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Are you studying for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in ecology or a related subject? Are you a science professional carrying out biodiversity research? Do…

Identifying wildlife has been named as one of the most endangered everyday skills in the UK, according to a survey by a Peterborough-based charity.  …

Download NBN eNews August 2013 In this issue: NBN Conference Early Bird deadline NBN Trust membership scheme update INTECOL 2013 report and review New NBN…

Call for evidence Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is considering the merits of establishing its research centres as independent bodies, outside of the public sector.…

The current NBN membership scheme has been in place since summer 2010. It was created to offer a range of membership levels that would suit…

The Biological Records Centre has been working with a number of national recording schemes to develop new verification rules for NBN Record Cleaner, the free…

Download July 2013 eNews In this issue: Update on release of NBN Gateway version 5 New NBN Record Cleaner Rules now available Verifying and sharing…

I’ve always loved taking photographs, but when my wildlife interest in “all things small” started to take hold a few years ago the one thing…

As we reported in the March issue of eNews, the release of the new NBN Gateway was delayed due to performance issues caused by insufficient…

The chairman of the National Forum for Biological Recording, Graham Walley, announced on Monday 22nd July that the Forum has achieved charitable status. Originally founded…

The Biological Records Centre (BRC) is carrying out trials of online verification of biological records, using the iRecord system as a test for online verification…

News from The Open University A range of new features has been added to iSpot recently, with more on the way. The first of these…

New project launched by The Open University The latest citizen science project to be launched by The Open University is Treezilla – the Monster Map…

  iSpot, the website for sharing and learning more about nature, has just captured its 250,000th observation.  The honour is shared by simultaneous observations of…

The title is taken from a recent article which appeared in the British Ecological Society's 'Bulletin'. It is written by Dr Helen Roy of the…

Ladybirds were in the spotlight earlier this month with a TV feature on BBC Breakfast. Helen Roy, Biological Record Centre's Coordinator of Ecological Data &…

Eyelash fungus c. Jacob Jackson The Garden BioBlitz took place across the UK on the weekend of 1st and 2nd June.  Following promotion on BBC…

In 1943, Field Studies Council’s founders gathered at the Natural History Museum in London to realise a vision ‘to provide opportunities for school children to…

Download June 2013 NBN eNews In this issue: Garden BioBlitz and iRecord – participant views Grasshoppers and related insects – new atlas and call for…

Article written by Zoë Randle, Surveys Officer at Butterfly Conservation The Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS), launched in 2009, represents the first UK-wide survey of…