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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 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…

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…