Project – Biological Recording

Lesnes 500

During 2025 and 2026, the Biological Recording Company is collaborating with the London Borough of Bexley to deliver a series of Field Recorder Days at Lesnes Abbey Woods, a large woodland in south London famous for its ruined abbey. These Field Recorder Days have been commissioned as part of Lesnes 500, a large-scale project made possible with a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This webpage contains details about the upcoming Field Recorder Day events as well as sharing what we got up to at the events that have taken place so far.

The Ealing Beaver Project

The Biological Recording Company is collaborating with the Ealing Wildlife Group, Citizen Zoo, the Friends of Horsenden Hill and Ealing Council to deliver a series of six Field Recorder Days at Paradise Fields in 2026. This webpage shares details for the upcoming events, including links to sign up.

Hammersmith and Fulham Biological Recording Project

The Biological Recording Company is working in collaboration with Hammersmith and Fulham Council to deliver a series of free-to-attend biological recording events in 2026: a Biological Recording 101 training course and six Field Recorder Days.

Barnet Natural History 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.

Wild Tolworth Biological Recording

As part of the Wild Tolworth project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Biological Recording Company ran seven Field Recorder Days at Tolworth Court Farm in 2024 and 2025. Across these events, 186 participants generated 825 biological records across various species, including pollinators, grasses, dragonflies, fungi, and beetles.

Southwark Biological Recording Project

Between June and October 2025, the Biological Recording Company delivered 5 training and recording events in Southwark, focusing on bees, beetles, botany, and earthworms. Participants worked together to generate numerous new species records, including 384 beetle occurrences, 577 plant records, and 55 earthworm records.