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Curiosity and the ‘spiders web’ I grew up in the backwaters of a quiet corner of what was Cumberland, and now see that my early…

Meeting tomorrow’s recorders at the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Show Given the UK’s wonderful historical pedigree of biological recording, we may be forgiven for thinking…

Curracag, the Outer Hebrides Natural History Society is a long established Group formed in 1978 to protect and enhance the Natural History of the Outer…

Small grants are available to contribute to the British Ecological Society’s Festival of Ecology in 2013 In 2013 The British Ecological Society (BES) will celebrate…

Do you know your hoverfly from your harvestman? New bugs app launched by the Natural History Museum and OPAL Are beetles true bugs? And is…

One of the latest datasets to be uploaded to the NBN Gateway is the Leicestershire and Rutland Selected Non-Native Invasive Plants  One of the species…

New functionality available with NBN Gateway version 4.1 Interactive mapping tool includes Ordnance Survey maps The interactive mapping tool now includes Ordnance survey maps as…

Proposals to change the access controls on the NBN Gateway and extend data download functionality A consultation on proposed changes to the NBN Gateway access…

Download September 2011 eNews In this issue: Data management tools workshops – very few places remain! NBN Conference – book now! Defra consultation – have…

Protection for UK seas comes a step closer Protection for key nature sites in UK seas has come a step closer with the recent unveiling…

Online survey helps to track Mitten Crabs Scientists from a number of UK research institutes, including London’s Natural History Museum are calling for the public…

East Sussex downland bees and wasps get a health check For six years between 2003 and 2008, over 100 site visits were made to fifteen…

Indicia is now even easier You will hopefully have already heard about Indicia through the NBN website, you may already have used it. Indicia is…

A lifetime of ladybirds My early years were spent in Uganda and undoubtedly provided an extravagant introduction to wildlife.  My parents describe my fascination with…

OPAL reaches the final of the National Lottery Awards The OPAL project works all over England to get everyone involved in nature through a range…

Developing the NBN – building partnerships As NBN Trust Business Analyst and Defra contract programme manager, a significant amount of my time is taken up…

Download August 2011 eNews Inside this issue: NBN Conference – time is running out for the early bird discount! Data Management Tools Workshops Web Mapping…

The NBN Gateway team has released a suite of Web Mapping Services (WMS) covering single species mapping, dataset mapping and designation mapping. Aimed at users…

Heritage Lottery Fund announces £18.3m to protect some of the UK’s best-loved views The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced 11 earmarked first-round passes totalling…

Two years of iSpot and the statistics are looking good! The OPAL iSpot project iSpot has been developed by The Open University as part of…