Wild Metrics for residents: report wildlife from your phone and live together better
How residents report a wildlife encounter in Wild Metrics: nothing to install, few fields, no compulsory personal data and a portal of coexistence tips.
This page is for you if…
You live in a municipality where wild boar or other wildlife sometimes appears and you want to know how to report, what happens to your report and how to behave. Also if you work for a residents’ association or a school and want to understand what the tool offers to citizens.
Reporting is quick
You open the form on your phone, take a photo, mark where the animal is and send the report. Nothing to download and, unless your municipality requires it, no account to create.
What happens next with your report
Your report reaches the municipal team, who review it and take care of it. Urgent matters are dealt with first and nobody is sent to the same place twice.
What you see: the citizen portal
The municipality can publish a portal with coexistence advice by species, a neighbourhood map with no personal data and information on its outreach activities. Useful information for living better alongside wildlife.
Your data
Reporting does not require you to identify yourself. A contact, if you leave one, is only to tell you the outcome.
Inside the Zoometrics suite
Wild Metrics is one of the five Zoometrics tools. Here is how they relate and where each one’s work ends.
And afterwards, who does what?
Your report is seen by the wildlife service; municipal officers use it to prioritise with data, as explained on the local governments page; and if the risk level is high, whoever is concerned is activated according to Local Police and Civil Protection.
If you would like your municipality to know about the tool, write to us from the contact page or show them the Wild Metrics home page.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to install an app to report?
No. You report from your phone’s browser, with a short form.
What data do you ask for?
A photo, the place and little else. Reporting needs no personal data, unless your council decides to ask for registration.
What is leaving a contact for?
Only so the service can tell you how your report ended.
Does my report appear on the public map with my address?
No. The public map groups reports by neighbourhood and never points to a specific one.
What if I report the same thing as another resident?
Repeated reports are grouped, so they are not dealt with several times.
Does my council have to sign up for me to use it?
The report is received by the council that uses Wild Metrics. If you would like yours to know about it, you can pass it on or write to us from the contact page.