshwater | Dr Roy Baker | 126 Norwich Rd.,Tacolnston, Norfolk NR16 1AL |
| Marine Invertebrates | (incl. molluscs) | Dr Dick Hamond | Scaldbeck House, Morston, Holt, Norfolk NR25 7BJ |
| Galls | Mr Rex Hancy | 124 Fakenham Rd., Taverham, Norwich NR8 6QH | |
| Vascular Plants | [East Norfolk] | Mr Bob Ellis | 11 Havelock Rd., Norwich NR2 3HQ |
| [West Norfolk] | Mrs Gillian Beckett | Bramley Cottage, Stanhoe, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE31 8QF | |
| Mosses & Liverworts | [East Norfolk] | Mrs Mary Ghullam (please contact by post) | 5 Beech Drive, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 0BZ |
| [West Norfolk] | Mr Robin Stevenson | 111 Wootton Rd., King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4DJ | |
| Algae | Marine (seaweeds) | Mr Paul Banham | Milton House, 17 High St., Wells-next-the Sea, Norfolk NR23 1EW |
| Algae (incl. diatoms) | Mr Keith Clarke | Decoy House, Browston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 9DP | |
| Lichens | Mr Peter Lambley | The Cottage, Elsing Rd., Lyng, Norfolk NR9 5RR | |
| Fungi | Dr Tony Leech | 3 Eccles Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6HJ | |
| Microscopy | General | Mr Steve Livermore | 70 Naseby Way, Dussindale, Norwich, Norfolk. NR7 8EH. |
| OTHERS | Ms Pat Lorber | Biological Records Officer, Union House, Gressenhall, Norfolk NR20 2DR |
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