We are delighted to announce the 35 individuals and organisations who have been shortlisted as Finalists of the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2024. The winners will be announced on Thursday 21 November, at the NBN Conference in Liverpool.
This year there are two new categories of awards – the NBN Lifetime Achievement Award and the NBN Verifier’s Award – and we were pleased to receive 60 nominations spanning all seven Award categories:
- NBN Lifetime Achievement Award 2024
- NBN Verifier’s Award 2024
- NBN Award for Terrestrial Wildlife Recording 2024
- NBN Award for Marine Wildlife Recording 2024
- NBN Group Award 2024
- NBN Newcomer Award 2024
- NBN Young Person’s Award 2024 (open to individuals aged 11-20)
Lisa Chilton, CEO of the NBN Trust, enthused:
“We can’t overstate the importance of the work that wildlife recorders and verifiers do! Monitoring how different species are faring in different parts of the country is vital to our conservation efforts and reversing biodiversity loss.
“Many wildlife recorders and verifiers are unpaid volunteers, who give their time and expertise freely, and also encourage others to get involved. The NBN Awards are our way of saying a heart-felt thank you to the ‘unsung-heroes’ of the UK’s wildlife recording community.
“We also thank the people who took the trouble to nominate these incredible individuals and wildlife groups for the various NBN Awards – without these nominators, we’d have no awards. Finally, a big thank you to our Award Sponsors – whose support is hugely appreciated.”
Finalists of the NBN Lifetime Achievement Award 2024
- Lin Baldock (from Dorset, England)
- Charlotte Bolton (from Dorset, England)
- Graham Calow (from Leicestershire, England)
- Stuart Crofts (from South Yorkshire, England)
- Roger Morris (from Surrey, England) and Stuart Ball (from Northamptonshire, England)
Finalists of the NBN Verifier’s Award 2024
- Mark Cubitt (from West Lothian, Scotland)
- Alyson Freeman (from Lincolnshire, England)
- Stuart Roberts (from Wiltshire, England) and Matt Smith (from Berkshire, England)
- Barry Warrington (from East Yorkshire, England)
Finalists of the NBN Award for Terrestrial Wildlife Recording 2024
- Katty Baird (from East Lothian, Scotland)
- Dave Bentley (from Greater Manchester, England)
- Rebecca Lewis (from Midlothian, Scotland)
- Paul Taylor (from Ceredigion, Wales)
- Lisa Williams (from Staffordshire, England)
Finalists of the NBN Award for Marine Wildlife Recording 2024
- Lin Baldock (from Dorset, England)
- Charlotte Bolton (from Dorset, England)
- Nic Coombey (from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland)
- Steven Farquhar (from County Antrim, Northern Ireland)
- Diane Westwood (from Norfolk, England)
Finalists of the NBN Group Award 2024
- Amphibian and Reptile Groups of UK (ARG UK) – UK-wide
- Heartwood Forest wildlife monitoring group – from Hertfordshire, England
- MammalWeb – UK-wide
- Penwith Wildlife Recorders’ Group (PWRG) – from Cornwall, England
- Trent Valley Wildlife Recording Group – from Staffordshire, England
Finalists of the NBN Newcomer Award 2024
- Karen Fry (from Nottinghamshire, England)
- Charlotte Shenkin (from Jersey, Channel Islands)
- Margaret Stevens (from Leicestershire, England)
- Helen Whitehead (from West Midlands, England)
- Kayleigh Woodhouse (from Nottinghamshire, England)
Finalists of the NBN Young Person’s Award 2024 (open to individuals aged 11-20)
- Henry Colnet (13 years old, from Suffolk, England)
- Holly Doherty (19 years old, from Inverness, Scotland)
- Max Loraine (14 years old, from Midlothian, Scotland)
- Aoife (18 years old, from County Down, Northern Ireland)
- Niamh (16 years old, from County Down, Northern Ireland)
- Ben Rumsby (18 years old, from Essex, England)
NBN Award Sponsors
As always, we are very grateful to the following organisations who are supporting the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2024 with their sponsorship: RSPB, Opticron, Habitat Aid, Field Studies Council (FSC), William Collins, British Wildlife Magazine and NHBS.