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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 NBN web site has always helped its partners and members to advertise their vacancies by providing a news article. The new site now has a…

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…

The Marine Conservation Society has recently published the Marine Local Biodiversity Action Plan Guidance Manual for England. The Manual which has been three years in…

The hedgehog, water vole and hazel dormouse are among a number of British mammals that face becoming seriously endangered, research published today reveals. Climate change…

The OPAL project has completed its first year at the end of December 2008 and the work being carried out by the NBN is now…

The Winter issue of NBN News is now available to download.  Read about the new fund for local biodiversity recording, OPAL project progress, changes to…

After almost seven years Andy Brewer has now left the NBN team to take up a new post at the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. If…

The UK Ladybird Survey team is compiling an atlas of British ladybirds and is calling upon you to submit your records. Historic or recent records…

The overall aim of the Fund is to develop the national network of local biological recording, increasing the geographic scope, quantity and quality of biological…

This year’s NBN Conference was the perfect occasion to hold the second John Burnett memorial lecture.  The NBN Trust was delighted that Professor Aubrey Manning delivered the lecture…

Keeping you informed… We have provided you with several ways of keeping up to date with NBN activities. Here are the available subscriptions. If you…

Climate change could be the “last straw” for rare woodlands in the far north of Scotland already damaged by overgrazing animals, it is claimed.   …

From plague-harbouring crustaceans, to sprawling superweeds and allergy-inducing insects, invasive species are one of the greatest threats facing biodiversity today. And they are not only…

After the update of datasets on 31st July 2008, the number of records on the NBN Gateway rose to over 30 million. The milestone record of a Brown…