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Tom Hunt
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England Peat Map, Natural England https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/06/with-a-lot-of-help-from-our-friends-assembling-an-england-peat-map/
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nbntrust.bsky.social
NBN Atlas data updates - the NBN Atlas now holds 387+ million species occurrence records covering more than 53,000 species across the UK. Huge thanks to all our 195 data partners and dedicated verifiers. Every record shared helps build a better understanding of UK biodiversity - www.nbnatlas.org
September 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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nbntrust.bsky.social
NBN Trust Impact Report highlights 2025/26 achievements and 25 years of making data work for nature. Thanks to: members, funders, data providers, recorders and verifiers. Your support helps ensure biodiversity data informs better decisions for nature.
#NatureData nbn.org.uk/tools-and-re...
July 30, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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nbntrust.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
March 26, 2026 at 10:46 AM
tmkhunt.bsky.social
Crikey, number 10 really is in a staffing crisis.
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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richardfoxbc.bsky.social
Read more about our recent publication on increasing inclusivity in biological recording #citizenscience with @sei.org @savebutterflies.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social & others www.sei.org/publications...
Increasing inclusivity in biological recording in the UK: progress to date and future priorities
Eight UK organizations who run volunteer biological recording schemes gathered to evaluate their engagement and activities with underrepresented groups.
www.sei.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
tmkhunt.bsky.social
Heard in the zoo:

"You're allowed to ruin my birthday, so I'm allowed to ruin yours. Fair".

The wisdom of children.
December 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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nbntrust.bsky.social
📢 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
NBN Atlas - UK’s largest collection of biodiversity information
NBN Atlas is a free online tool hosting the UK's largest collection of biodiversity information enabling data to be shared, analysed and researched.
nbnatlas.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
Wow. I did not know that Alfred Russell Wallace (co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection) wrote a book in 1904 about the biological potential for life on other planets, and I've just found this extraordinary paragraph setting out the insanity of atmospheric pollution [1/3]. In 1904!
But the sketch I have here attempted to give of its varied functions shows us that it is really a most complex structure, a wonderful piece of machinery, as[ 259] it were, which in its various component gases, its actions and reactions upon the water and the land, its production of electrical discharges, and its furnishing the elements from which the whole fabric of organic life is composed and perpetually renewed, may be truly considered to be the very source and foundation of life itself. This is seen, not only in the fact of our absolute dependence upon it every minute of our lives, but in the terrible effects produced by even a slight degree of impurity in this vital element. Yet it is among those nations that claim to be the most civilised, those that profess to be guided by a knowledge of the laws of nature, those that most glory in the advance of science, that we find the greatest apathy, the greatest recklessness, in continually rendering impure this all-important necessary of life, to such a degree that the health of the larger portion of their populations is injured and their vitality lowered, by conditions which compel them to breathe more or less foul and impure air for the greater part of their lives. The huge and ever-increasing cities, the vast manufacturing towns belching forth smoke and poisonous gases, with the crowded dwellings, where millions are forced to live under the most terrible insanitary conditions, are the witnesses to this criminal apathy, this incredible recklessness and inhumanity.
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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cedarrecordsni.bsky.social
Discover nature @ulstermuseum.org through our website www.habitas.org.uk 🌱🌼🐌
Learn more about Northern Ireland's biodiversity and get recording! 📲🖥️
October 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
tmkhunt.bsky.social
@nbntrust.bsky.social going strong at Ulster Museum @cedar-ni.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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#PeatConf25
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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#iucnpeat
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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nfbr.bsky.social
Calling all biological recorders! Could you complete a short questionnaire for @universityofleeds.bsky.social to help understand the gaps in amateur biological recording data in UK?: forms.office.com/e/taGxQK7Adg
Microsoft Forms
https://forms.office.com/e/taGxQK7Adg]
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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environmentjob.co.uk
Engagement Officer
Biodiversity Information Service for Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park, Brecon, Powys, £27,000 pro rata
environmentjob.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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nbntrust.bsky.social
On #BiodiversityDay a really important activity you could take part in is to record wildlife. You’d be joining thousands of volunteers across UK who are gathering vital information to help protect and restore nature. Find out more bit.ly/RecordWildlife @inaturalist.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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kitenet.bsky.social
The @ukceh.bsky.social Biological Records Centre isn't yet on Bsky, so I'm passing on the message that there are problems with iRecord, with pages failing to load properly. It's being investigated and updates are being applied, but there is still work to do. Apologies for the inconvenience.
May 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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recordlrc.bsky.social
Join our iNaturalist project 🦋

To watch our Chester Region #CityNatureChallenge total grow next weekend 🤞

www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
City Nature Challenge 2025: Chester Region
The City Nature Challenge is an international Wildlife Recording event! In the Chester Region we're joining hundreds of other areas worldwide in an effort to explore and document as much local wil...
www.inaturalist.org
April 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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nbntrust.bsky.social
Remember #NBNawards25 nominations close on Monday 21 April, so please don’t delay! bit.ly/NBNawards25 If you need some more inspiration, you can read about previous winners and those highly commended on the NBN Trust website - bit.ly/info-NBNawards #MakingDataWorkForNature
April 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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rachbicker.bsky.social
I’m now peddling my wares as a full-time freelance ecologist in south of England and Scotland. I design wildlife monitoring and management plans, and I can provide training for wildlife survey volunteers. Don’t hesitate to get in touch! #rewilding #conservationecology #biologicalrecording
April 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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recordlrc.bsky.social
We have moved 🏠😀

If you need to get in touch please use our new phone number: 01244 394514

📍And our new address:
RECORD LRC, Suite 5
Parade Enterprise Centre
14 The Parade
Blacon
Chester
CH1 5HN
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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nbntrust.bsky.social
Who deserves recognition for recording marine or coastal #wildlife? Why not nominate them for the NBN Award for Marine Wildlife Recording 2025? bit.ly/NBNawards25 Closes: 21 April #NBNawards25 #MakingDataWorkForNature
March 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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recordlrc.bsky.social
Our first post on Bluesky 🫢 and it's a good one! We are inviting you to join us in the Chester Region City Nature Challenge, 25 - 28 April 🌻🦋🐸

Find out more here: record-lrc.co.uk/Get_involved...
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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nbntrust.bsky.social
We are thrilled to share with you our new videos, which highlight the work of the National Biodiversity Network Trust (NBN Trust) and also the National Biodiversity Network.

Please watch and share! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynJ...

#MakingDataWorkForNature #EnterpriseDevelopmentProgramme
January 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
tmkhunt.bsky.social
Really enjoyed the @ri-science.bsky.social Christmas Lectures www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... . These have always been great, as long as I can remember. But this year I thought they were particularly engaging, perhaps because food is a universal subject.
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - 2024: Chris van Tulleken - The Truth About Food: 1. From Taste Buds to Toilet
Dr Chris van Tulleken is joined by leading experts, including his twin brother Xand, to explore the incredible journey food takes through our bodies.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM