Recording schemes and projects that make use of iRecord can choose to send their data direct from iRecord to the National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas. We supply updates to the NBN Atlas on a regular (usually two-monthly) basis using an automated export process.
Not all schemes choose to send data direct to the NBN Atlas from iRecord, as some prefer to manage iRecord data via their own databases, and the flow to the NBN Atlas goes from them rather than direct from iRecord, enabling many more records to be shared. Examples are: British Dragonfly Society; Conchological Society; UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme.
At August 2021, approximately 2.3 million records have been shared directly from iRecord to the NBN Atlas. Schemes and projects that are currently providing regular updates from iRecord to the NBN Atlas are shown below (last updated at 20 August 2021):
- Anthomyiid Recording Scheme
- AquaInvaders project
- Bat Conservation Trust NBMP Sunset-Sunrise Survey
- Bees, wasps and ants (aculeate Hymenoptera)
- Berkshire moth records
- British Bryological Society
- British Dragonfly Society (iRecord data incorporated within the main BDS dataset)
- Caddisfly Recording Scheme
- Calliphoridae Recording Scheme
- Capturing Our Coast (marine species on rocky shores)
- CEDaR Online Recording
- Cranefly Recording Scheme
- Freshwater Fish Recording Scheme
- Freshwater Fish Recording Scheme - additional species
- Ground Beetle Recording Scheme
- Heleomyzid Recording Scheme (spiny-winged flies)
- Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae Recording Scheme (flat flies and keds)
- Kelp Fly Recording Scheme
- Leaf Beetle Recording Scheme
- Longhorn Beetle Recording Scheme
- Marine Records via Marine Biological Association
- Mayfly Recording Scheme
- Mammal Society online recording
- Mammal Society Mammal Mapper records
- National Plant Monitoring Scheme - England, Scotland, Wales
- National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland
- Natural England iRecord Surveys
- NatureSpot records for Leicestershire and Rutland
- Oil Beetle Recording Scheme
- Orthoptera and Allied Insects Recording Scheme
- PlantTracker project
- Pseudoscorpion Recording Scheme
- Rhinophoridae Recording Scheme (woodlouse flies)
- RISC Non-Native Species: plants
- RISC Non-Native Species: true bugs
- RISC Non-Native Species: Muntjac
- RISC Non-Native Species: Rhododendron Leafhopper
- Sarcophagidae Recording Scheme
- Sawfly records from iRecord
- Sciomyzidae Recording Scheme (snail-killing flies)
- Sealife Tracker project
- Sepsidae Recording Scheme
- SEWeb Invasive Non-native Species
- Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust records
- Silphidae Recording Scheme
- Siphonaptera and Phthiraptera Recording Scheme (fleas and lice)
- Soldier Beetles and Allies Recording Scheme
- Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme
- Stonefly Recording Scheme
- Tachinid Recording Scheme (parasitic flies)
- Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme: shieldbug records
- UK Ladybird Survey
- Vascular plants
- Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording Scheme
Most of the above datasets are filtered to include only records marked as "Accepted", but some schemes and projects also share unverified records, which are clearly flagged as such within the NBN Atlas. BRC also supplies unverified data to NBN Atlas for some species groups that are not currently covered by a national recording scheme:
- Diptera records for families not covered by a recording scheme
- Coleoptera records for families not covered by a recording scheme
Other datasets that are supplied to the NBN Atlas from iRecord on a less frequent update schedule are:
Many thanks to the verifiers and organisations involved in making the above data accessible via the NBN Atlas, and thanks of course to all who have added records to iRecord in the first place. Thanks also to Natural England for funding some of the development work for the automated export process, and to the NBN for their assistance.
If you are involved with a recording scheme or project and would like to make use of the regular updates from iRecord to the NBN Atlas please contact us via irecord@ceh.ac.uk