MARCH GATEWAY UPDATE

There are currently 32,592,330 species records available on the NBN Gateway from 331 different datasets.

Database last updated 30th March 2009
Species dictionary publication date: 27th January 2009

New Species Datasets

Aggregate Industries - Ecological surveys from Bardon Hill undertaken in the period 2000 to 2007
Biological Records Centre - Collembola Recording Scheme, Mosquito Recording Scheme
EcoRecord - Natural England's Scientific Files, Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country Surveys
Environment Agency - Crayfish data update for Environment Agency Thames Region March 2009
Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - Lepidoptera species distribution dataset from 1981 to 2008 for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records - Gloucestershire BAP Priority Species - Water voles
Greater Manchester Ecology Unit - Distribution of Badgers in Greater Manchester, Distribution of Species of Conservation Interest in Greater Manchester
Hertfordshire Biological Records Centre - Palmate Newt records for Hertfordshire, 2007, River Water Dropwort records for Hertfordshire, 2003 -2005
National Trust - Wicken Fen nature reserve species data held by The National Trust
RSPB - RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch in the UK
The Bat Conservation Trust - Bechstein's Bat Survey Project
The Scottish Ornithologists' Club - Fife breeding bird tetrad atlas 1991-99, Fife non-breeding bird 5km atlas 1991-99, North East Scotland Breeding Bird Atlas 2002-06
Tullie House Museum, Carlisle - Tullie House Museum. Fungi and Lichen Records. Pre-2007 for Cumbria, Tullie House Museum. Invertebrate Records other than Lepidoptera. Pre-2007 for Cumbria, Tullie House Museum. Lepidoptera Records. Pre-2007 for Cumbria, Tullie House Museum. Moss and Liverwort Records. Pre-2007 for Cumbria, Tullie House Museum. Vertebrate Records other than Birds. Pre-2007 for Cumbria

Updated Species Datasets

Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Badger dataset, HBRG Fungus, Lichen and Lower Plants Dataset, HBRG Insects Dataset, HBRG Other Invertebrates Dataset, HBRG Vertebrates (not Badger) Dataset
National Barkfly Recording Scheme  - Outdoor Psocoptera (barkfly) records for Britain & Ireland, 1850 to present
Natural England - Batsites inventory for England

Best wishes
Graham French
NBN Technical Liaison Officer