Bloody Nosed Beetle © Gary Hedges

Fox cubs recorded in 2016 © Terry Middleton

Cumbria has 24 UK priority habitats making it the most biodiverse in county in England

Hoverfly Arctophila superbiens 2016 first record in Cumbria for 3 years © Gary Hedges

Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre

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.

Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, September 10th, 2021 at 11:34am

At Keswick Mountain Festival this weekend? Help us record the wildlife... visit CBDC website to see how. https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/keswick-mountain-festival/ or Visit us at F05 on Saturday to get involved. @cumbriawildlife @KeswickFestival 🦋🐛🐝🦟🐜🐍🦆🌿🌳🐫 (well maybe not the last one!)

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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, August 27th, 2021 at 6:30pm

BEE ready to Record the Buzz in 2022. Pollinator ID Training coming up on 21 September 2021 at Drumburgh Moss. For more information visit https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/training-events/
Cumbria Wildlife Trust

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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreThursday, August 26th, 2021 at 6:00pm

A List of Birds in Cumbria - another CBDC Occasional Publication. Chris Hind and Robin Sellers present a new and authoritative list of the species of bird known to have occurred in Cumbria since 1800. Amongst other things it explains the criteria used to determine which species are included (and which excluded), shows which subspecies occur in the county, indicates the conservation status of the species and provides a brief summary of the status of the species in the county. Carlisle Nats Cumbria Birding Group https://www.cbdc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CBDC-007-1-A-list-of-the-birds-of-Cumbria-final.pdf

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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, August 25th, 2021 at 11:19am

Solway Nature Network. Find out more about what the volunteers found in the species report. https://www.cbdc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Species-report-wth-thanks-v4.pdf

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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreMonday, August 23rd, 2021 at 2:10pm

CBDC's Solway Nature Networks volunteers had their final event cancelled due to Covid19. Funded by The Robin Rigg Community Fund and Cumbria Community Foundation the project has had its last get together, visiting the Maryport Coastal Park, where the newly created butterfly scrapes put their botanical skills to the test. The volunteers were not the only ones enjoying lunch so was this Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes). Thank you to all those that came and thank you to all those that could not make it. Keep On Recording!

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Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre brings together, analyses and shares information on Cumbria’s natural history, wildlife sites and habitats for education, research and to help people make sound decisions when planning to develop and manage land sustainably.