Key partners in the National Biodiversity Network are Local Environmental Records Centres and National Recording Schemes and Societies. These organisations have unrivaled local knowledge and can provide valuable context to biodiversity data related queries.

Finding a Local Environmental Records Centre – the Association of Local Environmental Records Centres has a really useful database to help you find the LERC for your area.

Finding a recording scheme – the Biological Records Centre has a list of all current schemes and key contacts.

Database of wildlife surveys and recording schemes – This database, held on the NBN Trust website, lets you search for specific surveys by name or by species name to see if a recording scheme or survey exists.