Building on the success of the inaugural awards in 2015, the National Biodiversity Network, the National Forum for Biological Recording and the Biological Records Centre are launching the second UK Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing.

Sponsored again by Swarovski Optik UK, the Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions made by individual adults and young people as well as by groups, to biological recording – which is helping to improve our understanding of the UK’s wildlife.

These contributions can include anything from a significant number of records made in a year, the number of participants at a BioBlitz, plugging of gaps in knowledge in a specific area of the UK, through to the number of datasets available for download, technical innovation in recording wildlife or encouraging participation through the development of apps or games etc.

The awards have under-18 and adult categories and target the two main recording environments - terrestrial and freshwater; as well as marine and coastal:

• the Gilbert White youth and adult awards (for terrestrial and freshwater wildlife)

• the David Robertson youth and adult awards (for marine and coastal wildlife)

In addition, there will be an extra award this year – for groups – working with either terrestrial and freshwater wildlife or working with marine and coastal wildlife.

Nominating someone for an award couldn’t be simpler.  Just complete the Awards nomination form http://ow.ly/4mTYPn and return it to the National Biodiversity Network by 31 July 2016. [Unfortunately you can’t nominate yourself!]

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