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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…

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,…

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…

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

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…