Case Studies

Since 2010, CBDC has worked on a range of important and influential projects linked to wildlife and natural history, both in Cumbria and around the United Kingdom. You can find a selection of our favourite and most recent projects below.

We offer a range of data, mapping, and training services and take on projects of any size. For more information, please visit our Services section. If you that think CBDC can help you with a project and you’d like to know more, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Income from our paid services allows us to continue charitably supporting hundreds of local volunteers in Cumbria.

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Cumbria Local NRN

CBDC and Cumbria Local Nature Partnership (CLNP) worked on behalf of Cumbria County Council to develop the Cumbria habitat basemap and Local Nature Recovery Networks (LNRN).

Services:
Digital Mapping and Habitat Modelling

Forgotten Lands ELMS Test

We worked with the the Farmer Network to explore approaches to encourage farmers to take part in mapping the natural capital of their farms.

Services:
Digital Mapping (GIS), Data Management, Identification Training and Habitat Survey

Hidden Hedgerows

We mapped and analysed hedgerow data for Rusland Horizons and the Cumbria Wildlife Trust which will help inform hedgerow management decisions that will conserve and enhance these important wildlife corridors.

Services:
Database Creation, Data Input, Data Management

Get Cumbria Buzzing

We are a partner in a groundbreaking project, led by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust and Highways England, that aims to combat biodiversity loss and boost the number of wild pollinators in Cumbria.

Services:
Digital Mapping (GIS), Data Management, Identification Training

Mapping Wild Rusland

CBDC worked alongside Natural England, the Lake District National Park, and others on this complex digital mapping project. We pioneered new mapping techniques that will be emulated nation-wide.

Services:
Digital Mapping, Data Analysis

B-Lines

CBDC collaborated with Buglife, Natural England, and record centers in Northwest and Southwest England on this national project that aims to save pollinators from extinction by developing a UK-wide network of wildflower-rich habitats.

Services:
Digital Mapping, Data Analysis

Cumbrian Wildlife Atlases

To support local and visiting recorders, CBDC collaborated with recording groups to produce a variety of Cumbrian wildlife atlases, which you can find hosted in our Wildlife in Cumbria section.

Services:
Data Management and Analysis, Document Publication

Public Engagement


CBDC’s knowledge, skills and resources, coupled with our network of natural historians, are ideal for public engagement events. We get involved in bioblitzes and family fun days across Cumbria.

Mapping Atlantic Woodlands

Plantlife's LOST Project is working to conserve the lichens and bryophytes of one of rarest habits on the planet. We helped them identify existing and potential Atlantic woodlands in Cumbria.

Services:
Data Analysis, Digital Mapping

Project Archives

Click here to view a selection of our older projects, which feature raw data and more technical terminology.

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Solway Nature Networks

To boost wildlife records on the Solway coast and plains, CBDC recruited new volunteers via a series of recording walks and identification training sessions, who collected over 1,000 records in one year.

 

Please contact us if you're interested in working with CBDC.

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 Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, November 22nd, 2024 at 2:34am
Are you new to wildlife recording? Or would you like to find out how to make your wildlife observations REALLY useful to a range of different people and organisations?
Join our first Winter Webinar on Tuesday 17th December, 6:30-7:30pm to find out more about recording the wildlife you see at home, work or when out & about. There will be time for questions too.
The session is free and open to all but no apologies for the focus on Cumbrian flora and fauna!
Find out more and book your free place via our website: https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/winter-webinars/
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, November 1st, 2024 at 5:19am
Did you take part in Cumbria Wild Watch 2024? If so, we would love to find out what you thought of it and how we might improve in the future.
If this is the first time you have heard of Cumbria Wild Watch, tell us too!
Survey here: https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/cumbria-wild-watch/
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, October 30th, 2024 at 1:19am
Join us for two winter webinars to brighten the long, dark evenings: an Introduction to Biological Recording in December and Updating Cumbria's County Wildlife Sites in January.
Find out more and book your places:
https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/winter-webinars/

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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreMonday, October 28th, 2024 at 4:22am
The Cumbria Recorders' Conference 2025 will take place @Tullie on 22 February 2025. For more information and to reserve your place, please visit the CBDC website: https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/recorders-conference/

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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, October 23rd, 2024 at 4:06am
Event addendum to the CBDC Newsletter from BSBI:

Annual Scottish Meeting at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on Sat 02 Nov 2024. Small charge for registration.
British & Irish Botanical Conference on Sat 23 Nov at Natural History Museum, London. Free!
More details: https://bsbi.org/field-meetings-and-indoor-events
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreMonday, October 21st, 2024 at 3:27am
Do you consider yourself a moth-trapper?

If so, researchers at Natural History Museum and University College London would like you to take part in a short survey about moth trapping. To take part, click the link below:

https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_4SbRHvviPE42jC6
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