Help us celebrate the people growing the UK’s biodiversity knowledge - nominate them for an NBN Award for Wildlife Recording - but don’t leave it too long ⏰ Nominations close on Monday 18 May!
👉 Nominate here: bit.ly/NBNawards26n...
This promises to be a great event (as usual!) Among others, you can hear Rhiann Stock – NBN Trust Data Officer – go behind the scenes of the NBN Atlas, which is 335 million records strong and growing as a cornerstone of the UK’s biodiversity data infrastructure. Read more and book: www.nfbr.org.uk
Have you booked your tickets yet for #NFBRConference2026 bit.ly/4sZO4iz! Pls join us for our 40th Celebrations where a fabulous range of speakers will be sharing their wonderful stories about #BiologicalRecording! Speakers include @biologicalrecording.co.uk @ukceh.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social
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Rhiann Stock – 300 Million Records and Counting. Join us at #NFBRConference2026 on 7 May to go behind the scenes of the NBN Atlas—300 million records strong and growing as a cornerstone of the UK’s biodiversity data infrastructure. Book here: bit.ly/4sZO4iz @nbntrust.bsky.social #BiologicalRecording
Know a group which is regularly recording wildlife and encouraging others to do the same? Is it making a difference to our understanding of nature? If so, nominate for NBN Group Award #NBNawards26 Deadline 18 May bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Thanks to @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social @habitataid.bsky.social
Do you know a young person recording wildlife and making an impression on those around them through their enthusiasm? If so, you should nominate them for the NBN Young Person’s Award. bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline 18 May #NBNawards26 #YouthInNature Thanks to @opticron.bsky.social @nhbs.bsky.social
Is someone you know new to #WildlifeRecording but already making their mark? Are they increasing our understanding of nature in the UK? If so, please nominate them for the NBN Newcomer Award? bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline - 18 May #NBNawards26 Thanks to @opticron.bsky.social @nhbs.bsky.social
Do you know someone who does the vital job of verifying wildlife records in the UK? If so, please nominate them for the NBN Verifier’s Award. Deadline - 18 May #NBNawards26 bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Thanks to the prize sponsor @rspb.bsky.social
Do you know someone who has been recording wildlife in the UK for many years? Have they made a real difference to our understanding of nature? If so, please nominate them for NBN Lifetime Achievement Award 2026. bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline 18 May #NBNawards26 Thanks to sponsor @rspb.bsky.social
🐸 Happy World Frog Day!
Today we’re celebrating the amazing amphibians found in the UK. Records of 7 frog species on nbnatlas.org — 2 native/5 non‑native. No surprise: Common Frog (Rana temporaria) has most records - 306,170 out of 310,959 total. Record frogs - uk.inaturalist.org or irecord.org.uk
Thanks @twic.bsky.social ! All of the information can be found here - bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline 18 May.
And we're delighted to have you on board!
Today, we're celebrating the March data updates on the NBN Atlas. We started 2026 with 304 million species records - we now have 335+ million! 🎉Information on the new additions from our brilliant data partners can be found on NBN Trust website - nbn.org.uk/news/over-33... and data on nbnatlas.org
This #IWD2026 we’re shining a light on the incredible women who’ve been nominated, highly commended or won an NBN Award for Wildlife Recording since 2015💛 Huge thanks to all. Know an inspirational woman who records or verifies wildlife? Nominations for #NBNawards26 are open! bit.ly/NBNawards26n...
It's #WorldWildlifeDay and we’re celebrating the UK’s incredible biodiversity - and the people recording it. #WildlifeRecording is vital for #ConservationUK. Who are your recording heroes? Nominate them for #NBNawards26 7 categories: bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline-18 May. Thanks to sponsors.
February's Biodiversity Data Update means 312 million records on NBN Atlas! All contributions make the NBN Atlas a powerful resource for conservation, research and decision-making. See the new and updated datasets at the link. If you want to share data, let us know! nbn.org.uk/news/over-31...
Happy #DarwinDay! Celebrating science & evidence‑based thinking. 310m species records on NBN Atlas support conservation, planning & research. Shared data = backbone of UK biodiversity evidence & core to what we do. Here’s to #data #science and the NBN community making it possible. nbnatlas.org
#NBNawards26 are open! Know someone making a real difference to UK wildlife recording? A dedicated recorder, brilliant verifier, inspiring young naturalist? The NBN Awards celebrate the people and groups helping us better understand the UK’s biodiversity. Nominating is simple. bit.ly/NBNawards26n...
We're proud to be one of 137 orgs contributing to RACE Report 2025. A shift shows representation of people of colour and other ethnically minoritised groups has grown, but there’s more to do. We’re committed to our team better reflecting the diversity of the population 🤝
nbn.org.uk/news/the-rac...
#BBCWinterwatch just featured Pine Marten distribution in Northern Ireland using NBN Atlas maps. Of ~13,000 UK records, 1,532 are from NI. A great reminder of how vital wildlife data is for understanding nature’s changes. See who provided the data on the NBN Trust website - bit.ly/winterwatch2...
Thanks Keith, it does now!
4/4 If you have any further questions, please do contact us at inaturalistuk@nbn.org.uk
3/4 It only has those which meet the requirements for sharing, e.g., have a match to the UK Species Inventory, have a CC-BY-NC, CC-BY, or CC0 licence, etc., (read more about sharing from iNaturalist to iRecord here). There are currently 36+ million records on iRecord.
2/4 Currently there are 4,617,116 records from iNaturalist on iRecord (the main platform for collating records from recording schemes/groups). Note that this number does not incorporate all 8 million+ UK records available on iNaturalist.
1/4 The proportion of records supplied per licence is over 50% have a CC-BY-NC (non-commercial licence), around 25% have CC-BY (can be used commercially, but recorder must be credited), and just under 20% have a CC0 licence (can be used for any purpose and no credit required).
We've been at #BES2025 all week and have loved hearing how citizen science and biological recording can support research and conservation policy; biodiversity data needs for Scotland’s nature recovery and how the global ecological community accesses, uses & shares data. We're in the Lennox Suite!
🌿 NBN Trust Impact Report 2024/25
We’ve had an incredible year making data work for nature!
✅ Nearly 1 billion records downloaded from the NBN Atlas
✅ Almost 44 million new records added to NBN Atlas
✅ We celebrated collaboration across our Network
📖 Read the full report: nbn.org.uk/tools-and-re...
Thank you so much for your ongoing support, we value it enormously.
📢 Advance notice NBN Atlas users
We’ll be performing essential maintenance on the NBN Atlas, Tuesday, 9 December, 07:30–09:00 GMT.
During this time, NBN Atlas will be unavailable.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
You can continue to use the NBN Atlas as normal before and after: nbnatlas.org
🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 !
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking