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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…

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…

From September 2010, Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) has been asking people all over England to sweep the nation’s hedges so that the condition of these…

Download Spring eNews Features in this issue are: News buzz!! – New version of NBN Gateway and web services released Recording Invasive Species Counts Celebrating…

Download August eNews Features in the August issue are: NBN Conference 2010 Using NBN web services New NBN team members Environment Agency Easimaps Who is…

Download July eNews Features in the July eNews are: NBN Conference 2010 New version of Gateway New OPAL Survey NBN Strategy 2010 – 2020 Annual…

Download June eNews Features in the June eNews are: Local Record Centre submits 50 millionth record! iSpot is helping people learn how to identify wildlife…

Download May eNews Features in the May eNews are: Record records! Help us to record non-natives… Water survey launched… Make your records count…

Download September eNews Features in the September issue are: NBN Conference 2010 Honorary Membership Award Farewell to Jo Purdy Marine Aliens Climate Week – 2011

New project launches to focus on marine aliens As shown in the current Map News and the RISC project in which the NBN is involved, invasive…

Honorary Membership Award for Derek Lott The NBN Trust likes to give an annual Honorary Membership Award to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to…

RISC project – new species added Under the NBN’s contract with Defra, we launched Recording Invasive Species Counts (RISC), a project to engage the public…

RISC project – new species added Under the NBN’s contract with Defra, we launched Recording Invasive Species Counts (RISC), a project to engage the public…

Understanding and making the most of Web Services Introduction The NBN Web Services provide a flexible and powerful route to the 50 million plus British…

New team members The NBN Trust is delighted to welcome Paula Lightfoot and Christopher Johnson, who both joined the team in August. Paula takes over…