Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre
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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre (BRERC) was established in 1974 and is the central repository for ecological and geological data within the Bristol Region (the former county of Avon).
Find out more about BRERC.

BRERC manages and distributes information relating to an estimated three million records in paper format, with over a million available on a computerised database. View a list of BRERC products and services.

New data is constantly received from a wide range of sources, with approximately 5000 new records per month being entered and made available for distribution. Find out how to report the wildlife you have seen.

Submit a Data Enquiry - Commercial Data Search or a Data Search from the public.

Parish Hedgerow Maps available to download.

Moth Book: Important Information About Publishing of Recorders Names

How to get to BRERC

E-mail, Address and Telephone details can be found on the Contacts Page

Site Map - A list of all the pages on this website

Buy "Butterflies Of The Bristol Region" for only £14.95.

Wanted: Data Entry Volunteers

BRERC holds data ranging from single records of birds, butterflies and mammals to whole reports listing many species. Much of this data needs entering onto computer.

If you like the idea of validating, entering and checking some of this data and can regularly offer half a day or more of your time during normal office hours, then please do get in touch. Having a working knowledge of common UK wildlife is also definitely a great help.

We use our own database and entry sytems designed in house, and full training is provided on how to use these.

If you are interested in this opportunity then please contact the Assistant Manager, Daniel Marshall, by e-mail or by phone via our contacts page.


BRERC is a partnership organisation administered and supported by Bristol City Museum and Art Galleries and receives funding and support from the Avon Wildlife Trust, Bath and North-East Somerset Council, Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, North Somerset Council, Natural England and the Environment Agency.