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Thank you so much to all of you, it's been an enjoyable few years, please continue to email support@npms.org.uk if you have any queries about the scheme.

Turn to page 46 of the latest issue of Sanctuary magazine to read about how the NPMS is being carried out on the Defence Estates. With 36 overlapping monads matching up volunteers with the estates conservation groups is a vital way to ensure these plots are not missed.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/660061/Sanctuary_2017_Complete_-_lo-res.pdf

Thank you so much to everyone who has entered their data. If you've missed the 1st November deadline please do still take the time to enter the data when you can - every record counts.

Great to see Anne, who has a NPMS square in Jersey, featured in the citizen science section of the latest Planet Earth magazine. Follow the link below to have a browse. A big thank you to Anne for taking part and sharing her experiences.

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/latest/publications/planetearth/archive/planet-earth-sprsum17/

Tom.bio has been working with Plantlife and ecologist Nick Law to produce a series of video guides to habitats classified by the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS). These films are designed to help NPMS volunteers decide which habitat type their survey plots are in. We have deliberately focussed on those habitats which can be difficult to distinguish from each other, such as dry heath and dry acid grassland.

We recommend you watch each pair of films together as they complement each other and will help you decide between the two similar habitats.

Winter has most definitely reached Salisbury now. If your thoughts are already turning to warm weather, next year’s wildflowers, and improving those ID skills, then why not take a look at the Identiplant course.

Thank you to everyone who entered their NPMS data online by the 2^nd November. The reporting will begin this week but the website will still be available for entering your data until the end of December 2015.

If you haven’t already got in touch to let us know if you are starting your survey next year, or no longer wish to take part, then please email support@npms.org.uk to keep us up-to-date.

We are pleased to announce that we have four free NPMS data entry workshops lined up for October:

·         Saturday 10^th October 1-4pm – FSC Margam Discovery Centre, Port Talbot

·         Friday 16^th October 1-4pm – FSC Nettlecombe Court, Taunton

·         Monday 26^th October 1-4pm – FSC Juniper Hall, Dorking