We normally process datasets on a monthly schedule on the first Monday of each month.
| Month | Deadline | Data processing |
| February | 29th Jan | Week starting 1st Feb |
| March | 26th Feb | Week starting 1st March
Note: includes an update to the species dictionary with the latest version of the UK Species Inventory |
| May | 30th April | Week starting 3rd May |
| June | 4th June | Week starting 7th June |
| July | 2nd July | Week starting 5th July
Note: includes an update to the species dictionary with the latest version of the UK Species Inventory |
| September | 3rd September | Week starting 6th September |
| October | 1st October | Week starting 4th October |
| November | 29th October | Week starting 1st November
Note: includes an update to the species dictionary with the latest version of the UK Species Inventory |
| December | 3rd December | Week starting 6th December |
Any datasets shared with GBIF will updated on GBIF each month.
Please send your dataset(s) to data@nbn.org.uk by the deadlines listed above. We have guidance and templates for submitting datasets to the NBN Atlas and if you have any questions please contact data@nbn.org.uk.
We accept unformatted records, however there may be a delay in the records being ready for upload, depending on the amount of formatting required.