- stimulate public interest and involvement in biological recording;
- collect data on Highland wildlife through surveys;
- publish the results in an annual newsletter and special publications;
- maintain a directory of local specialists and recorders;
- transfer data to and from National Recording Schemes.
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- 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.
- We have around 125 members, mostly from Highland.
- The membership has enormous expertise in most aspects of natural history.
- We are keen to engage both members and the public at large in our work.
- We meet twice a year and organise summer field visits.
- We publish 'Highland Naturalist' with results from the year's surveys every spring.
- We have published atlases on
bumblebees and (with Butterfly Conservation Highland Branch) butterflies, showing the distribution
and ecology of these insects in Highland.
- We are working with SNH to update our records database and make the data available on NBN Gateway.
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