National Biodiversity Data Centre scoops top award for ‘Best use of data to achieve social impact’ at recent DatSci Awards The National Biodiversity Data Centre is delighted to have won the award for ‘Best use of data to achieve social … Continued
I care about Biodiversity. I have always felt instinctively that Biodiversity has intrinsic value, that we should conserve all of the variety of life on Earth; that we have a responsibility to leave this planet and its catalogue of life … Continued
As 2018’s #HeritageWeek concludes we wanted to bring you the final summary of yet another fantastic #ButterflyBash! The weather wasn’t kind to everyone across the country for recording butterflies, but nevertheless a tremendous recording effort was made last week and … Continued
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is seeking to appoint a Citizen Science Officer The National Biodiversity Data Centre and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have joined forces to run a collaborative citizen science project aimed at obtaining citizen science observations … Continued
Recent updates to the recording forms within Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal, run and managed by the National Biodiversity Data Centre, now make it possible to: Record multiple species at one site, within several selected recording forms (i.e. Birds, Moths, Vascular … Continued
Register now! Before we introduce our next seasonal workshop programme, be reminded that there are still three workshops left to go in our Summer Workshop Programme, with a number of places still left in at least two of those events, … Continued
Butterflies of Ireland: download your poster for free! Coinciding with the launch of National Biodiversity Week and the first day of the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s 2018 ‘Butterfly Bash’ recording challenge, we were thrilled to partner up with the Irish … Continued
Butterfly Bash 2018 Recording Challenge Biodiversity Week runs from tomorrow Saturday 19th May to Sunday 27th of May and these few days coincide with the start of the first peak in butterfly numbers. To support Biodiversity Week, celebrate Irish biodiversity … Continued
PULL QUOTE: Irish Bumblebee populations recorded in 2017 are the lowest they’ve been since monitoring began in 2012. The All-Ireland Bumblebee Monitoring Scheme, coordinated by Dr Tomás Murray, Senior Ecologist at the National Biodiversity Data Centre, has revealed marked … Continued
As a child, it was always my job to remove moths from my big sister’s bedroom. They were common visitors then and she was terrified of them, especially the big furry white moths which would flicker around the light … Continued
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