Recording Forms, Booklets and Guides

BRERC has produced a number of recording forms and identification guides in order to aid the recording community in identifying and accurately noting what they see. Such forms and guides are made freely available here for you to download and print yourself.

Printed copies of guides can be supplied at a cost of £1.50. This is to cover our printing and postage costs. Again, contact us to request a copy.

Recording Forms

Download Recording Forms
All our currently digitised recording forms are available for download.

Booklets and Guides

A Vegetative Key To Grasses
An extremely useful guide to identifying grasses in the field written by Ellen McDouall.
This key is designed to be printed on A4 paper and then folded into a booklet. For best results, set your printer to print in Landscape mode and print on both sides of the page if possible.

Key to Snails of the Bristol Region
Identifying snails has never been easier thanks to this guide produced and illustrated by Andrew Daw and Tessa Iveson.

BRERC Dragonfly Recording Pack
This pack produced by Vicky Hale is a complete guide to recording dragonflies in the Bristol Region and is useful both for beginners and more advanced recorders.

Winter/Spring Recording Form
A simple A4 colour form designed to promote interest in recording, especially amongst children.

Information about downloading and using Adobe® Acrobat® files