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.
Biological Recording Virtual Symposium 2026
Wed 15 Apr 2026| 10:00 – 13:00 | £1.20 – £30
Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium
Tue 23 Jun 2026 | 10:30-12:00 | £1.20 – £30
Blogs
Thermal Vision for Bats: Practical Applications in Ecology
Thermal imaging is rapidly becoming a valuable tool in ecological surveying, allowing wildlife to be detected and tracked based on heat rather than visible light. In bat ecology, thermal cameras offer significant advantages for emergence surveys, enabling surveyors to identify bats leaving roosts in low light or complete darkness, reduce observer bias, and improve confidence…
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Changes in the UK Stag Beetle Population
The Stag Beetle – Lucanus cervus – is the UK’s largest beetle. Males can be up to 75 mm long, including their impressive antler-like mandibles which they use to battle each other for access to females during breeding season. It is a truly beautiful species, inspiring amazement in all who are lucky enough to see one. Sadly,…
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Making the Most of Bird Sounds
Bioacoustic monitoring is becoming an indispensable tool for bird surveyors, ecologists, and conservation professionals—but how do you ensure you’re using it to its full potential? This blog covers the best practices for planning, running, and analysing bird surveys with bioacoustics, with a focus on high standards and practical application.
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Exploring Underwater Scilly: Monitoring Marine Protected Areas Using Cutting-edge Underwater Cameras
In one of the largest surveys of a UK marine protected area (MPA) ever conducted, Owen Exeter and his team of marine scientists deployed 280 baited underwater camera systems across the Isles of Scilly archipelago, a unique biodiversity hotspot in the northeast Atlantic. The cameras recorded thriving communities of sharks, fish, and crustaceans across habitats…
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Antarctic Invertebrates: Diversity and Threats
Antarctica’s terrestrial biodiversity is restricted to tiny islands of ice-free habitat surrounded by vast expanses of inhospitable ice or ocean. Today it is dominated by microarthropods and other microinvertebrates, although that has not always been the case. Antarctica’s largest invertebrates are two chironomid midges and a small number of freshwater crustaceans Evolution in isolation, long-term…
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