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

David Roy has been appointed as Head of the Biological Records Centre, with effect from 1 July 2010. His predecessor, Mark Hill, retires on 31…

Easy Maps on the HBRG website A few years ago the Highland Biological Recording Group published an atlas of bumblebee in the area (Macdonald, M.…

NBN Gateway improvements The following new functionality and changes have now been added to the NBN Gateway and web services. Record commenting facility The commenting…

Beautiful Farm Award goes to wildlife rich farmland in Wales We are delighted to mention two of our NBN e-news subscribers, Huw and Thelma Jones who…

As part of Open Air Laboratories (OPAL), the Open University has developed iSpot, a website to help beginners learn how to identify wildlife, and go…

Local Record Centre pushes the Gateway over 50 million records The NBN only works because of the data provided by the many organisations which are part…

The national programme of BioBlitzes is well and truly underway this year, with events taking place all over the country. In order to make the…

Discover the health of your local pond and help scientists with valuable research Take part in the OPAL water survey and discover what animals living…

Produced to coincide with the International Year of Biodiversity, this ‘Lost life report identifies nearly 500 animals and plants that have become extinct in England…

Nearly three-quarters of swifts visiting over the summer months nest in our homes according to data collected by thousands of members of the public last…

The Festival of Nature returns to Bristol’s harbourside this year, on the weekend of the 12th and 13th June. The Festival of Nature is the…

The Network then and now The data On the 3rd April 2000 the National Biodiversity Network Trust was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee;…

Recording Invasive Species Counts – the RISC project It has been estimated that the cost of invasive species to the worldwide economy is about five…

Welcome to the first issue of the NBN’s e-Newsletter! We have produced NBN News as a printed copy for many years and now believe it…

GATEWAY VERSION 3.4 Release date: 26/03/2010 The following new functionality and changes have now been added to the NBN Gateway and web services. NBN GATEWAY…

More funding available In the spring and summer 2009 issues of NBN News, OPAL announced the first of three rounds of funding available through its…

The OPAL project launches its third national survey this May, and this time scientists are asking people all over England to explore what lives in…

The launch of the Earthworm Society of Britain, sponsored by OPAL (Open air Laboratories) took place in Hyde Park, London in October 2009.  At the…

Interested in running a BioBlitz near you?  To celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, Bristol Natural History Consortium (BNHC) will be supporting a…