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This is the National Biodiversity Network's Gateway. Use it to explore UK biodiversity data, as contributed by participating data providers.

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Species records
Database last updated
721
76,243,229
8th May 2012
New Species Datasets
Updated Species Datasets
Butterfly Conservation
Macro-moth provisional distribution for the British Isles (excluding the Republic of Ireland) from the National Moth Recording Scheme

Countryside Council for Wales
Freshwater Lamprey Survey Data
Freshwater Shad Monitoring data
Freshwater Site Visits

Dragonfly Recording Network
Dragonfly records from the British Dragonfly Society's Dragonfly Recording Network for the period up to 2010

Environmental Records Information Centre North East
ERIC North East non-sensitive species records
ERIC North East sensitive species records

Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre
NBGRC Crayfish Dataset
Nottinghamshire bat dataset
Nottinghamshire Biodiversity Action Group Japanese Knotweed Survey
Nottinghamshire Water Vole Records
Records of amphibians and reptiles for Nottinghamshire

OPAL National Soil Centre, Imperial College London
Citizen scientists' records from OPAL Soil and Earthworm Survey - March 2009 to December 2011

RSPB
Bird Conservation Targeting Project (BCTP) in the UK, 2005-2010
Bird Conservation Targeting Project (BCTP) in the UK, 2005-2010 (sensitive records)
Bird Conservation Targeting Project (BCTP) in the UK, archived data (2001-2009)
Bird Conservation Targeting Project (BCTP) in the UK, archived data (2001-2009) - sensitive records

Suffolk Biological Records Centre
Suffolk Biological Records Centre (SBRC) dataset

Warwickshire Biological Records Centre
Warwickshire Dormice
Warwickshire Otters
Warwickshire Rare Plants
Warwickshire Water Voles

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
WDCS Shorewatch Sightings

Updated Dictionary
Dictionary last updated on 2nd May 2012