@_NFBR

NFBR exists to promote the use of biodiversity information for strategic and local needs and to champion the biological recording community across the UK.

 United Kingdom
nfbr.org.uk
Joined April 2011
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Nominations are open for #NBNawards25 There are 7 Award categories. Which amazing #Wildlife recorders or groups will you nominate? bit.ly/NBNawards25 Thanks to sponsors: @Natures_Voice, @opticronuk, @habitat_aid, @FieldStudiesC, @WmCollinsBooks, @britwildlife & @nhbsNews
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The Big Rock Pool Challenge! The Rock Pool Project is running monthly volunteer-led BioBlitz Battles, where participants compete to discover rare and common species in their local rock pools: bit.ly/BigRockPoolChallenge #CitizenScience #rockpools #BioBlitz #MarineWildlife
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Never mind Christmas, some of us are already thinking of next spring! From my garden, in alphabetical order:buds of ash, beech, blackthorn, cherry, guelder-rose, hawthorn, hazel, sycamore, (English) walnut and (grey) willow. Try this fun quiz: buzzfeed.com/speciesrecovery….
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Less than one week to go for our 'A lifeline for bats' to go live! For one week only, 3 - 10 December, donations up to £5,000 will be doubled! All funds going to the National Bat Helpline! Subscribe to be notified when it goes live: buff.ly/3V5Nb9T #ChristmasChallenge
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BEEP@beepresearch1 Dec 2024
We are heading into a wonderful winter of (inside/cosy/warm) talks with @LaSocieteG Marine Biology section! Join us to hear how our year has gone and the escapades of local #eelgrass scientist, Jenny Thomas assessing #Guernsey’s eelgrass carbon stock 🌱
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Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025! We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses inc #Identiplant, and for Plant Study and for Research. Our Grants page also lists every other grant we know about that might be of interest to botanists: bsbi.org/grants
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Amazing waxcaps found by the Plantlife team!🍄 1️⃣Parrot Waxcap2️⃣Pink Waxcap3️⃣Splendid Waxcap4️⃣Slimy Waxcap There's been a drop in numbers now, but there's still a chance more will come out as it warms up again - so get involved with #WaxcapWatch 👉 bit.ly/3Zc3fbd
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WWBIC@wwbic13 Dec 2024
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December #speciesofthemonth: Common Gull❄️ Help @BTO_NIreland by joining the Winter Gull Survey this January! Visit the BTO website (bto.org/our-science/projects…) for more info & the vacant sites map (app.bto.org/wings/public/vac…) to see if there is a site needing covered near you💻📝
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#RecordOfTheWeek today is a field sign - Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) based on distinctive feeding signs on a Hazelnut. Learn how to spot Dormouse signs here: ptes.org/campaigns/dormice/s… Many thanks to Peter Sturgess for record & photo sent via sewbrecord.org.uk
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November's #MapOfTheMonth features drone work undertaken by our intern, Rob, investigating the possibilities of using our UAV drone technology to map scrub encroachment on protected grassland sites ⬇️ neyedc.org.uk/updates-insigh…

Map of the Month - November 2024 — neyedc

November 2024’s Map of the Month shows UAV scrub mapping at Bull Ings SSSI, Cropton !

neyedc.org.uk
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A week today, we will be in Liverpool for the NBN Conference: bit.ly/Speakers-NBNconf24 We are hugely grateful to our 2024 Conference partners for their support: Dynavics Ltd, Futures Wild, Habitat Aid, The Tanyptera Project, National Museums Liverpool & Zulu Ecosystems. #NBNconf24
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As the days shorten, the lights will come on a little earlier. It’s a feature of urban environments we often overlook, but for many species, it’s the dark, and not the light, that’s home. #Halloween 🦇🌙 👉 ptes.org/spotlight-on-darkne… 📸Frank Greenaway
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Join The Natur Am Byth project at Newport Wetlands for a free event: Bee's Eye view: soundscapes, imagery and poetry, exploring Wales' rarest bumblebee the Shrill Carder bee delivered by the talented artstation.org.uk #naturambyth #rspb book via: tinyurl.com/beeseyeview
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It’s time to boost your field guide library with up to 25% off some of our favourite in-depth ID guide books - plants, insects, and more! Offer runs until 9th December 2024 field-studies-council.org/pr…
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#BatFest is here! This is a month-long celebration of bats in October, #BatAppreciationMonth . There will be a range of events and activities exploring the world of #bats and celebrating these remarkable animals. Check the events we have lined up so far: buff.ly/3BGoDgM
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🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Tickets for the TWIC Annual Conference 2024 are now LIVE! 🐾🌿 eventbrite.co.uk/e/twic-autu… Special thanks to: @PlantlifeScot @savebutterflies @BumblebeeTrust @NatureScot @traquairhouse

TWIC Autumn Conference: Grassland Recording & Conservation

Join us at our conference for a day filled with captivating talks, engaging displays and a chance to meet with like-minded individuals.

eventbrite.co.uk
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For October's #MapOfTheMonth we're featuring some of our own data - namely INNS records collected by the NEYEDC team around our old office in central York: neyedc.org.uk/updates-insigh… 📍

Map of the Month - October 2024 — neyedc

October 2024’s Map of the Month features invasive non-native species (INNS) data collected by NEYEDC staff!

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It's #FungusFriday and our Observation of the Day is this Speckled Tar Spot #fungus (Rhytisma punctatum), seen in #Canada by rambryum! More details at: inaturalist.org/observations… #mycology #nature #biodiversity
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Another superb key to put away for a rainy day. Great job by the authors!
ZooKeys@ZooKeys_Journal7 Oct 2024
🗝 An illustrated key for the identification of the 20 genera of Microgastrinae wasps so far known to occur in Europe: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212… #taxonomy #wasps #Hymenoptera @NtlMuseumsScot @snsb_aktuell
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