Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre

We're taking a break from this platform but you can still follow our news via the CBDC newsletter and other platforms, including Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/cumbri… Thank you for following @CumbriaBDC!

Thanks @cumbriawildlife! Please do submit your plant hunt finds to us as we don't always receive them via other routes!

12/12 days of Christmas: For the twelfth day, we're sharing the county flower of Cumbria, Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), seen here in Whitehaven….. Sign up for our newsletter, sent every 2 months with useful info about wildlife recording! cbdc.org.uk

11/12 days of Christmas: Cumbria Wild Watch 2025 Get recording for the big Cumbrian recording event of the year – 26-29 June 2025 Help us to better understand the wildlife of Cumbria – now and for future generations! cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/c…

10/12 days of Christmas: Join the Bothel Community Wildlife Group's bioblitz this May, supported by CBDC and many others. A 24 hour event - with camping at the farm. See cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/b… for more information

9/12 days of Christmas: Find out more about the Cumbria County Wildlife Sites (CWS) Project on Tuesday 21st January at 6:30pm in a free webinar. Meet the team and find out how you could get involved: cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/w…

8/12 days of Christmas: Challenge 365 is LIVE! Record your first wildlife observation of 2025 today for the challenge - and every day for the rest of the year. What is your first record? Our 1st record is some very early cherry blossom.... cbdc.org.uk/recording-wild…

7/12 days of Christmas: Are you ready for Challenge 365? Sign up now to do something for nature every day in 2025. Can you last the full year?! cbdc.org.uk/recording-wild…

6/12 days of Christmas:⁠ This year, we've prepared more resources to help recorders especially anyone new to recording. We'll prepare more in 2025 & signpost to lots of useful resources on other websites so do let us know what will be useful to you!⁠ ⁠ cbdc.org.uk/recording-wild…

5/12 days of Christmas: CBDC organises the Cumbria Recorders' Conference which is a great opportunity for all involved in recording to share stories & find out about recording projects! Have you booked a place at the 2025 conference @Tullie in Carlisle? cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/r…

4/12 days of Christmas: CBDC are very proud to have been involved in the re-launch of the County Wildlife Sites Project in 2024 which is looking to survey all 1600+ sites across Cumbria over the next few years. More information: cbdc.org.uk/wildlife-in-cu… Photo: Beth Lightburn

3/12 days of Christmas: Cumbria Wild Watch ran for the first time in 2024 and gathered over 2,000 wildlife records over the last weekend in June. Thank you to all who took part, organised events or helped run sessions as schools. Cumbria Wild Watch will return on 2025.....

2/12 days of Christmas: CBDC has received some great records in 2024 - from common species to rarer observations. Thank you to everyone who has been recording wildlife in Cumbria this year and sending your records to CBDC! Records include this Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus).

12 days of Christmas: We had three very different recording days in 2024 which together generated over 1000 biodiversity records. Thank you to everyone who came along and took part in recording Cumbrian wildlife. Watch out for 2025 dates and venues: cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/r…

Merry Christmas to all our followers and all Cumbrian recorders! [In case you are wondering, it is a bag of chocolate almonds made by CWS Field Officer, Beth... Thanks Beth!]

Our 12 days of CBDC start on 25th December. We will bring you something different each day... Hope you like it!

Looking for a New Year resolution? Want to do something for nature every day in 2025 but don't have much time? If you answered yes to these questions, we have something that might interest you.... Challenge 365: starting on 1st January Sign up now! cbdc.org.uk/recording-wild…

There's still time to register for tomorrow evening's free webinar on wildlife recording. An opportunity to find out what it is, how you can get involved and why it is important. Book via our website: cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/w… Look forward to seeing you then!

If your New Year Resolution might be to do something for nature, wildlife recording could be for you! Find out more about wildlife recording at our webinar next Tuesday evening. More info here: cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/w…

Join our first Winter Webinar on Tuesday 17th December, 6:30-7:30pm to find out more about recording the wildlife you see at home, work or when out & about. Find out more and book your free place via our website: cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/w…