Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Biodiversity Information Service for Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park (BIS). Through this website we aim to keep you up to date on the activities and work of BIS, including information on our services, data holdings, and eventually access to search the BIS database. It will act as local biological recording resource with news of local wildlife recording activities and linking to local and national recording websites. Please contact us if you have any comments or features you would like to see.
Updated Data Holdings
We have now updated our 'Data Holdings' page. As well as showing up-to-date statistics on data we told you can also search by taxon group and geographic coverage.
Click here to view: http://www.b-i-s.org/node/198
Wales Biodiversity Week - 9-17th June 2012
Wales Biodiversity Week (WBW) has run every year since 2002 and celebrates all things wild in Wales.
Wales Biodiversity Week is an opportunity for organisations across Wales to join together to provide a nation-wide programme of events aimed at encouraging people to get out and about to become involved with nature in fun and exciting ways.
Flora Locale Training Programme 2012 Now Available
The Flora locale training programme is created for people involved in the design, management and restoration of wild plants and landscapes for biodiversity, whether on a farm, smallholding, nature reserve, village green, city park or garden.
This year's programme includes events on traditional orchards, plants for pollinators in the countryside and the garden, urban ponds, grassland management under Higher Level Stewardship, woodland management, woodland wildflowers and much more.
Natur Cymru’s Brecon Beacons Special Edition Spring 2012
The next edition of Natur Cymru out next week is a Brecon Beacons special.
Contact a local County Recorder
We have now added local recording experts contact details for the BIS area under 'Contact Local County Recorder' menu bar. You can email the appropriate expert for each county directly from that page to get further ecological advice on their taxon group. You may also wish to send records to them directly or any records sent via BIS will be passed on to the appropriate county recorder.
New Fax Number
Please note: BIS has a new fax number. The new number is 0843 5571315. Please update your records if you use fax to communicate with BIS.
BIS Members Report 2010-11
he BIS AGM was held on the 17th November where the BIS Members Report for 2010-11 was presented and can now be downloaded.
Chinese Mitten Crab Records Wanted
A new website for the Mitten Crab Recording Project (supported by CCW) was launched recently with an online recording facility.
Chinese mitten crabs are officially listed as one of the World's 100 worst invasive species. They can cause damage to fishing gear and river banks, block intake screens, modify natural habitats and compete with native species. At the moment there is limited knowledge of their distribution within UK and this recording project has been launched to aid people to send in records.
