Make Your Wildlife Observations Count 1: How To Record
Keiron Derek Brown
20 Oct 2022
Biological recording is the scientific study of the distribution of living organisms. Biological records describe the presence, abundance, associations and changes, both in time and space, of wildlife.
However, you don’t need to be a scientist to contribute to biological recording – indeed the vast majority of biological records come from volunteer recorders, naturalists and citizen scientists.
Our Make Your Wildlife Observations Count webinar series will cover the do’s and don’ts of wildlife recording to help naturalists and recorders generate accurate and high quality biodiversity data.
In the first webinar How To Record we’ll cover the basics, including what information should be included in every biological record and how you can ensure that the data that you provide is both useful and accurate. By the end of the webinar you will feel confident submitting species observations.
The 4 subjects covered in this webinar are:
- The Basics
- Record Resolution
- Data Quality
- Sharing Records
About BMERC
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Environmental Records Centre (BMERC) collects, collates and manages environmental information and provides it to others to inform responsible decision-making in planning, development and wildlife conservation.
BMERC gathers data from a network of volunteer recorders and professional surveyors and consultants in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
BMERC is a not-for-profit organisation, hosted by Buckinghamshire Council. Our funding partners include Buckinghamshire Council, Milton Keynes Council and the Environment Agency. We also work closely with the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT).
We work within a wider Environment Team, along with the County Archaeological Service which manages the Historic Environment Record (HER) and county related archaeology matters.
BMERC is a member of the Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC).
Checkout the BMERC website: [ Ссылка ]
