The Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle keeps wildlife information for the county of Cumbria. Tullie House Museum, in its role as a local natural history museum, has collected and disseminated records of wildlife in Cumbria since its inception in 1893. From the early 1990s the Museum has developed a computerised database of species and habitat records in Cumbria and has taken the central role in providing a local biodiversity data service for the county. This role was restyled as Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (CBDC) in 2010, a not-for-profit organisation hosted by Tullie House Museum and advised by local stakeholders.
Out and about this weekend? Why not record what animals and plants you see with an app or the CBDC spreadsheet? Then send to us and help with biodiversity decision making across the county! https://www.cbdc.org.uk/recording-wildlife/
Cumbria Wild Watch is coming this summer!
Join us 27-30 June 2024 to record Cumbrian wildlife - anywhere in Cumbria. We're putting resources together to support your wildlife recording adventure - visit our website for more information and to register your interest: https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/cumbria-wild-watch/
We're looking to recruit a voluntary chair for our Advisory Group. If you have previous chairing experience, an interest in biodiversity data, and able to provide around 7 days a year to help guide us, we would love to hear from you!
More information about the role here: https://www.cbdc.org.uk/about-us/job-vacancies/
To celebrate the start of spring, how about a foot-tapping gull?
Often seen on the short turf outside Carlisle Castle which must have plenty of earthworms and other juicy invertebrates....
CBDC will be attending the Power of 10 Festival today, organised by @another.way.ig! Catch up with us and find out about the biodiversity of Cumbria....