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Highland Biological Recording Group, c/o Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Castle Wynd, Inverness IV2 3BJ, Scotland, UK.
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<td valign="top"><span class="navhead">The Highland Biological Recording Group was established in 1986 to:</span>
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<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">stimulate public interest and involvement in biological recording;</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">collect data on Highland wildlife through surveys;</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">publish the results in an annual newsletter and special publications;</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">maintain a directory of local specialists and recorders;</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">transfer data to and from National Recording Schemes.</span>
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<p><span class="navhead">About HBRG:</span></p>
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<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">Our geographical base is the Highland Council local authority area, which extends from the north coast of Scotland to Lochaber and the Cairngorms and includes Skye and the Small Isles.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">We have around 140 members, mostly from Highland.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">The membership has enormous expertise in most aspects of natural history.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">The annual subscription is currently £4.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">We are keen to engage both members and the public at large in our work.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">We meet twice a year and organise summer field visits.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">We publish a newsletter with results from the year's surveys every spring.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">In 1998 we published Highland Butterflies: a Provisional Atlas, summarising our knowledge and setting priorities for work for the National Millennium Atlas.</span>
<li type="circle"><span class="maintext">We have close links with the Local Records Centre at Inverness Museum, and are working to enhance its role.</span>
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