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2011 is an important year for forests, having been declared the International Year of Forests and the International Biodiversity Day theme this year is one of Biodiversity…

Until the 1980s Danish Scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica) was found on coastal cliffs, sand dunes and sea-walls.  Since then, it has become established on the central…

A successful meeting of the NBN partnership strategy implementation group took place at The Linnean Society on 30th November.  Plans are now in place to…

Download October eNews Features in the October issue are: NBN Conference 2010 New members Recorder’s Conference Last Chance Data user requirements Latest Gateway update  

Download December eNews Features in the December eNews are: Gateway version 3.5 released Membership numbers continue to rise Gateway on YouTube What is the largest…

Natural history group support Being part of a natural history society or recording scheme is a fantastic way to meet people, learn new skills and…

The two demonstrations below give a brief tour of the Gateway and show how the data can be used. Thanks to Jon Cooper for creating…

Heritage Coast boundaries are now on the NBN Gateway Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside…as the abundance of marine and coastal wildlife…

About Plantwise Today over one billion people are going hungry – many of these are in rural farming communities. We believe we can improve food…

iPhone app – Moths & Butterflies of Britain & Ireland by BirdGuides Ltd. Description Based on Chris Manley’s British Moths and Butterflies: a photographic guide,…

Christmas pond gift scheme Pond Conservation has launched a Christmas ethical pond gift scheme, ‘Give and Let Live’, to help save Britain’s most endangered freshwater…

  Funded societies 2010 The recipients of OPAL’s 2010 grants In 2010, OPAL awarded 27 grants of between £1,000 and £4,000 to help amateur natural…

Identification help A range of identification sheets are available on the OPAL website.  They will help you identify some of the common British plants and…

Membership goes from strength to strength We recently reported of our successful membership drive and the new members we had attracted. We are delighted to…

National Moth Recording Scheme The National Moth Recording Scheme (NMRS) database has grown to an amazing 11.3 million moth records!! A refresh of the NMRS…

Gateway version 3.5 Released: 3rd November 2010 The following new functionality and changes have now been added to the NBN Gateway and web services. Please…

Conference helps to raise awareness of the role of LERCs and NBN “Go along Hadrian’s Wall and turn left at the Tyrannosaurus Rex…” these were…

Membership drive reaps rewards Over the last few months we are delighted that the number of organisations wanting to become members of the NBN  Trust…

The number keeps rising… The number of species records on the NBN Gateway keeps rising as more datasets are added each month.  The last update…

Conference Success The tenth NBN Conference took place on 15th October at the Royal Society.  130 delegates from across the Network and some new faces…