NBN Blog

Written by Lisa Chilton, NBN Trust CEO We all know that establishing a new habit takes time, discipline, and sustained repetition. As summer drifted into…

Written by Lisa Chilton, NBN Trust CEO These days, I can often be found hovering expectantly beside a tree, hedgerow or reedbed, repeatedly stabbing at…

Written by Lisa Chilton, NBN Trust CEO In January, I vowed to immerse myself in the world of wildlife recording. The aim was to collect…

Written by Lisa Chilton, NBN Trust Chief Executive Officer Last week, I had a timely reminder of the incredible heritage of wildlife recording in the…

Written by Lisa Chilton, NBN Trust Chief Executive Officer As early springtime teased us with its capricious twists and turns, its warm sunshine and stinging…

Written by Lisa Chilton, NBN Trust Chief Executive Officer Last month I explained why 2022 is the year that I’m going to throw myself back…

Written by Lisa Chilton, NBN Trust Chief Executive Officer My New Year’s resolution for 2022 is a cracker. Painless, enjoyable, and with results I can…

Written by Cally Ullman-Smith, winner of the inaugural David Robertson Youth Award (2015) Life has certainly been busy since the day I was nominated for…

Written by James McCulloch, winner of the inaugural Gilbert White Youth Award (2015) In November 2015, I was honoured to be awarded the inaugural NBN…

Written by John-James Wilson, Vertebrate Zoology at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool Like colleagues at natural history collections across the UK, the curatorial team at…

Written by Katie Utting, The Otter Trust Sir John Lawton set the scene for the NBN Conference 2019, with an empirical illustration of the progressive…

Written by Dr Adrian Cooper Felixstowe’s Citizen Science Group was created by members of Felixstowe’s Community Nature Reserve in April 2018. Early in 2019, members…

The State of Nature report 2019 gives us a robust assessment of the UK’s wildlife and highlights its continued decline. This can only be done…

Blog written by Laura Turner, a Biology Masters student at the University of Sheffield. Meeting the people protecting our wildlife: The National Biodiversity Network conference…

Blog written by Kerryn Humphreys, CJS Editor The first edition of Countryside Jobs Service, which later became CJS Weekly, was published 25 years ago -…

Blog written by Tom Sheppard. It can be difficult to explain elements of the work I do within the ecology and conservation field to my…

The Field Studies Council is conducting an online consultation on the FSC QGIS Plugin which will be of interest to many across the NBN.  As…

Blog written by Peter Hodge. Here’s just a bit about myself and how my passion for insects developed. My interest was sparked more than 60…

Recording UK marine wildlife – a blog by Paula Lightfoot. “The seashore is the most splendid playground in the world.  There is so much to…

This week sees the launch of ‘What Works in Conservation 2017’, the latest, updated book from the Conservation Evidence project. We all know that we…