I can see that both electronic and printed mediums have advantages.Pete Eeles wrote: How about a "report an observation" field on each species page? This can then get validated and absorbed into the main species text? Just a thought.
I quite like that idea for this site though Pete; if, for example, enough people reported seeing a Brown Hairstreak active at 10am on a warm sunny morning then, although going against current wisdom, in the least it would help with planning trips to see particular species and at best (over time) could indicate changes in species' behaviour - which might need to be studied further.
For instance, it could lead to study into how human activity, climate change or alien species may be affecting our fauna and ultimately, to further conservation. I'm not saying this isn't already covered in Entomological journals but I can see a place in both mediums for these sort of observations.
Cheers
Lee