North East Wildlife Recording Conference 2012 Katherine Pinnock ERIC North East Coordinator
Who are we? Katherine Pinnock And a team of ERIC North East Coordinator wonderful Laura Laffler & Susan Keeton volunteers! ERIC North East Project Officers
About the Conference… Opportunity to hear about recording activity across the region Get involved with new/different recording schemes Find out more about what ERIC North East does, what we’ve been up to over the past year and how you can get involved Launch of Northumbria Mammal Group’s ‘Mammals, Reptiles & Amphibians of the North East’ publication
For anyone who doesn’t know… We work with recorders and recording groups to collate wildlife records and habitat data for the region Provide this information to those who need it for nature conservation purposes Promote wildlife recording across the region • Funded through grants, service level agreements and fees from one-off data requests
What information do we hold? Over 1.7 million species records • • 1145 local site boundaries • Statutory nature conservation • site boundaries Habitat survey data
New datasets shared with us in 2012 Durham Bird Club British Lichen Society Big Sea Survey NWT local sites surveys Durham Veteran WildWatch Project, Trees Project North Pennines AONB Lots of new individual recorders And frequent updates from our regulars
Data holdings Aquatic Heteroptera Recording Scheme English Heritage Northumberland Biodiversity Partnership Auchenorhyncha Recording Scheme Environment Agency Northumberland County Council Berwick Wildlife Group Forestry Commission Northumberland National Park Authority Biological Records Centre Freshwater Flatworm Recording Scheme Northumberland Wildlife Trust Brachysera Recording Scheme Grasshopper & Cricket Recording Scheme Northumbria Mammal Group British Bryological Society Hartlepool Borough Council Northumbrian Water British Isles Neuropterida Recording Scheme Harvestman Recording Scheme People's Trust for Endangered Species British Lichen Society Hoverfly Recording Scheme Pseudoscorpion Recording Scheme BSBI Hypogean Crustacea recording scheme Quakers' Hole Wetland Project Butterfly Conservation Isopoda Recording Scheme Riverfly Recording Scheme Caddis Recording Scheme Lacewing Recording Sheme Sepsidae Recording Scheme Soldier Beetle & Jewel Beetle Recording Ciidae Recording Scheme Ladybird Recording Scheme Sheme Collembola Recording Scheme Leazes Park Ranger Service Springtail Recording Scheme County Moth recorders - VC66, 67, 68 Longhorn Beetle Recording Scheme Tarmac Cranefly Recording Scheme Mayfly Recording Scheme Tees Valley Biodiveristy Partnership Culicidae Recording Scheme Middlesbrough Borough Council Tees Valley Wildlife Trust Cumbria Biological Data Centre Millipede Recording Scheme Tick Recording Scheme Darlington & Teesdale Field Naturalist's Club Muscidae Recording Scheme Vincent Wildlife Trust Dixidae Recording Scheme National Trust Waterbug Recording Scheme Dove Marine Laboratory Natural England Wildflower Ark Dragonfly and Damselfly Recording Scheme Nature Conservancy Council Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Durham Biodiversity Action Plan Newcastle City Council Red Squirrels Northern England Durham Biodiversity Data Service North East Fungus Study Group Durham Bird Club North East Reptile & Amphibian Group Durham Mammal Group North Pennines AONB Durham Wildlife Services - Durham Wildlife Trust North Tyneside Council Durham Wildlife Trust Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club Plus many individual recorders
How has the data been used? From April 2011 – March 2012: Informed 25 conservation projects / plans / reports… …in addition to regular updates to inform the work of Natural England & the Environment Agency Informed 10 University research projects Informed 337 planning applications Provided five local authorities with regular data updates to inform their work
Public events since April 2012 Glow Worms, Thrislington Nature Reserve Avocet Amble, Seal Sands Incredible Insects, Close House Wylam Elba Park BioBlitz, Sunderland Amphibian Identification, NWT HQ Fantastic Fungi, Castle Eden Dene Marine Wildlife Festival Boat Trip Seashore Explore, St Mary’s Island Bird Ringing & Small Mammal Trapping, Druridge Bay Hedgerow Survey & Pond Dipping, Moorbank Botanic Gardens
Other work in 2012… Continuously working on improving data management and quality: Improved validation & verification procedures Worked with consultants’ to improve our service to them
Plans for next year… Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC) accreditation • • Small grant scheme • Work with more local authorities in the region to ensure decision making is based on the most up-to-date data
Plans for next year… Develop our Wildlife Club Improve our geodiversity and marine data holdings Improve our online recording facility for casual records
Thank you! Please feel free to put your feedback or questions in the Comments box Have a look at our website www.ericnortheast.org.uk Join our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ericnortheast Come and chat to us and find out how we can help support your wildlife recording
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