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.

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...

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

#NBNconf25 5 weeks to go! Have you booked yet? 16 inspiring speakers, announcement of #NBNawards25 , fireside chat with new NBN Trust CEO Dr Gareth Thomas & BBC Head of Nature, Tom Gray, Art Corner with @laurens-colours.bsky.social , Sir John Burnett Memorial Lecture and networking! bit.ly/NBNconf25

The NBN Atlas Strategy 2025–2030 outlines how we’ll make the NBN Atlas the cornerstone of the UK’s biodiversity data infrastructure, helping us better understand, protect, and enhance the natural world through data innovation and cutting-edge technology. bit.ly/NBNAtlasStra...

#NBNconf25 - programme announced! 📅20 November, Bristol. Celebrating 25 years of making data work for nature with wonderful speakers and inspiring presentations. Join us if you're passionate about nature, data and the critical role NBN plays in protecting and restoring biodiversity bit.ly/NBNconf25

Big BRISC Bioblitz Finale - to mark the end of BRISC (Biological Recording in Scotland) this year, and its many achievements over the last 50 years, a week long Bioblitz is being held (22 - 28 Sept) to celebrate its legacy and Scotland's biodiversity🐞 nbn.org.uk/news/big-bri...

We’re excited to announce the finalists for NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2025! From 45 nominations, 28 incredible individuals and groups have made it to the shortlist across 7 categories. Winners and highly commended will be announced at #NBNconf25 bit.ly/NBNawards25shortlist

Dr Gareth Thomas is our new CEO from Oct 25! Coming from the Natural History Museum his experience in research innovation, including BII, TNFD, will ensure we remain a trusted source of biodiversity data, while expanding partnerships to help drive nature’s recovery in UK and beyond bit.ly/3JJEiQp

NBN Trust is celebrating 25 years of making data work for nature! By connecting hundreds of organisations and managing NBN Atlas, the UK’s largest biodiversity data portal, we're supporting the whole nature conservation community & helping to protect & restore biodiversity in the UK🌿 www.nbn.org.uk

Bookings are now open for the 25th NBN Conference! Join us on 20 November at the SS Great Britain in Bristol for a day of inspiring talks, networking, and celebrating 25 years of making data work for nature. Find all the details and book your place here: nbn.org.uk/.../nbn-conf...

How much excitement can biological recorders cope with? Save the date! It’s @nfbr.bsky.social 40th anniversary conference next year - woohoo! Get it in your diaries… @nbntrust.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @elaineeepoos.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social

We've introduced a range of features/updates to NBN Atlas which are being rolled out. This development work, in partnership with ‪@naturalengland.bsky.social‬ is funded by Defra through the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services(NCEA)programme. More features/updates to come! bit.ly/NBNAtlasupgr...

If you joined #NBNconf24, you'll have heard @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social create & recite "Worm's Eye View". Thanks Caleb for reproducing it bit.ly/CalebParkin ....Leading nicely into our announcement that #NBNconf25 will be on 20 November at the SS Great Britain in Bristol - bit.ly/NBNconf25

BBC Springwatch just featured Ring-necked Parakeets and Alexandrine Parakeets which included distribution maps from the nbnatlas.org. The importance of data in helping us to understand any changes to wildlife in the UK, cannot be stressed enough. Join us and help make data work for nature nbn.org.uk

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

NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording close 18 May.Nominations needed-Youth, Verifier, Terrestrial, Marine.Pls share. bit.ly/NBNawards25 @rspb.bsky.social @opticron.bsky.social @habitataid.bsky.social @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social @nhbs.bsky.social

Do you use or collect the wildlife data that's needed to help nature recover? Help us recognise our amazing recording community by nominating in the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording. Please spread the word to local groups, colleagues and friends. Deadline for nominations 18 May bit.ly/NBNawards25

NBN Awards new deadline-18 May. We're keen to receive more nominations. Some categories received very few and none were made for Young People. Let's make sure all wildlife recorders making an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the natural world are recognised-https://bit.ly/NBNawards25

A big thank you to everyone that donated to us during The Big Give's Green Match Fund. With your help, we raised £15,641.73! As a small wildlife conservation charity that's "making data work for nature", we generally operate 'behind the scenes' so it means a huge amount that you value what we do.

#GreenMatchFund We've already raised over £11K to help make data work for nature. We need another £2K for it to be doubled and we'll achieve our campaign target of £15K. Please can you help and give to our campaign before 12noon tomorrow, Tuesday 29 April? Thank you - bit.ly/BigGivePage

We're half way through the #GreenMatchFund week! Anything donated to our campaign (bit.ly/BigGivePage) by 29 April will be doubled, up to our campaign target of £15,000. Please help us reach our target before noon on 29th - thank you! #wildlife #data #biodiversity #nature

We're part of #GreenMatchFund Anything donated to our campaign by noon 29 April will be doubled, up to our target of £15,000. So far we've raised £6,000, so a huge thank you to those who've already donated. Please help us reach our target by giving to the NBN Trust today! bit.ly/BigGivePage

We're very excited to be part of The Big Give’s #GreenMatchFund for the first time! The campaign (bit.ly/BigGivePage) starts 22 April and if we raise £7,500 during the week 22–29 April it will be doubled to £15,000! It's for one week only though, so please support us if you can next week-thank you!

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

Time's running out to nominate in NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording - close 21 April! We'd love more nominations for Verifier, Young Person, Newcomer, Marine & Group categories. Know someone making an amazing contribution to wildlife recording? Nominate before it's too late bit.ly/NBNawards25

We’re looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to lead our vital work and bring expertise in data and technology and passion for nature to drive the NBN Trust forwards. Deadline: 11 April. More: bit.ly/NBNtrustCEO #jobs #vacancies #nature #wildlife #data #NBNatlas

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

NBN Trust Head of Finance and Operations - job vacancy The NBN Trust supports the entire UK conservation movement by providing public access to the wildlife data that’s needed to make good decisions for nature. More: bit.ly/NBNtrustHFO #FinanceJobs #vacancies #jobs #finance

This World Wildlife Day, why not take a look at the diversity of wildlife recorded near you, via the NBN Atlas? bit.ly/NBNatlas #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2025 #NBNatlas #MakingDataWorkForNature #biodiversity #wildlife #nature

Young #WildlifeRecorders (age 11-20 years old) deserve recognition for their efforts! Why not encourage them and celebrate their input, by nominating them for the NBN Young Person’s Award 2025? buff.ly/40IJdWG Closes: 21 April #NBNawards25 #MakingDataWorkForNature

Conservation funders urged to embrace evidence-based approaches for greater biodiversity recovery New research by 18 global wildlife conservation funders stresses the need to ONLY fund projects using the most effective measures. http://bit.ly/EvidenceBasedConservation Photo: Clare Pengelly

Online database of UK marine monitoring – do we need one? MEDIN (Marine Environmental Data and Information Network) has been tasked with finding out whether we need one or not. MEDIN would like to hear your views: http://bit.ly/MEDINquestionnaire #MEDIN #consultation #MarineWildlife

Who deserves recognition for recording UK 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

Happy Chinese New Year! As the 'Year of the Snake' begins, you may be interested in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation's reptile ID courses on 27 Feb: bit.ly/ARC-27Feb and on 3 March: bit.ly/ARC-3March #ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake #snakes #reptiles #amphibians #MakingDataWorkForNature