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#1218S final blog: Is it a whale? Is it a rig platform? No, it's land!
Published date 2018-09-19After 26 days at sea, the 1218S JNCC and Marine Scotland survey is complete! What a whirlwind four weeks we have had. Scientists on board the MRV Scotia have travelled nearly 3,000 kilometres, collect...
Monitoring biodiversity in hard times
Published date 2020-06-25COVID-19 continues to impact us in many ways – from our personal lives, to society, the economy and the environment. It’s clear going forwards that things will not be the same, but there are growing c...
JNCC/ Marine Scotland August Survey- Blog #1
Published date 2018-08-10Swap your flip-flops for some steel toe-capped boots, we’re going on survey! As summer pushes on, it’s that time of year again for a joint survey between JNCC and Marine Scotland Science. Survey staff...
North West of Jones Bank and the Canyons Survey Update
Published date 2017-06-13On the 22nd of May 2017 a partnership JNCC and Cefas monitoring survey to North-West of Jones Bank (NWJB) MCZ and The Canyons MCZ departed from Lowestoft. Just under 48 hrs later RV Cefas Endeavour ar...
JNCC at COP15
Published date 2022-12-16As COP15 draws to a close, our Chair, Professor Colin Galbraith, reflects on the importance of the last few weeks for nature conservation and recovery. The last few weeks have been an incredibly impor...
Catalogue of case law relating to articles of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives
Published date 2020-08-17The online library provides accessible and summarised information on environmental case law relating to the EU Habitats Directive (Articles 1 to 7 and 9 to 16) and the EU Birds Directive (Articles 1 t...
Chief Scientists' Group
Published date 2022-10-11The Chief Scientists’ Group (CSG) is a Director-level group of the science leaders from the UK Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies – Natural England, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), NatureScot, the No...
Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) latest statistics
Published date 2023-06-09Data collected by volunteers as part of the Wetland Bird Survey, and published in a report today, play a crucial role in the designation of protected wetland sites in Great Britain and Northern Irelan...
Who we work with
Published date 2020-09-01Much of our work is oriented towards collaborative working and the bringing together of the skills and ambitions of a wide range of stakeholders. We work with a number of organisations, often through...
Lowestoft Ahoy! - Blog #6
Published date 2019-01-22Hello once more from the Cefas Endeavour, where we are nearing the end of this most recent JNCC and Cefas Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring survey. The past few days have flown by as we have fini...