Components of a valid biological record?
For each record submitted, information answering the following questions is required:
| Who? | What? | When? | Where? | |
| Name of recorder | Species name | Date | Grid reference | Location name |
| Jane Doe | Elodea nuttallii | 24/07/2009 | X011938 | 50m downstream of Tallow Bridge, Tallow, Co. Waterford |
Additional information can also be supplied such as abundance and habitat type etc.
View Guidance document on taking a grid reference from a map or GPS.
View Guidance document on submitting record information to the Data Centre
Further information on submitting records is available from the Data Centre’s National Standards web page.
For every additional record submitted to the National Invasive Species Database, a clearer picture of the status of that invasive species in Ireland is generated.
