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Speckled Wood  Found throughout Britain and Ireland, the Speckled Wood is dark brown with creamy white patches on wings. It occurs in woodland, gardens and…

Records keep growing! The latest Gateway update means that the number of species records now available exceeds 60 million.  There are now 61,456,725 species records,…

Download January eNews Featured in the January eNews: Finding funding Climate Week Awards Business Administrator vacancy Are you using Indicia? Are natural history societies struggling?…

Join the Big Pond Thaw Survey  Figures from the Met Office early this month have confirmed that December 2010 was the coldest December across the UK…

View the Scottish Natural Heritage video on YouTube and find out how you can help the Bee and Biodiversity. Biodiversity begins with a B is a darkly…

Natural history societies consultation report Are natural history societies struggling? There is a common perception that many natural history societies are suffering from a decline…

Climate Week is a supercharged national occasion that offers an annual renewal of our ambition and confidence to combat climate change. It is for everyone…

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…

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…

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,…