We are delighted to announce that 24 individuals and organisations have been shortlisted as finalists in the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2026! The winners will be announced on Thursday 19 November, at the NBN Conference at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
We received 37 nominations across all seven Award categories and the calibre of all the nominations was of a particularly high standard this year.
Finalists NBN Lifetime Achievement Award
- David Allen
- Steve Atkins
- Steven Falk
- Alan Kerr
- Stephen Thompson
Finalists NBN Verifier’s Award
- Kathryn Dugdale
- Maiya Evans
- Adrian Knowles
- David Shenton
Finalists NBN Award for Terrestrial Wildlife Recording
Finalists NBN Award for Marine Wildlife Recording
Finalists NBN Group Award
- Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society Broadland Country Park Group
- North West Invertebrates
- Sea Watch Foundation
- South Wales Otter Trust
- Toads on Roads Project
- UK BIOSCAN Partner Network
Finalists NBN Newcomer Award
Finalists NBN Young Person’s Award (open to individuals aged 11-20)
Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate these incredible individuals and wildlife groups – without you and the nominees, we’d have no NBN Awards. We’d also like to say a big thank you to our Award Sponsors – whose support is appreciated immensely – RSPB, Opticron, Habitat Aid, Field Studies Council (FSC), British Wildlife Magazine and NHBS.