Submit a Record

Send Records to CBDC

There are multiple ways to submit your wildlife data to CBDC, depending on the nature and quantity of your records:

  • For multiple records, use the CBDC Species Recording Sheet available to download below.
  • For one or two records, use the CBDC Online Records Form to submit your records immediately. Access the form HERE.
  • If you a regular recorder, try using iRecord for an easy way to submit any amount of records.
  • If you only record birds or can easily separate out your bird records, please use the Cumbria Bird Club reporting tool.

We appreciate all of your submissions, your records are very valuable towards helping nature conservation in Cumbria, for now and the future.

CBDC Species Recording Sheet

If you have several records to report or you record over a period of time, please download and fill in the  spreadsheet below.

Please email the completed spreadsheet to recordingofficer@cbdc.org.uk.

Download (.xlsx):
CBDC Species Recording Sheet

CBDC Online Records Form

Complete this form if you only have one or two records to submit to Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre and you have not recorded your observations anywhere else.

Go to:
CBDC Online Records Form

Online Recording with iRecord

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Another way to  record your wildlife sightings is using iRecord online software. iRecord is a website run by the Biological Records Centre at CEH Wallingford. You can enter records, upload photos, and explore yours and others’ data.

Click here to submit a record with iRecord

Get Cumbria Buzzing

Get Cumbria Buzzing wants to find out about pollinating species in the Get Cumbria Buzzing project area and across Cumbria.

Visit Get Cumbria Buzzing to find out about the project.

We want you to tell us what you have seen and where.  There are different ways to do this.  Whether you are a complete beginner or an expert you can get involved. Our Get Cumbria Recording the Buzz Guidance notes explains how to Record the Buzz with web links, forms and information.

Download (PDF):
Get Cumbria Recording the Buzz Guidance

Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre

The Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle keeps wildlife information for the county of Cumbria. Tullie House Museum, in its role as a local natural history museum, has collected and disseminated records of wildlife in Cumbria since its inception in 1893. From the early 1990s the Museum has developed a computerised database of species and habitat records in Cumbria and has taken the central role in providing a local biodiversity data service for the county. This role was restyled as Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (CBDC) in 2010, a not-for-profit organisation hosted by Tullie House Museum and advised by local stakeholders.
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreSaturday, March 22nd, 2025 at 1:45am
CBDC are very proud to be supporting the Wild Weekend Bioblitz at Park House Farm in Torpenhow this May. If you have interests in wildlife recording and will be in Cumbria 10-11 May, this is the event to attend. Book your free ticket now!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-weekend-bioblitz-tickets-1290302061199
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreThursday, March 20th, 2025 at 1:40am
Last month saw the Cumbria Recorders' Conference 2025. In case you missed it or attended but want a recap of the talks, a summary of the conference together with slide decks for all the programmed talks are available from our website:
https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/recorders-conference/
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreThursday, February 20th, 2025 at 11:00pm
Cumbria Recorders' Conference 2025 starts this time tomorrow. Thanks to all speakers for agreeing to speak! It is fully booked but if you missed out on a place, there will be a summary of the day posted on the CBDC website shortly!
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, February 19th, 2025 at 8:12am
Local supermarket seems confident of a Pine Marten recovery in Cumbria...!

[In Europe, they are known to chew through cables in car engines]
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreMonday, January 20th, 2025 at 6:27am
Last chance to register for the webinar:
Updating Cumbria’s County Wildlife Sites

Tomorrow at 6:30pm.

A golden opportunity to find out more about the project, County Wildlife Sites and important habitat in Cumbria. Come along!

To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmc0gvIgFRX4DVhlI-042B18KZJ_TOis8nqtAFzShww7M0zg/viewform
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, January 8th, 2025 at 1:29am
@RHS Science and Collections Summer Studentships - apply by 31 Jan 2025 for an undergrad research opportunity including data collection on urban tree planting!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/qualifications-and-training/work-based-training/science-and-collections-summer-studentships