i spot @ vibrant nhm 10.1.13
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Jonathan Silvertown
The Open University
www.ispot.org.uk
iSpot app forAndroid phones
150,000 observations >250,000 images >20,000 registered users 7,000 species identified
“Likely ID”
Reputation
Rapid response of the iSpot social network
Time taken for the first ID to be offered
Cum
ulati
ve %
iden
tified
n = 64,669 Observations submitted without an ID
iSpot is scaleable
8
Obs
erva
tions
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mon
th
Months – Jan 2010 to Oct 2012
% receiving a Likely ID
iSpot networking
Observation
Identifier
n = 506
Schemes & societies on iSpot
iSpot helps people learn
407 Observers20,350 Observations
Shieldbugs & allies
Distribution of the c300 observations
• first Eurydema ornata record on the Gateway
• multiple records of the spectacular new arrival Leptoglossus occidentalis.
• an intriguing record of the Fire Bug Pyrrhocoris apterus in London
• the data reflect recent northward and inland spread of species responding to climate change (eg Palomena prasina and Corizus hyoscyami) Thanks to
Dr T. Bantock
Species new to Britain discovered on iSpot
Species of conservation concern
• Of 6,567 species in Gt Britain identified on iSpot to date:
• 733 (11%) have a conservation listing, including:
– BAP Priority species (c. 300)
– Red-listed species (c. 250)
– Nationally Scarce species (c. 300)
Hide the Rhino
Invasive species surveillance
iSpot.org.za
Global iSpot
• Janice Ansine• Doug Clow• Richard
Greenwood• Mike Dodd• Martin Harvey
• Richard Lovelock• Tony Rebelo
(SANBI)• Jon Rosewell• Will Woods
Thanks!
www.ispot.org.uk
Twitter: @iSpot_uk