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The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) is accepting nominations for the 2017 UK awards to celebrate biological recording and information sharing. There are six categories:
Buglife have released a simple and informative guide in English and Welsh to help those living in Wales to find and ID oil beetles. Your photographs and records can be submitted via their website, and help contribute towards the conservation of a fascinating but threatened species. ... more
NBN Gateway is to close on Friday 31st March to coincide with the release of the NBN
Atlas.
‘A summary of some of the important changes this
will involve can be found on the NBN website. These changes include the need to
re-register for the NBN Atlas, removal of access controls for non-sensitive
records, records will be available at public resolution only, any improved
access granted through the NBN Gateway will not be transferred over to the NBN
Atlas, and all datasets will be associated... more
PondNet Spawn Count 2017 has launched! Find ID guides, recording forms and how to
take part here.
In July 2016 the Powys Biodiversity Partnership commissioned Environment
Systems Ltd. to undertake a short project to review the current Powys
Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP). The output of the review will be
the Powys Nature Recovery Action Plan. Visit our BIS library to see Opportunity mapping results.... more
Aderyn, the Biodiversity Information and Reporting Database
of Local Environmental Records Centres Wales, is now fully available in Welsh. Public can access wildlife sightings
and species records collated by the four LERCs, covering the whole of
Wales. Anyone can use this site to view lists of species recorded around
their home, or maps showing the distribution of species according to
data held by LERC Wales. Partners, recorders and planners can be
licenced to access high resolution,... more
BIS recently entered its 2 millionth record into the Record 6 species database thanks to Andy King and his Brecknock Birds 2015 records. The 2 millionth record was a Green Sandpiper recorded by Andy King at Llangorse Lake in 2015.
On the 1st September 2016 BIS holds 2,029,000
spp records having recently added Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire 2015 Bird records plus updates from BIS WiReD and iRecord. These will now all be made available to Environment Systems for analysis for the Powys ... more
BIS launched the public site of Aderyn (Biodiversity Information Reporting Database) at its 15 years celebration on Saturday 18th June. The link is now on the BIS website and replaces the previous Data Access Tool. The public can search for a summary list of species within a 1km square or see distributions of records held by LERC Wales for a single species or taxon group eg butterflies.
The planning reporting system is now being tested and should be live to partners in next few weeks. BIS will th... more
BIS has uploaded four new data sets below onto NBN Gateway to comply with NRW funding agreement. These records are available at 10km resolution and exclude county datasets which are likely to be on Gateway through Schemes & Societies.
‘CENNAD’ Plantlife Cymru Lichen
Apprenticeship Scheme is now open to applications, from today for 3 weeks. Please
note closing date: 11 April 2016.
The Plantlife Cymru Lichen Apprenticeship
Scheme ‘CENNAD’ is open to all, through application in March 2016; with
training events running April 2016- March 2018. The learning focus will be on
epiphytic lichens, particularly species associated with Atlantic woodlands and
way-side trees. A combination of learning approaches will be of... more
