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We are delighted to offer one student the chance to present a 5-minute “Student Speed Talk” on a topic related to biodiversity data, at our…

View Network News October 2017. In this issue: NBN Conference – latest programme available Shortlist for UK Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing The…

The Earthworm Society of Britain (ESB) is proud to announce that its new Earthworm Recorder’s Handbook has been published on its website. The document has…

Workshop on data flow options, 18th & 19th September 2017 The first in a series of four workshops that will identify and evaluate different scenarios…

We are delighted to announce the nominees who have been shortlisted in each of the different categories of the 2017 UK Awards for Biological Recording…

The first ever national Hedgehog Housing Census was launched on 15 August 2017 by Hedgehog Street, a nationwide campaign set up by wildlife charities the…

View Network News September 2017. In this issue: NBN Conference – early bird deadline is 15th September Update from NBN Atlas makes UK the 2nd-largest…

New Approaches to Citizen Science Advances in technology have revolutionised “citizen science”, and far more people are involved in different ways than ever before. Now,…

Having started to analyse the use of the NBN Atlas through Google Analytics, we wanted to share the statistics from launch on 1st April, to…

So there we have it, the second chapter of our traineeship has come to a close, and what an amazing month August has been. If…

A productive meeting was held on the 30th August to discuss the NBN Atlas’ sensitive species policy. Attendees included representatives from country agencies, alongside recording…

QGIS  is a freely available open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) that matches the functionality and usability of commercial products like MapInfo and ArcGIS. It has…

New and returning NBN datasets, with help from standardised licences and open-source infrastructure from Atlas of Living Australia, have added 47 million records to GBIF. In…

Volunteered Geographic Information: Looking Towards the Next 10 Years (VGINTY) Call for Papers Ten years have now passed since Mike Goodchild wrote his seminal paper on ‘Citizens…

The Mammal Society is looking to support between one and two PhD projects per year as CASE partners. The Mammal Society is able to offer…

BRISC (Biological Recording in Scotland)’s Annual Conference and AGM are taking place on the 14th October 2017. They will be held at the Field Studies…

View Network News August 2017. In this issue: NBN Conference – bookings are now open! £1.23 million National Lottery award to support biodiversity training Download…

OPAL has been recognised by Imperial College London for its outstanding work in engaging the public with science and nature through its nationwide network of…

We are pleased to report that the original limit of 50,000 as the number of records that could be downloaded from the NBN Atlas has…

Nature’s Postcodes is an interactive visualisation of NBN data created by Tom August at the Biological Records Centre. The map is unusual as it summarises…