The Biological Recording Company
Providing biological recording guidance, science engagement, earthworm consultancy and training for naturalists & environmental professionals.
Learn at your own pace
Our training webinars and online courses tackle a wide range of natural history, conservation and ecology subjects. Check out our Eventbrite listings for upcoming webinars on endemics, bee-flies, urban pond conservation, ants and much more.
Our entoLIVE webinars delve into the weird and wonderful world of invertebrate research, bringing you research on groups such as tardigrades, insects and arachnids!
Plus get access to all of our previous training webinar and virtual symposium content through our e-learning platform – such as our recently added Camera Traps course and our BNG virtual symposium content.
Upcoming virtual symposiums
Our virtual symposium events are aimed at environmental professionals and provide a platform for sector professionals to present topical subjects and share good practices. Click on the event images below for more information.
Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium
Tue 23 Jun 2026 | 10:30-12:00 | £1.20 – £30
Blogs
Friend, Foe, or Freeloader? The Flower Crab Spider
The Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) is a camouflage expert when it comes to hiding out on flower heads to capture prey. In this talk, Rose will introduce the ecology of these spiders, why it is important to study these types of interactions, the many different techniques she’s utilising to do that, and how you…
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Underexplored Freshwater Habitats in Ireland: Case Studies Using Riverflies
Ireland’s freshwater landscape encompasses over 12,000 lakes and extensive river networks, primarily shaped by Pleistocene glaciation. Standard aquatic surveys consistently target riffle zones, boulder substrates, and macrophyte beds, systematically overlooking specialised microhabitats such as seeps, temporary streams, turloughs, and those with groundwater sources including springs and the hyporheic zone of rivers that may harbour unique…
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Poll-A-Gen Needs You!
Poll-A-Gen – a research initiative aiming to map pollinator genomics across the UK – is currently searching for amateur entomologists to contribute to the project by collecting pollinator specimens from anywhere in the UK and submitting them to be barcoded. This blog includes info about how you can get involved.
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Pan-Species Listing: How to Become a Super-Naturalist
Pan-Species Listing (PSL) is an exciting initiative encouraging naturalists to record ALL the species they have seen in the UK in a friendly and competitive way that promotes general wildlife recording and biodiversity in the process. In this talk, Graeme Lyons will introduce the PSL approach, describe the benefits of the framework, and then take…
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Curlew Conversations: Conservation
Mary Colwell (Curlew Action) outlines the challenges Curlews and practical solutions for recovery, and two guest speakers present case studies at differing geographic scales.
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