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Online Survey on garden ponds The Big Pond Dip and Big Pond Thaw surveys have given Pond Conservation Trust a lot of new information about…

I was born an entomologist and I like to think that I am a dedicated one, although I am told I am somewhat ‘obsessive’. In…

Creating habitat for pollinators in Britain & Ireland  Flowering plants provide essential resources of pollen and nectar for pollinating insects such as wild bees, honeybees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths and some beetles (Buglife,…

Consultation on changes to the NBN Gateway data access controls and download functionality – Phase 2 We consulted with data providers and users of the…

NBN Record Cleaner Version 1.0.7.0 Release date: February 2012 The latest version of NBN Record Cleaner has been released. This update fixes a couple of…

Biodiversity Information Assistant The JNCC is seeking to recruit a Biodiversity Information Assistant, to join its data management team based at its offices in Peterborough.…

Following the success of the biodiversity data management tools workshops that were held in Edinburgh and London last year, the NBN Trust is organising another…

Fund for biological recording in the voluntary sector Natural England is managing a fund, on behalf of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to…

Sign the petition The Field Studies Council has launched a petition to the government calling for them to protect outdoor education centres from imminent closure.…

Chair of NERC's Science and Innovation Strategy Board The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is seeking to appoint a new Chair of its Science and…

Your figures are needed to help secure future support of Recorder The Recorder team needs figures on Recorder 6 usage to convince the funders of…

Grants available The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the Museums Association (MA), focuses on time-limited collections work outside the scope of an organisation’s core…

Hedgehog street and hibernation survey PTES and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) are looking for neighbourhoods to become Hedgehog Champions by making a collaborative…

Defra has published a list of the successful applicants for funds for Local Nature Partnerships capacity building.  The Natural Environment White Paper, recognised that partnership…

Download January eNews In this issue: Data access controls consultation – phase 2 New NBN Trust Chairman NBN Trust Patron ALERC National Coordinator Recorder insight…

Tom Hunt, formerly of RECORD in Cheshire, has been appointed to the post of ALERC National Coordinator with effect from the 18th January.  Tom will…

NBN RECORD CLEANER VERSION 1.0.6.9 Release date: December 2011 The latest version of NBN Record Cleaner has been released. This update fixes a number of…

I was introduced to wildflowers at the age of nine, by my primary school teacher – the late John Vaughan. This was in the early…

Profile – Professor Michael Hassell CBE FRS I felt greatly honoured when approached to be Chairman of the NBN Trust.  Recording the UK’s plants, animals…

John Selborne When Sir Neil Chalmers asked me if I would allow my name to go forward for appointment as Patron of the NBN Trust…