Incident and threat reporting
Where to report a problem rather than a sighting: roadkill, strandings, poisoning, invasives and lost fishing gear.
27 resources
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California Roadkill Observation System
Submit geotagged roadkill photos anywhere in California, from the UC Davis Road Ecology Center, whose same site indexes roadkill programs worldwide
Submit geotagged roadkill photos, and use the same site's global index to find a scheme near you
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The Road Lab
UK national roadkill reporting by app, form or social media, past 103,000 reports. Renamed from Project Splatter in 2022, so search both
Report UK roadkill, and search Project Splatter too since the older name holds most of the literature
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Projekt Roadkill
Austria's roadkill reporting through the SPOTTERON app or a web form, run by BOKU Vienna
See how a university runs national roadkill reporting through a ready-made citizen science app
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Taiwan Roadkill Observation Network
Taiwan's national roadkill reporting. The site blocks automated tools but works in a browser, and its data was still flowing in mid-2026
Reach a national roadkill dataset for tropical Asia, a region most collision studies skip entirely
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Srazena zver
Czech animal-vehicle collision reporting by hunters and the public, run by the Transport Research Centre. Registration needed
Study a scheme that recruits hunters as reporters, reaching roads volunteers would never walk
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EWT Wildlife and Transport Programme
South Africa's roadkill database and RoadWatch app, around 30,000 reports. Note the domain moved from ewt.org.za
Report African road deaths here, and note the domain moved so older citations will fail
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Sistema Urubu
Brazil's app for reporting animals killed on highways and railways. Nothing on the site is newer than 2022, so check the app before relying on it
Confirm the app is still maintained before planning Brazilian roadkill work around it
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MISIN
Early-detection invasive species reporting and identification training for the US Midwest, from Michigan State
Take its free identification training before sending volunteers out to detect invasives
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iMapInvasives
NatureServe's invasive reporting network, currently covering Arizona, Maine, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania plus Canadian partners
Check whether your state is covered, then report an invasive into a network managers actually read
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EASIN
The EU's invasive alien species information system, with a citizen reporting app and the official Member State notification route
Use the official EU notification route when a listed invasive turns up, not just a sighting app
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Invading Species Awareness Program
Ontario's invasive species hotline and volunteer surveillance, including wild pig reporting
Call the Ontario hotline for a new invasive, including wild pigs, where speed beats data quality
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USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
Report an aquatic invasive sighting in the US and subscribe to its alert system
Subscribe to alerts so you hear early when an aquatic invasive reaches your watershed
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FeralScan
Australia's pest animal reporting, and through WomSAT it also takes wombat mange and dead-wombat records
Report pest animals, and use WomSAT inside it for wombat mange and carcass records
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GB non-native species alerts
Britain's rapid reporting route for alert species, including Asian hornet. The old asianhornet URL now points here
Use the rapid route for alert species like Asian hornet, where reporting late defeats the purpose
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RSPB: report crimes against wild birds
How to report raptor persecution, poisoning and nest destruction in the UK
Read what details to record before reporting raptor persecution, since weak evidence sinks prosecutions
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African Wildlife Poisoning Database
Report a poisoning incident anywhere in Africa, run by the IUCN Vulture Specialist Group with EWT. The form works, though the public statistics have not moved since 2022
Report a poisoning even though public statistics look stale, because the form still reaches responders
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End Wildlife Trafficking Online: report a listing
Report suspected illegal wildlife products for sale online. The form states it does not currently accept reports from Europe
Report an illegal online listing, but note that European reports are not currently accepted
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dBird
Report a bird killed or injured by a collision, with over 38,000 records from 119 organizations
Log a collision fatality into a dataset already pooling records from 119 different groups
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Global Bird Collision Mapper
Worldwide reporting of bird collisions with buildings, run by FLAP Canada
Map building collisions worldwide, which is the evidence base behind any bird-safe glass argument
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Garden Wildlife Health
Report a sick or dead garden bird, amphibian, hedgehog or reptile in the UK, and it goes to a vet pathology network
Report a sick garden animal and have it reach vet pathologists rather than a spreadsheet
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Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
Report sick or dead wildlife in Canada, and submit carcasses for disease diagnosis
Submit a Canadian carcass for real disease diagnosis, not just a sighting record
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UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme
Report a stranded cetacean, marine turtle or basking shark in the UK. Running since 1990
Report a UK stranding into a series running since 1990, long enough to show real trends
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NOAA: report a stranded or injured marine animal
US reporting for stranded, entangled, injured or dead marine mammals and sea turtles, with regional hotlines
Find your regional hotline before you need it, because stranding response is measured in hours
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ORRCA
24-hour marine mammal and turtle rescue hotline plus incident reporting for New South Wales
Call a 24-hour hotline for marine mammal and turtle rescue across New South Wales
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COASST
Beached bird and marine mortality surveys on the northeast Pacific coast. Volunteers are trained rather than casual reporters
Copy its trained-volunteer model when survey quality matters more than the number of reporters
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Global Ghost Gear Initiative data portal
Report and browse records of lost and abandoned fishing gear. Note the working domain is ghostgear.org
Browse or add lost gear records when arguing for gear marking or retrieval funding
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Marine Debris Tracker
Log plastic and debris pollution anywhere in the world from your phone
Log debris from a phone anywhere, then pull the open data for a cleanup baseline