Charles,

I understand your argument here and can see the reasoning behind it. However, I would ask that further consideration is given to how we monitor potential invasive or introduced species.

If we only have added species which already have a history of being found within the wild then I would ask how we are supposed to monitor species which through introduction in some fashion (e.g. food importation) are likely to become or could possibly become problem species or a part of our flora/fauna, in the wild, in the future ??

Surely it is important to monitor the introduction and spread (or decline) of such species ? Perhaps the development and maintenance of a separate Dictionary covering Introduced and/or Invasive Species (as previously suggested in another thread) would be a useful way to approach this subject !?!?

I would be extremely interested in comments and opinions from other recorders and LRC staff on this subject. Do others think it important and/or necessary to monitor such species and therefore to have them available in a Dictionary to enable their entry into Recorder ???

Steve