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- ↑ biological recording schemes at BRC
- ↑ Roy, D B; Harding, P T; Preston, C D; Roy, H E. "Celebrating 50 years of the Biological Records Centre" (PDF). Biological Records Centre on Internet Archive. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ↑ National Biodiversity Network
- ↑ NBN Gateway
- ↑ Essex Field Club
- ↑ Sandwell Valley Naturalists' Club
- ↑ Association of Local Environmental Records Centres