Sir Neil Chalmers retires from the NBN Trust
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/sir-neil-chalmers-retires-from-the-nbn-trust/

Sir Neil Chalmers has chaired his last NBN Trustees' meeting and officially retires as Chairman of the Board on 29th February 2012.

Gateway version 4.2
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/gateway-version-4-2/

The NBN Gateway now shows absence data when using the Interactive Mapping Tool.

The Big Spawn Count
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/the-big-spawn-count/

This year Pond Conservation Trust is running a new survey, The Big Spawn Count, to help its research into the life of our nations garden ponds.

Meet the species
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/meet-the-species/

Meet the species wants people to get actively involved in the identification and surveying of UK wildlife in the run up to the Olympics.

Recorder Insight – Darren Mann
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/recorder-insight-7/

In our continuing series on the motivations of some of our biological recording colleagues, we hear from Darren Mann.

Crawfordsburn BioBlitz
Events: https://nbn.org.uk/event/crawfordsburn-bioblitz/

The Centre for Environmental Data and Recording is holding its first BioBlitz on 19th May.

Planting for pollinators
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/planting-for-pollinators/

Plant Link UK and Invertebrate Link have released guidance to ensure that planting projects are carried out using good practice for maximum benefit for biodiversity.

NBN Record Cleaner – further upgrade
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/nbn-record-cleaner-further-upgrade/

The latest version of NBN Record Cleaner has been released and fixes a couple of bugs.

Non-native species workshop
Events: https://nbn.org.uk/event/non-native-species-workshop/

A workshop is to be held at CEH Wallingford on10th March 2012 on Non-Native Species: ecology and distribution.