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
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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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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Hogsmill Valley Biological Recording Project
The Biological Recording Company delivered six Field Recorder Day events at the Hogsmill Valley in south-west London between 2022 and 2025. We recorded plants, earthworms, beetles and pollinators and much more too. Read about what we got up to and what we found in this blog.
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Backyard Bees: Private Green Spaces and Pollinator Diversity in Cities
Private green spaces, such as gardens and allotments, have an important role in supporting pollinator diversity within cities. This webinar explores the environmental factors that shape pollinator communities in these spaces, including the influence of both native and non-native plants. We will also examine whether gardens and allotments differ in their ability to provide resources…
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Barnet Green Spaces Network Training
The Biological Recording Company and Barnet Council are offering Barnet residents and volunteers a range of free natural history training courses and events, both online and in-person.
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