Report a Sighting

Big Midgie · Shetland

Seen midgies today? Your report takes thirty seconds and directly improves the forecast.

Every sighting is recorded alongside the actual weather conditions at that moment, building a real-world calibration dataset that no weather model alone can provide.

Reports contribute to ongoing research into Culicoides impunctatus distribution and activity in Shetland. As the climate shifts, this data becomes increasingly valuable — midges are an emerging indicator species for ecological change in northern Scotland.
About the data

Each report is stored alongside the weather conditions automatically recorded at the time of submission — wind speed, temperature, humidity, and solar elevation. This allows the algorithm to be calibrated against real experience over time.

No personal data is required. If you choose to provide an email address, it will only ever be used if a researcher wishes to follow up on a specific report.