It is rare for people to take the time to look at the small and plain things that live around us but for those that do there are exciting discoveries that can be made as has been the case for local naturalist and recorder Susan Marley. A photo added to iNaturalist of a rather non-descript...
![By Peter G Trimming (Panpipes of Vole Island auf flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://merseysidebiobank.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/512px-Water_vole-01.jpg)
Wildlife records are collected and shared for a number of reasons but high among them is the onward use of that information for the benefit of the wildlife that has been recorded. We see it as an essential part of our role as a Local Environmental Records Centre to support this as best as...