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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
  Cumulative % identified




                            Time taken for the first ID to be offered
                            n = 64,669 Observations submitted without an ID
iSpot is scaleable
Observations per month




                                                         % receiving a Likely ID
                         Months – Jan 2010 to Oct 2012
                                                         8
iSpot
networking

  Observation
  Identifier




  n = 506
Schemes & societies on iSpot
iSpot helps people learn




                 407 Observers
                 20,350 Observations
Shieldbugs & allies
                  • first Eurydema ornata record on the
                  Gateway
                    • an intriguing record of the Fire Bug
                          Pyrrhocoris apterus in London

                                   • multiple records of
                            the spectacular new arrival
                            Leptoglossus occidentalis.

                                         • the data reflect
                                         recent northward and
                                         inland spread of
                                         species responding
                                         to climate change (eg
                                         Palomena prasina
Distribution of                          and Corizus
the c300                 Thanks to       hyoscyami)
observations             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
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Global iSpot
Thanks!
• Janice Ansine        • Richard Lovelock
• Doug Clow            • Tony Rebelo
• Richard Greenwood      (SANBI)
• Mike Dodd            • Jon Rosewell
• Martin Harvey        • Will Woods




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