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Records keep growing The latest Gateway update has taken the total number of records available to 64,002,475.  The total is rising steadily and has inceased…

Bob Saville Award A brand new annual award has been created by The Wildlife Information Centre to recognise special, individual contributions to the recording of…

The future of biological recording in Britain The annual conference of the National Federation for Biological Recording Filton, Bristol, 7-8 April 2011 This was always…

We reported on the new Gateway upgrade at the beginning of the month.  Have you tried the new functions and mapping facilities yet?  If you’re…

A new campaign has launched to save our rainforests through our power as consumers A new awareness and fundraising campaign that aims to use social…

Website allows you to see and contribute to the species’ photos and records for Leicestershire and Rutland Nature Spot is the website in question and…

Local Record Centres Accreditation Pilot project ALERC (Association of Local Environmental Records Centres) has successfully completed a pilot project to create and trial an accreditation…

UK Biodiversity Action Reporting System New mapping features The Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS) is pleased to announce the launch of exciting new mapping abilities…

Improved mapping on the NBN Gateway On the 4th April 2011, version 4 of the NBN Gateway was released. The major feature in this release…

Nightjar breeding season surveys in Dumfries and Galloway between 1981 and 2010 (Dumfries and Galloway Nightjar Study Group) The UK population of nightjar declined by…

Could our newest member be our oldest member? We are delighted to welcome the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union as a new member of the NBN Trust. …

Wildlife of a Garden – A thirty-year story For 30 years, Jennifer Owen recorded all the wildlife in her Leicester garden. Using several trapping and…

Data mobilisation workshop report The Wildlife Information Centre ran five ID and data mobilistaion workshops in January and February 2011 with funding from the NBN…

Download February eNews Featured in the February 2011 eNews: OPAL climate survey 60 million records Moths Count – update Recording software demo East of England…

Blow a bubble and spot a contrail in the name of climate By Sarah Baldwin Get involved in the OPAL Climate Survey and discover more…

Moths Count the end of the beginning (With thanks to Dave Green for the use of this image) The Moths Count project was launched by…

Recording Software Demonstration Day How do you manage and share your records?  MapMate or DMap, Excel or Recorder, BirdTrack or iSpot?  Decisions, decisions!  Recorders from…

East of England Regional Local Environmental Records Centres and Environmental Consultants Conference 2011 Following the success of the 2010 conference, representatives from the East of…

Nature’s Calendar Nature’s Calendar is a project of the Woodland Trust, which oversees the collection of data for the UK Phenology Network. In recent years they…

Norfolk Wildlife Trust surveying toolkit At the end of January 2011, Norfolk Wildlife Trust launched its award-winning wildlife surveying toolkit online, meaning a wealth of invaluable…