For recording

Over the years, the NBN Trust and its partners have developed a range of tools and resources to aid biological recording.

GDPR and Biological Data

If you would like more information on biological recording and data protection, see:

Biological Recording and Data Protection May 2018 (Web page)

Biological Recording and Data Protection May 2018 (Downloadable document)

ID Resources

Information to help with identification of species brought together from across the Network

See what ID Resources are available

Recorder 6

Recorder 6 is the ultimate tool for those entering, collating and exchanging records of species and habitats. It includes extensive, and very flexible, facilities for outputting the data including the ability to link other systems, such as GIS, directly to the data holdings.

UK Species Inventory

Find out more about the UK Species Inventory

Record Cleaner (superseded NBN Record Cleaner)

Record Cleaner is a free online tool to help people improve the quality of their wildlife records and databases.

Whether you are an individual recorder or work in an organisation such as a Local Environmental Records Centre or a Recording Scheme, the Record Cleaner is designed to help you spot common problems in your data. The goal is to aid the process of data cleaning and ensure the quality of any datasets you pass on to others.

The standalone software, NBN Record Cleaner is still available here. However, please note it has not been updated recently and may not function well using modern operating systems, so we encourage you to use the new online Record Cleaner developed by Biological Recorders Centre.

Find out more about Record Cleaner

Online recording resources

If you are considering your own biological recording website or online recording survey, then the information in our online recording toolkit may help

Find out more about setting up your own online recording website