Conference 2021

Outside the Honeypot: wildlife recording in the urban world

Originally planned for May 2020, this event took place online on 6–7 May 2021. The aims of the conference were:

  • To understand the wealth of recording and monitoring undertaken in urban area
  • To discuss how NFBR can better support urban recording 
  • To link biological recorders and citizens in an urban context 
  • To understand research in the urban world
  • To celebrate our rich natural heritage and show how nature can thrive in an urban context

The full programme: Outside the Honeypot NFBR Conference Programme.pdf

Most of the conference was recorded and can be viewed via the NFBR YouTube channel or via the links below. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for workshop feedback and results of the NFBR conference wildlfie recording.

Day 1

  • Keynote: What, Why and for Whom

(Matthew Frith, London Wildlife Trust)

 

  • Urban bird recording

Dawn Balmer (British Trust for Ornithology)

 

  • Working with housing associations to improve biodiversity

Jodey Peyton (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)

 

  • Linking people and pollinators: the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme

Martin Harvey (UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme)

 

  • A journey into urban wildlife recording

Karen McCartney (County bee recorder)

 

  • Tanyptera Trust updates

Gary Hedges (North West Invertebrates, World Museum Liverpool)

 

Day 2

  • Keynote: Data for Nature

(Liz Ballard, Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust)

 

  • Wildlife on colliery sites

(Liam Olds, Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative)

 

  • Slimy, sticky and unloved: slugs in UK gardens

(Imogen Cavadino, Royal Horticultural Society)

 

  • The Urban Nature Project at the Natural History Museum

(Sam Thomas, Natural History Museum)

 

  • Challenges of recording nature in cities

(Stuart Fraser, Greater Manchester Records Centre)

 

Workshops

 

Wildlife recording during the conference

Conference participants did what they do best - recording wildlife wherever possible during the conference breaks! See the summary of conference records below, or go to the summary on iRecord:

 

 

Hosted by Field Studies Council's Biolinks project and in association with the Tanyptera Trust and World Museum Liverpool