We are delighted to announce that we have uploaded the 90 millionth record to the NBN Gateway.
The record is that of a caddisfly, Goera pilosa, from the National Trichoptera (Caddisfly) Recording Scheme (dataset hosted by the Biological Records Centre).
The dataset name is “Caddisfly (Trichoptera) records from Britain and Ireland to 2003”.
The full record details are: Goera pilosa, 17/09/1990, at Cringle Brook, Thunder Bridge (VC South Lincolnshire), SK920287, recorder is the Environment Agency.
View the metadata for this dataset
View the distribution of Goera pilosa on the NBN Gateway
Interestingly, the 20 millionth record to be uploaded was a mayfly from the Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme, part of CAMSTARS (Caddisflies, Mayflies and Stoneflies Recording Scheme). It was another riverfly – Baetis rhodani from the Upper Tweed, recorded by Tweed River Purification Board.
View the distribution map of Baetis rhodani
We would like to thank all of the dataset providers who make their records available through the NBN Gateway, without them it couldn't exist.