Recording schemes and projects that make use of iRecord can choose to send their data direct from iRecord to the National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas. We supply updates to the NBN Atlas on a regular (usually two-monthly) basis using an automated export process. In many cases these include records added via iNaturalistUK. (Not all schemes choose to send data direct to the NBN Atlas from iRecord, as some prefer to manage iRecord data via their own databases, and the flow to the NBN Atlas goes from them rather than direct from iRecord, enabling many more records to be shared.)
At June 2024, almost 5 million records have been shared directly from iRecord to the NBN Atlas. Schemes and projects that are currently providing regular updates from iRecord to the NBN Atlas are shown below (last updated at June 2024):
- Amphibians and reptiles (with support from ARC and ARG UK)
- Anthomyiid Recording Scheme
- AquaInvaders project
- Auchenorrhyncha Recording Scheme (leafhoppers and allies)
- Bat Conservation Trust NBMP Sunset-Sunrise Survey
- Bees, wasps and ants (aculeate Hymenoptera)
- Berkshire moth records
- British Bryological Society
- British Dragonfly Society (iRecord data incorporated within the main BDS dataset)
- Caddisfly Recording Scheme
- Calliphoridae Recording Scheme
- Capturing Our Coast (marine species on rocky shores)
- CEDaR Online Recording
- Cranefly Recording Scheme
- Freshwater Fish Recording Scheme
- Freshwater Fish Recording Scheme - additional species
- Ground Beetle Recording Scheme
- Heleomyzid Recording Scheme (spiny-winged flies)
- Herefordshire Wildlife Trust records
- Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae Recording Scheme (flat-flies, keds and bat-flies)
- Kelp Fly Recording Scheme
- Leaf Beetle Recording Scheme
- Longhorn Beetle Recording Scheme
- Manx Wildlife Trust records
- Marine Records via Marine Biological Association
- Mayfly Recording Scheme
- National Mammal Atlas Project and Mammal Mapper app
- National Plant Monitoring Scheme - England, Scotland, Wales
- National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland
- Natural England iRecord Surveys
- NatureSpot records for Leicestershire and Rutland
- Northumberland Wildlife Trust records
- Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust records
- Oil Beetle Recording Scheme
- Orthoptera and Allied Insects Recording Scheme
- PlantTracker project
- Pseudoscorpion Recording Scheme
- Rhinophoridae Recording Scheme (woodlouse-flies)
- RISC Non-Native Species: Marine
- RISC Non-Native Species: Muntjac
- RISC Non-Native Species: plants
- RISC Non-Native Species: Rhododendron Leafhopper
- RISC Non-Native Species: true bugs
- RISC Non-Native Species: Zebra Mussel
- Sarcophagidae Recording Scheme
- Sawfly records from iRecord
- Sciomyzidae Recording Scheme (snail-killing flies)
- Sealife Tracker project
- Sepsidae Recording Scheme
- SEWeb Invasive Non-native Species
- Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust records
- Shieldbugs and Allied Species Recording Scheme
- Silphidae Recording Scheme
- Siphonaptera and Phthiraptera Recording Scheme (fleas and lice)
- Small Acalypterate Flies Recording Scheme
- Soldier Beetles and Allies Recording Scheme
- Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme
- Stonefly Recording Scheme
- Tachinid Recording Scheme (parasitic flies)
- UK Ladybird Survey
- Vascular plants
- Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording Scheme
- Yorkshire Wildlife Trust records
Most of the above datasets are filtered to include only records marked as "Accepted", but some schemes and projects also share unverified records, which are clearly flagged as such within the NBN Atlas. BRC also supplies data to NBN Atlas for some species groups that are not currently covered by a national recording scheme (and are thus largely unverified):
- Diptera records for families not covered by a recording scheme
- Coleoptera records for families not covered by a recording scheme
- Other records for taxon groups not covered by a recording scheme (currently includes stylops and thrips)
Many thanks to the verifiers and organisations involved in making the above data accessible via the NBN Atlas, and thanks of course to all who have added records to iRecord in the first place. Thanks also to Natural England for funding some of the development work for the automated export process, and to the NBN for their assistance.
If you are involved with a recording scheme or project and would like to make use of the regular updates from iRecord to the NBN Atlas please contact us via irecord@ceh.ac.uk