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Biodiversity in the Solway

2010 - International Year of Biodiversity.  For more information see the Natural History web site here, and have a look at what's happening in Scotland here, or download 'The Forum', the newsletter of the Scottish Biodiversity Forum produced every three months.  For news of what's happening in England, see Natural England's web site here

Biodiversity in Dumfries and Galloway.  The Solway Firth Partnership is on the Steering Group of the Dumfries and Galloway Local Biodiversity Action Plan.  More information about Dumfries and Galloway's Biodiversity programme, and the latest edition of the Biodiversity Action Plan can be found on the D&G Council web site.

Biodiversity in Cumbria.  More information can be found on their web site here.

The Partnership also works with recording groups across the Solway to help to promote the recording and accessibility of biodiversity data across the Solway.  For more information see the following organisations:

Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre.  The Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre (DGERC) is the local records centre for our region. It acts as a focal point for environmental information in Dumfries and Galloway and provides access to high quality wildlife and habitat information from national and local sources. Established in 2004, the Centre collates, manages and disseminates information on the flora, fauna, geology and other aspects of Dumfries and Galloway's natural environment to interested individuals, communities and organisations and promotes and encourages biological recording in the region.

Tullie House, Carlisle.  Tullie House Museum established what may be the first ever local biological records centre in 1902 at the instigation of the curator at the time - Linnaeus Eden Hope. Today the Museum maintains a local biological records database covering the county of Cumbria, which holds information on the distribution and abundance of wildlife in the county. Over 200,000 records are currently held on the RECORDER database. The information mainly concerns mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, dragonflies and various other insects found in the county. Records deriving from the museum collections give an historic perspective, but the bulk of the data has been collected from recent surveys and contemporary naturalists. The Museum welcomes additional records and information concerning wildlife in Cumbria.

Seasearch UK Seasearch is a project for volunteer sports divers who have an interest in what they're seeing under water, want to learn more and want to help protect the marine environment around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. The main aim is to map out the various types of sea bed found in the near-shore zone around the whole of the Britain and Ireland. In addition we are recording what lives in each area, establishing the richest sites for marine life, the sites where there are problems and the sites which need protection.  Newton Stewart Sub Aqua Club is currently undertaking Seasarch recording in the Solway.