Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Biodiversity Information Service for Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park (BIS). Through this website we aim to keep you up to date on the activities and work of BIS, including information on our services, data holdings, and eventually access to search the BIS database. It will act as local biological recording resource with news of local wildlife recording activities and linking to local and national recording websites. Please contact us if you have any comments or features you would like to see.
BIS Members Report 2010-11
he BIS AGM was held on the 17th November where the BIS Members Report for 2010-11 was presented and can now be downloaded.
BIS Recorders Autumn Newsletter 2011
The Autumn newsletter is now available. Go to BIS Recorders Newsletters to download
Chinese Mitten Crab Records Wanted
A new website for the Mitten Crab Recording Project (supported by CCW) was launched recently with an online recording facility.
Chinese mitten crabs are officially listed as one of the World's 100 worst invasive species. They can cause damage to fishing gear and river banks, block intake screens, modify natural habitats and compete with native species. At the moment there is limited knowledge of their distribution within UK and this recording project has been launched to aid people to send in records.
BIS 10th Anniversary Recorders Forum 2011 - Minister thanks recorders
BIS held its 10th Anniversary Recorders Forum on the 17th March 2011.We were fortunate in that Jane Davidson, WAG Minister for the Environment, Sustainability & Housing, agreed to speak on the ‘Living Wales - a new framework for our environment, our countryside and our seas’ consultation and the ecosystems approach to sustainable development'. You can see articles on the proceedings in the new BIS Recorders newsletter May 2011.
