Jersey Biodiversity Centre

Jersey Biodiversity Centre Working to collate biodiversity data for Jersey, Channel Islands, and make it available for environmental decision making and research.
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We are a small environmental charity, working to collate biodiversity data for Jersey, Channel Islands, and make it available for environmental decision making and research. Biological records are vitally important as they underpin conservation decision making and policy in Jersey. The Jersey Biodiversity Centre’s primary purpose is to collate this data, which is collected by a diverse range of am

ateur and professional biological recorders, in to a central database where it can be managed, made available, and mobilised, primarily for the purpose of safeguarding the Island’s natural environment for future generations. Through the application of innovative use of technology and science, the JBC works to harness the enthusiasm and knowledge of Jersey’s biological recording community and improve how data is collected, collated, managed and shared. The Jersey Biodiversity Centre works in close partnership with amateur and professional biological recorders and biological recording groups to promote biological recording and citizen science monitoring schemes and to provide training, support and tools to assist with the collection and submission of biological records to the Jersey Biodiversity Centre database. The Jersey Biodiversity Centre database provides researchers and environmental decision makers with a centralised database of high-quality biodiversity data for Jersey.

We're always asking for more biological records, but why? 🌱Join Jersey Biodiversity Centre Manager, Jon Rault, to learn ...
15/06/2026

We're always asking for more biological records, but why? 🌱

Join Jersey Biodiversity Centre Manager, Jon Rault, to learn more about how we're 'Making Wildlife Count' and the importance of biological recording.

📅 Wednesday 17th June
🕐 13:10 to 13:50
📍 Member's Room, Société Jersiaise
🎟️ Free to attend, book your tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/31541269105?_gl=1*vxxv2d*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTYwODA2NzA4MC4xNzgwMDY1OTE1*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODAwNjU5MTQkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODAwNjU5MTQkajYwJGwwJGgw&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

This talk is part of the Société Jersiaise Spring Lunchtime Talks Programme, head over to their page to find out more.

Happy 🦋✨Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies belonging to the family Papilionidae, with over 550 sp...
12/06/2026

Happy 🦋✨

Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies belonging to the family Papilionidae, with over 550 species found worldwide, except in Antarctica.

The Swallowtail species that can be spotted in Jersey (Papilio machaon gorganus) is our largest native butterfly. It's the continental variety and more active than the British variety (Papilio machaon brittannicus).

Keep an eye out for these beautiful butterflies and submit your sightings to the Jersey Biodiversity Centre: www.jerseybiodiversitycentre.org.je/records/enter-casual/
Sightings can also be submitted by iRecord or iNaturalist.

📸 Submitted by Jenny Cabot, Richard Perchard & Tim Ransom
Swallowtails are protected under the Wildlife (Jersey) Law 2021.

11/06/2026

Throughout we're shining the spotlight on our wonderful marine biological recorders who are capturing what's going on beneath the waves 🌊

Chris Isaacs submits a wide variety of records from the intertidal zone to fascinating finds in the deeper sea. Today, we're getting up close and personal with the European squid (Loligo vulgaris) through Chris' incredible imagery. 🦑

Submit your records via iNaturalist using the Société Jersiaise Marine Biology Section project, iRecord or via our website: www.jerseybiodiversitycentre.org.je/records/enter-casual/

10/06/2026

We need your vote! 🗳️

The project ‘Forget-me-not: restoring Jersey’s threatened native plants’ is up for the People’s Choice Award in the Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards 2026.

Vote now 👉 link in our bio

10/06/2026

Great Garden Bat Watch: 12th-14th of June

The annual Great Garden Bat Watch is approaching, from Friday June 12th to Sunday June 14th.

Earlier this week, all primary schools were issued this Bingo Card for a chance to win a bat walk for their class!

Your night-time picnic in the garden or a green space could help collect data on bat sightings.

The Jersey Biodiversity Centre even has an easy page for submitting data - https://jerseybiodiversitycentre.org.je/records/Great-Garden-Bat-Watch

10/06/2026

Throughout we're shining the spotlight on our wonderful marine biological recorders who are capturing what's going on beneath the waves 🌊

Nicolas Jouault is a dedicated and knowledgeable marine biological recorder. As a member of the Société Jersiaise Marine Biology Section, he submits a range of records documenting Jersey's marine life.

🐍 Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis)
🐇 Seahare (Aplysia punctata)
🍴 Brown forking w**d (Bifucaria bifurcata)
🍋 Sea lemon (Doris pseudoargus)
🦷 Toothed wrack (Fucus serratus)

Find out more about the Société Jersiaise Marine Biology Section: https://societe.je/our-sections/marine-biology/

Join their iNaturalist project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/societe-jersiaise-marine-biology-section

Throughout we're shining a spotlight on our wonderful maine biological recorders who are capturing what's going on ben...
09/06/2026

Throughout we're shining a spotlight on our wonderful maine biological recorders who are capturing what's going on beneath the waves 🌊

Lou Wagstaffe, from Intertidal Walks runs day and night safaris into the intertidal zone on the south east coast of Jersey to educate and inspire others to protect and preserve this unique environment. On these walks, Lou takes stunning photographs of the wonderful wildlife found on our shoreline and submits them to us as biological records. 🦐

Today, we've chosen some of her wonderful images of our favourite sea slugs!
🐌 Slender sea slug (Facelina auriculata)
💜 Violet sea slug (Edmundsella pedata)
🐚 Alder’s sea slug (Aeolidiella alderi)
🪸 Anemone sea slug (Berghia coerulescens)
🌞 Solar-powered sea slug (Elysia viridis)

Sound interesting? Why not book yourself on an Intertidal Walks and discover Jersey's amazing intertidal zone.

08/06/2026

This we're celebrating our marine biological recorders! 🐚🦐🌊

Exploring Jersey's vast intertidal zone and wonderful territorial waters takes time, energy, and dedication. Our biological recorders all have unique stories and motivations for biological recording, meet some of those recorders on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zMRZSt1MQ&t=28s

The full video was produced by Ollie Cawley

This we're shining a light on marine biological records 🌊With a 90km long coastline at the highwater mark and a remark...
08/06/2026

This we're shining a light on marine biological records 🌊

With a 90km long coastline at the highwater mark and a remarkably large intertidal zone (up to 12m during spring tides), marine biological recorders have unique opportunities to explore Jersey's coastal zone and beyond.

The Société Jersiaise Marine Biology Section iNaturalist project allows marine biology enthusiasts across the island to:
🦀 Record their sightings
🕵️ Gain help with identification
🐟 Contribute important data to the Jersey Biodiversity Centre database

Want to find out more? Join the project today: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/societe-jersiaise-marine-biology-section 🐚

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