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Make Your Wildlife Observations Count

We worked with Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Environmental Records Centre to produce the Make Your Wildlife Observations Count webinar series that covered some of the do’s and don’ts of wildlife recording, with the aim of helping naturalists and recorders generate accurate and high-quality biodiversity data.

365 Days of Earthworms

“Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than most persons would at first suppose” Charles Darwin (1881) The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Actions of Worms It’s officially over… 2021 is behind us. As National Recorder for Earthworms it’s my responsibility to process all of the earthworm recordsContinue reading “365 Days of Earthworms”

Data-Flow – The journey of a record

By sharing biological records it opens up the potential benefit that a record can have to nature and the environment through analysis, research and the production of resources (such as a distribution atlas). Throughout the years, the number of organisations involved in the collection and dissemination of biodiversity data has increased and diversified, leaving biologicalContinue reading “Data-Flow – The journey of a record”

Big Garden Birdwatch

My interest in wildlife goes back as far as I can remember and the credit for this goes to my father who would often take me, my brother, my sister and our dogs on walks in the woods and along the beach. In particular, my dad would point out birds and pass on the knowledgeContinue reading “Big Garden Birdwatch”

Who’s who of biological recording

Britain is very lucky to have a rich history in biological recording. Natural history was a popular pastime in Victorian Britain and our taxonomists were (and still are) responsible for the description and recording of species across the world. As a result of this history, the UK has a well developed network of organisations involved inContinue reading “Who’s who of biological recording”