Charges and Invoicing

CBDC provides searches for species records, site boundaries and habitats throughout Cumbria. The fee covers the time taken for the administration of searches, collating and managing the biodiversity datasets for the county and contributes towards the costs of supporting volunteer biological recording in Cumbria.

Charges

Standard prices are for a search of data intersecting a single small site with a 2 km buffer. Charges will be confirmed before proceeding if a quote is requested on the Data Request form.

Download:Data Charges List (PDF)

Invoices

CBDC operates as part of the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust, a registered charity.

All financial administration is dealt with by the Tullie House Finance Dept. who will send you an invoice and details for payment from the Tullie house Museum and Art Gallery Trust (Trading) Ltd.

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.
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, January 8th, 2025 at 1:29am
@RHS Science and Collections Summer Studentships - apply by 31 Jan 2025 for an undergrad research opportunity including data collection on urban tree planting!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/qualifications-and-training/work-based-training/science-and-collections-summer-studentships
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreSunday, January 5th, 2025 at 1:12am
12/12 days of Christmas:
For the twelfth day, we wanted to share the county flower of Cumbria, Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) or ‘Bog Star’, seen here as wall art in Whitehaven….. Not in flower just yet but look out for it in the summer in damp places across Cumbria.
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreSaturday, January 4th, 2025 at 1:08am
11/12 days of Christmas:
Cumbria Wild Watch 2025
Get recording for the big Cumbrian recording event of the year – 26-29 June 2025
Help us to better understand the wildlife of Cumbria – now and for future generations!
https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/cumbria-wild-watch/
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, January 3rd, 2025 at 12:59am
10/12 days of Christmas:
Join the Bothel Community Wildlife Group's bioblitz this May, supported by CBDC and many others. A 24 hour event - with camping at the farm.

See https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/bioblitz/ for more information
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreThursday, January 2nd, 2025 at 1:21am
9/12 days of Christmas:
Find out more about the Cumbria County Wildlife Sites (CWS) Project on Tuesday 21st January at 6:30pm in a free webinar.

The project is looking to survey CWS across the county to find out more about them - and there are over 1600 sites!

Meet the team and find out how you could get involved:
https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/winter-webinars/
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Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, January 1st, 2025 at 1:19am
8/12 days of Christmas:
Challenge 365 is LIVE!

Record your first wildlife observation of 2025 today to take part in the challenge - and every day for the rest of the year.

What is your first record? Plant, animal or something else?

Ours is some very early cherry blossom....

https://www.cbdc.org.uk/recording-wildlife/challenge-365/
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