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Scientists are calling for thousands of volunteers to help record sightings of spittle and spittlebugs across the UK.  The information will then be used to…

One hundred camera traps, developed specifically for the automatic counting and recognition of insects, will be placed throughout the Netherlands this summer. This is a…

People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has been recording stag beetle sightings for two decades. Now, it is calling for anyone who lives in a…

The first of its kind, the World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum will bring to­geth­er lead­ing re­searchers, ear­ly ca­reer re­searchers, prac­ti­tion­ers, rep­re­sen­ta­tives from dif­fer­ent sec­tors and de­ci­sion-mak­ers to…

For the next few years the Highland Biological Recording Group (HBRG) will attempt to map the distribution of the country’s six species of social wasp.…

People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and Royal Holloway University of London have joined forces to launch a new national beetle survey, in order to…

View Network News May 2019. In this issue: NBN Awards 2019 are open for nominations! NBN Conference 2020 survey Beta NBN Atlas Northern Ireland has…

Jamie Cranston, a PhD student, co-supervised by the University of Exeter, BRC and the NBN, is currently working on a study exploring recorders’ attitudes to…

View Network News April 2019 In this issue: NBN Trust is awarded £190,500 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund Job vacancy – NBN Atlas Project…

Eden Smith, a specialist data & analytics staffing & consulting business based in London, is passionate about helping businesses make sense of their data.  Identifying…

As spring approaches, wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for volunteers to take part in the annual Living with Mammals survey.…

Written by Christine Johnston, NBN Atlas Project Officer Apart from holding species data, the NBN Atlas can also hold spatial data layers such as boundary,…

The NBN Atlas has recently been selected as an example of good practice by BID-REX partners. BID-REX aims to enhance natural value preservation through improved…

A speckled wood butterfly has become the 1.5 millionth wildlife record logged in North East Scotland. Spotted by a local butterfly recorder near Banchory, the…

  Today the National Biodiversity Network Trust (NBN Trust), a charity that promotes and facilitates the collection, sharing and use of wildlife data, has received…

View Network News March 2019. In this issue: The NBN Trust has a new Chair NBN Conference 2019 – save the date! Biodiversity in Planning…

Woodland Survey Handbook: Collecting Data for Conservation in British Woodland How do you record the wildlife in a wood? This book explains ways to record…

We have recently added the NBN to the Virgin Money Giving site, which provides our supporters with another way of donating and raising funds for…

Biodiversity in Planning is a partnership of 19 organisations representing the conservation, planning and development sectors, who are working together to simplify, streamline and improve…

Data Science Festival is a week of free to attend data talks across London. It features top tech companies, over 2000 data enthusiasts and is…