Welcome to the new SEWBReC website.

 SEWBReC's millionth record -- Cardiff Naturalists' Society -- Local & National Surveys -- National Dragonfly Atlas Project -- Dead bodies wanted! South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre (SEWBReC) is the centre for the collation, management and dissemination of biodiversity data for South East Wales. Our aim is to make appropriate local biodiversity information available to all those who need it, to help ensure that decisions which affect local biodiversity are made using best available data.

We achieve this aim by:

• Supporting the local biological recording community and helping them to manage and mobilise the wealth of information they gather;
• Working with a wide range of organisations (from Welsh Assembly Government departments to Wildlife Trusts) to collate and computerise the data they hold;
• Collating and managing these diverse data sets in a central location; and
• Delivering a range of innovative and tailored biodiversity information products and services to meet the needs of our users.

We currently hold over 1,000,000 species records and are constantly working to improve the quality and quantity of our data holdings. Click here for further details of the data we manage.

Our Area

• West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre (WWBIC)
• Biodiversity Information Service (BIS)
• Herefordshire Biological Records Centre (HBRC)
• Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records (GCER)
• Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre (BRERC)
• Swansea
• Neath Port Talbot
• Bridgend
• Rhondda Cynon Taff
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Vale of Glamorgan
• Cardiff
• Caerphilly
• Blaenau Gwent
• Torfaen
• Newport
• Monmouthshire

The geographical area covered by SEWBReC is shown on the map above. This map will also link to contact details for neighbouring Local Records Centres in Wales and England.