Tuesday 20th March, Hands-on interactive sessions to learn about Indicia, the NBN Gateway and Record Cleaner with demonstrations of new tools and software for the management of habitat and land use data, the use of web services in Local Record Centre applications and a variety of systems for online data management.

6th March 2012, 14:30 -15:30. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.

Saturday, 10th March 2012 - 10:30am to 3:30pm. The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum. See “Read more” for details and booking form.

15th February 2012, 01:15-4:00 - Aberdeen University, Zoology building room B06. This wokshop is to help people learn the practical skills needed to identify the species of a spider. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.

The first ever Highland Mammal Atlas is available for £7 plus p&p (£5 plus p&p for BRISC and HBRG members). Details on HBRG website.

Dear BRISC Members, Please find below, a link to a petition to support the continuance of the biological recording course at Birmingham University. I really think this is an important cause, and I'd like to encourage you to add your signature, too. It's free and takes just a few seconds of your time. Jonathan Willet, BRISC Chairman.

Scotland's Environment Web brings together information on Scotland's environment in one place. Environmental data and reports from known and trusted sources can be accessed. The site provides straight-forward descriptions of the state of Scotland's environment and key messages that highlight our progress in protecting it.

FEVA is a network of national not-for-profit organisations that seeks to share information and best practice across the field of environmental volunteering. It aims to identify themes of common interest across the environmental volunteering sector and promote areas for partnership working. As part of the remit, a number of courses are run though the year. See the website for full details.