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  The summer issue of NBN News is now available to download.  In this issue read about OPAL new fund for national recording schemes and natural…

Bird enthusiasts are celebrating in Cornwall after two pairs of choughs successfully raised eight fledglings. The birds, which have black plumage, red legs and a…

As announced in the Spring 2009 issue of NBN News, Big Lottery Fund initiative OPAL is coordinating a dedicated programme of support for local and…

Want to know if your garden or school pond is in good shape for wildlife? Then take part in Pond Conservation’s Big Pond Dip. It’s…

Last year the charity Butterfly Conservation ran a public survey for the migrant Humming-bird Hawk-moth and Painted Lady butterfly. Unfortunately, 2008 was a poor year…

A new look for a national marine life information project Now in its 10th year, MarLIN – an initiative of the Marine Biological Association –…

Scientists have identified why excessive fertilisation of soils is resulting in a loss of plant diversity. Extra nutrients allow fast growing plants to dominate a…

Freshwater Reviews is a scientific journal dedicated to providing comprehensive, modern reviews of topics in the freshwater sciences. It is published by the Freshwater Biological…

This RSPB dataset contains the results from surveys of garden bird observations, made by the public during a one-hour period of their choice in the last…

Biodiversity in the UK is continuing to decline according to statistics released by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra is studying…

The spring issue of NBN News is now available to download.  In this issue read about OPAL project progress, a Defra funded project for Non Native…

The most species rich nature reserve currently known in Britain, Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, has published online for the first time 56,000 records of more than…

OPAL is inviting everybody to take part in one of England’s biggest nature surveys. OPAL scientists want to find out more about earthworms and the soils they…

Love-sick birds have been plaguing a village by pecking and cracking car wing mirrors in the mistaken belief that their reflection is a potential mate. …

Pesty Partnership The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has joined forces with the National Biodiversity Network  to encourage UK gardeners to help map some non-native pests…

Gaelic for wildlife has gone online as Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has launched Faclan Nadair – meaning Words of Nature – on its website. “The thing the…

Views across Rutland Water have been changed forever with the introduction of a new wildlife lagoon at Egleton. The 30 hectare habitat was officially opened…

Buglife’s three-year battle to save West Thurrock Marshes from destruction has suffered a massive set-back when the Court of Appeal judged that the decision to build…

Professor Michael Majerus It is with the deepest sadness that we report the death of Professor Michael Majerus, who died peacefully after a short but severe…

The Natural History Museum has recently been awarded a grant to enable it to fund and support the development of Natural History Societies. As part…