We are delighted to announce the nominees who have been shortlisted in each of the different categories of the 2017 UK Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing. We congratulate them all and celebrate their achievements!
In alphabetical order:
Adult Newcomer Award
- Dave Braddock – from Surrey
- Adrian Cooper – from Suffolk
- Annie Irving – from Vale of Glamorgan
- Liam Olds – from Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Hugh Tooby – from Stirlingshire
David Robertson Adult Award for marine and coastal wildlife
- George Catchpole – from Essex
- Paula Lightfoot – from Tyne & Wear
- John Newnham – from West Sussex
- Jack Sewell – from Devon
- Rob Wells – from Cornwall
Gilbert White Adult Award for terrestrial and freshwater wildlife
- George Catchpole – from Essex
- Peter Hodge – from East Sussex
- John Newnham – from West Sussex
- Adrian Norris – from West Yorkshire
- Dan Watson – from Stirling
Lynne Farrell Group Award for wildlife recording
- Community Science – from Derbyshire
- Dearne Valley Landscape Partnership – from South Yorkshire
- Inner Forth Landscape Partnership – from Falkirk West
- NESBReC Mammal Atlas – from Aberdeenshire
- Sorby Natural History Society – from South Yorkshire
Youth Awards for wildlife recording
- Jann Billker – from Buckinghamshire
- Tyler Ingleheart – from Somerset
- Mhairi McCann – from Inverclyde
- Evan Potter – from Greater Manchester
The winners of the 2017 UK Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing will be announced at a special ceremony on Thursday 16 November during the National Biodiversity Network’s annual conference in Cardiff.
This year we are indebted to three organisations for their support:
1. Opticron for sponsoring the prizes for the Youth Awards and for the Adult Newcomer Award.
2. Paramo Directional Clothing for sponsoring the prizes for the Gilbert White Adult Award and the David Robertson Adult Award.
3. Field Studies Council (FSC) for sponsoring the prize for the Lynne Farrell Group Award.
