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Grab A Grid Ref on the moveAn experimental App-like smart-phone-friendly version of Grab A Grid Ref is now available for trial HERE. Handy for field-work. It works okay on HTC Desire S. Try your phone... The HELP is available here and worth a read before using. It will even work on your PC - just make your browser window twice as tall as wide before clicking HERE (otherwise it will look silly). The normal GAGR for PC users is still available at its normal place HERE. 
Living RecordLiving Record is a new system for entering, viewing and downloading species records, adding to the range of recording methods at our disposal. Although centrally developed for use all over England, Wales and Scotland, it has a local flavour to it. Here we present the BNHS-branded portal for Bedfordshire and Luton naturalists to use. Keith Balmer has been experimenting with the system by entering his 2012 records, and has written some introductory notes HERE. There is also an overview leaflet HERE. To go straight to the login page click HERE. 
Wild About Beds No. 162 (Spring 2012)Wild About Beds (the newsletter formerly known as Muntjac) no. 162 is now available. Members will still receive a paper copy for their own archives, but these colour read-only versions are available to all online: Back issues: No.162 , No.161 , No.160 , No.159 , No.158 , No.157 , No.156 , No.155 , No.154 , No.153 . (All are PDFs). 
The New Flora of BedfordshireThe new county flora for Bedfordshire has now been published! Copies are available for just £42.50 To read more about this exciting publication please click HERE. 
Bedfordshire Naturalist 2010The Society's journal, The Bedfordshire Naturalist 2010, published in two parts, has recently been distributed to members. Part 1 covers species groups other than birds. Part 2 covers only birds. Non-members may purchase copies from Mary Sheridan or at a BNHS or Bird Club meeting. 
1946-1998 Journals Online!
Copies of all Bedfordshire Naturalists for the period 1946 to 1998 are now available here online as searchable PDFs! 53 years worth of Bedfordshire wildlife history are available at the click of a mouse. An amazing resource for education and research...! 
BNHS Records on the NBN GatewayThe BNHS in partnership with the BRMC has put over 520,000 species records onto the NBN Gateway. Distribution maps for over 4300 species can be accessed with a few mouse clicks HERE. 
Grab a Grid Referencefrom aerial photos and Ordnance Survey maps, Search by postcode or placename. Verifying grid refs. Overlay VC30 and Beds boundaries. 
Google Earth OverlaysWe have a set of 1km squares, 10km squares, Bedfordshire boundary and VC30 layers for use in Google Earth. 
Rural Photo ArchiveHelp build this archive of our changing countryside by uploading photos of rural Bedfordshire to Bedscape. Old photos especially welcome. 
On-line ReportingButterfly observations can now be reported directly to the joint county recorders on-line! Spreadsheet and paper form also available HERE 
On-line ReportingOrchid observations can now be reported online! Records will be sent to Graham Bellamy. Paper form also available HERE. 
On-line ReportingDragonfly observations can now be reported directly to the joint county recorders on-line! Spreadsheet and paper form also available HERE 
Discover HoverfliesHoverflies are beautiful and fascinating and there is something to be seen all year round. John O'Sullivan helps us to get started... 
BumblebeesOur new Recorder for Bumbleebees, Colin Carpenter, introduces us to this group of familiar and interesting bees. 
Scale InsectsChris Malumphy writes about this over-looked group of interesting insects that he has recorded in Bedfordshire. BJENH Paper added 
For the RecordThe County Recorders will be glad to receive your records. If you are unsure how to record wildlife, this article may help you... 
Longhorn BeetlesA Report on 2008's season has been added to the Longhorn beetle pages. Two charts also added: species info, and distribution. 
Easy FundraisingPurchase goods, or search the web, through EasyFundraising and the BNHS gets money! Find out more HERE... 
Peter Taylor (1926-2011)Peter Taylor was a founding member of the BNHS, serving as Recorder for Vascular Cryptogams and Bryophytes from 1947 to 1952. He worked in Kew from 1948 to 1986 and published many important papers. An obituary is here 
Bernard Verdcourt (1925-2011)Bernard Verdcourt was one of the founding members of the BNHS in 1946, aged just 21. His contributions to the society are chronicled in Bedfordshire Naturalist from its first edition in 1946 right into the 21st century. An obituary is here 
Grab one before it's too late...Most copies of Steve Cham's book about the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Bedfordshire have now been distributed but a few are still available, at only £5 + P&P (originally £25). To obtain your copy contact Peter Glenister Copies are also available on most weekdays from the Wildlife Trust office in Priory Country Park Visitor Centre. Call 01234 364213 to reserve a copy and to check when someone will be there. |
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