Here is the full list of our confirmed Wildlife Identification Training Days for 2009. All courses are available free of charge to anyone who may be interested. However, booking is essential.

BTCV Scotland has added new Biodiversity Courses to its Environmental Training Programme. From bees to bryophytes and lichen to hoverflies, we will have a course to interest you.

Wildlife and Countryside Link's Third Annual Assessment, looking back over progress made in 2008. These assessments have been made at an England level, but in some cases, has had to use broader information for the UK.

Plant Talk Scotland is a new bulletin board discussion forum to serve the Scottish botanical community and those interested in Scottish plants.

The North East Scotland Biological Record Centre (NESBReC) have been appointed to establish a biological recording system that will collate Co-ordinate and manage biological data for the Cairngorms National Park. We are interested in all biological records whether from casual observations by interested individuals to detailed surveys commissioned by agencies. By acting as a central focal point data will become available via the internet through the National Biodiversity Network (NBN).