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The Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) launched in 2009 represents the first UK-wide survey of butterfly abundance using a random sampling framework.  The scheme is…

Earlier this year, the NBN Trust awarded six contracts to develop verification rules for NBN Record Cleaner, the automated validation and verification decision-support tool for…

Following the success of the biodiversity data management tools workshops organised by the NBN Trust and JNCC in Edinburgh and London last year, Defra provided…

Local Environmental Record Centres (LERCs) are familiar to many as the local embodiment of the NBN.  Local naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts are often able to…

Following the successful Natural England funded pilot of the LERC accreditation system in 2010, the Association of Local Environmental Record Centres (ALERC) is currently agreeing…

After my retiral at the end of last month from Scottish Natural Heritage, one of the main funders of the NBN, I was invited to…

An outbreak of the Asian longhorn beetle (ALB), an exotic beetle pest which could have severe consequences for British trees, has been found in Kent…

Latest dataset upload sets a new NBN Gateway record We are delighted to announce the upload of the 70 millionth species record to the NBN…

When I was growing-up in North Devon, frequent trips to the seashore were aimed greatly at catching prawns and crabs for tea. But Dad also…

Download March eNews. In this issue: NBN Gateway down Friday evening & Saturday morning -23rd & 24th March Largest number of datasets loaded onto NBN…

New project hopes to assess the condition of our ponds Over 80% of ponds in England and Wales are now in poor condition, and the number…

Celebrate Big Nature Day with the Natural History Museum You are invited to take part in an exciting event at the Natural History Museum on Sunday…

Record number of datasets loaded onto the NBN Gateway February was a record breaking month in terms of the number of datasets loaded onto the NBN…

Feedback on the NBN website The new look NBN website has been live since December 2011.  If you are a regular user, you have hopefully…

Invasive alien species (IAS) are species whose introduction and/or spread, outside their natural past or present distribution, threatens biological diversity. They may cause serious damage…

As part of the process of establishing the Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum (SBIF) SNH has launched a questionnaire to identify the main issues and opportunities…

Download February eNews In this issue: NBN Gateway version 4.2 Sir Neil Chalmers retires as Chairman of the NBN NBN Record Cleaner upgrade Recorder insight…

Sir Neil Chalmers has presided over his last meeting as Chairman of the Board of Trustees as he steps down and retires from the NBN…

NBN Gateway Interactive Mapping Tool now includes absence data The NBN Gateway can now ingest absence (zero abundance) data. Whilst currently only the Interactive Mapping…

Pond dipping at Green Man Festival – Sarah Briggs  In the build up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and inspired by the…