Merseyside BioBank exists to collect, collate and quality assure information on the natural environment to better inform conservation and decision making for the benefit of Biodiversity in North Merseyside.

2,956,859

Species observations held

3,772

Information reports delivered

3,000+

People sharing information

267

Local Wildlife Sites

Counts last updated: 21/10/2022

Explore Our Work & Access Information

Access Information

We provide access to species, habitat and other biodiversity information in the North Merseyside area. Services are free to many users. Find out more here!

Share Information

The majority of the information we hold has come from volunteers, naturalists and associated organisations. Shared to enable more informed and transparent conservation. Are you considering sharing information with us? Find out more here!

Volunteering

We support biodiversity related projects, wildlife recording and field and office based volunteering in our area. Find out what’s on and how you can get involved!

Validation & Verification

We feed data directly into the local development control process, strategic review and on to national and even international conservation and research as such we must have confidence in the data we supply. Review the process we use to improve confidence in data.

Data Holdings

The term biodiversity covers wide range of information on the natural environment and there are an enormous amount of unique sources for data covering species and habitat and the additional evidence this has been used to create. Explore what we hold.

Transparency & Governance

Merseyside BioBank is hosted by Sefton Council but operates across the Liverpool Combined Authority area (Liverpool City Region) and across a wide range of public, private and charitable interests. Find out more about how we’re managed here.


Latest News & Notes From The Field

Control of Sea Buckthorn by volunteers at Birkdale Sandhills Local Nature Reserve, north Merseyside: Annual Report, 2024/25 

Introduction  The Sefton Coast sand-dune system is the largest expanse of this rare habitat in England and one of the richest for flora and fauna in Northwest Europe. Much of this diversity is threatened by Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), an invasive spiny shrub that was introduced here in the 1890s. For decades, it was kept…

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