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BRISC Home Page
BRISC is a charitable organisation which promotes the gathering of environmental data in order to increase public awareness about biological diversity in Scotland and to ensure that effective actions are taken to conserve this resource.
What we do describes the functions of BRISC. Latest Conference details are found there.
Projects lists the projects initiated by BRISC to help the recording community in Scotland.
Links pages provide a directory of Local Record Centres, biological data custodians and other useful contacts.
Membership page has information and forms for joining BRISC. Sample copies of the members newsletter - Recorder News - are also to be found there.
Contact Us gives information on how to contact BRISC.
BRISC is a membership organisation and Membership Forms can be found on the Membership page. Members get access to the Members Only Area of the website.(See Membership page)
Just click on the BRISC logo at the top of the page to get back to this Main Page from anywhere on this site.
News and Events
| National Insect Week 2008 |
| National Insect Week 2008 will take place from Monday 23rd to Sunday 29th June with plenty of talks and events all over the UK. |
| www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/ |
| Event Details |
| Plantlife Plants Survey |
| Plantlife will be running a training day for the Common Plants Survey in Nethy Bridge on Saturday 21st June, which will outline the background, methods and basic plant identification, followed by carrying out a sample survey within the area. No prior experience is necessary. |
| www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/plantlife-get-involved-common-plants-survey.html |
| email:suzanne.cooper@plantlife.org.uk |
| Further Details |
| NESBReC training courses |
| NESBReC has organised a series of four coastal training courses with funding from the East Grampian Coastal Partnership. These 1 day courses focus on particular wildlife groups and offer expert tuition in the identification of species to be found on our coastline. |
| email:glenn.roberts@aberdeenshire.gov.uk |
| Details |
| Lothian Wildlife Information Centre Excursions |
| LWIC has organised a programme of field excursions for recorders. These excursions are planned primarily to obtain biodiversity data from sites in the Lothians, and recorders of any and all groups of organisms are welcome. |
| email:adrian@lothianwildlife.co.uk |
| Full Schedule |
| Peacock Butterfly Survey |
| After the successful Orange Tip survey in 2007, Butterfly Conservation are running a Peacock postcard survey in 2008. Cards available in March. |
| www.butterfly-conservation.org/ |
| Moth ID Events |
| Butterfly Conservation is organising a programme of public moth trapping and `introduction to moths' events as part of the Moths Count (National Moth Recording Scheme) project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and other organisations. Booking essential. Admission Free. |
| Details |
Scottish Charity No. SC024418
Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC)
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