Welcome to the SBRC website
Shetland Biological Records Centre (SBRC) was established in 1998 by Shetland Amenity Trust to gather information on Shetland’s biodiversity, develop an understanding of its importance and to make it easily accessible to a wide range of people and organisations.
In April 2009 we entered the 200,000th record into our database. Since then we have added almost 9,000 more with the total standing at 208,955 at the end of 2009. Click here for a detailed breakdown of the biological records in our database.
SBRC's aims are:
to gather all available information on Shetland's natural heritage (including habitats, wildlife sites, and as many species of animals and plants as possible), and collect new information to fill gaps in existing knowledge
to provide information for conservation, planning, business, research, education and the general public
to promote and support systematic biological recording within Shetland
to help conserve Shetland's environment, and raise awareness of its biodiversity, by providing up-to-date and accurate information
to help conserve Shetland's geodiversity and to continue to uphold Shetland's status as a geopark