We chose to make sure that people were invited to submit records for all the 10 species to recording schemes that were already running, so that the data really would be useful and that the excellent work so many organisations are doing will get promoted. It was just a shame that the Observer project was promoted during the winter when many of the species were dormant. We hope that people will continue to report these species during this summer and that it will raise awareness of the potential problems of invasive species.
