North East Scotland Biodiversity Records Centre (NESBReC)

What is it for?

The natural environment is important to the economy and quality of life in North East Scotland, many of its species and habitats are of national significance. NESBReC is the biological record centre for this information in North East Scotland. NESBReC covers the areas of Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Moray and the Cairngorms National Park.

NESBReC collates, co-ordinates, manages and disseminates biological data for a range of organisations, groups and individuals.

NESBReC currently holds around 850,000 individual species records, together with information on habitats and designated sites. NESBReC carried out the first survey in Scotland to use the Intergrated Habitat System methodology to map habitat types.

For more information on what NESBReC does you can access the NESBReC website

NESBReC also submits data to the National Biodiversity Network

Features
Find out about NESBReC, contact NESBReC, enter records online

GIS
View online maps for Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City and Moray