The FSC BioLinks project consultation surveyed biodiversity sector professionals and amateur naturalists regarding where biological recording training should be focused, which species groups it should focus on and how it should be delivered.
Category Archives: Biological recording
Water Beetles: Recording & Atlases of Britain & Ireland
Prof Garth Foster (Balfour-Browne Club) explains the history (and future) of recording water beetles in Britain and Ireland.
Autumn 2023: ID Training Courses in London
Check out our London species identification training programme for Autumn 2023! Join us to learn about botanical keys, earthworms, ferns, fungi, mining bees and winter plant ID.
The Tale of the Ivy Bee: A New British Species
Aaron Bhambra (University of Birmingham) tells the story of a new species of bee to colonise Britain and the research being undertaken to monitor it.
Rarities in Arachnology: Finding and Recording Rare Spiders in Britain
Richard Gallon (British Arachnology Society) discusses the Spider Recording Scheme, with an emphasis on how to find and record rare spiders in Britain in this blog.
Can Community Science Support a County Wildlife Sites Framework in Devon?
Jess Smallcombe discusses trialling a new approach to monitoring county Wildlife Sites in Devon that involves local community groups.
Supporting the Biological Recording Community
Being a company, doesn’t mean that everything needs to be about profit. Here are 5 ways in which the Biological Recording Company is giving back.
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey: Where Every Journey Counts
Dr Lawrence Ball (Kent Wildlife Trust) reports on the Bugs Matter citizen science project that monitors insect splatter on road vehicles and explains what’s new for the survey in 2023.
Bumblebees & Their Differing Habitats: How a Decade of Citizen Science Has Increased Our Knowledge
Dr Penelope Whitehorn (Highlands Rewilding) walks us through how 10 years of biological recording is telling us about the ecological preferences of our bumblebees.
The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: A Peek Behind The Scenes
Jenny Shelton (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the National Honey Monitoring Scheme.
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