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cmp-layout-container"> <div class="layout-row " data-columns="2|21" id="layoutcontainer-e65f45ff35"> <div class="layout-column flow"> <div class="text parbase"> <div data-gtm-component="text"> <p><span class="emphasis">Are you fascinated by the natural history of the UK? Investigate all aspects of the natural world - from insects and plants to fossils and minerals - with the help of our staff, facilities and resources.</span></p> <p>One of the Centre's key roles is to support the individuals, schemes and societies that record, monitor and protect the UK's biodiversity.</p> <h2>What you can do in the Centre</h2> <ul> <li>get help identifying specimens you've found with the centre's Identification and Advisory Service</li> <li>make use of our visitor space which includes microscopes and photo-stacking equipment for photographing specimens</li> <li>access our UK biodiversity reference collections of specimens and the London Natural History Society's library</li> <li>if you're a member of a natural history organisation, you can book our workshop space and meeting rooms</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="list-wrapper"> <div class="list list--tags"> <button class="list__toggle button button--black button--filled button--with-icon"> Jump to <span class="button__icon button__icon--chevron"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 150 150"> <path d="M50.03,25.628l50,50l-50,50"></path> </svg> </span> </button> <ul class="list__items" data-gtm-component="internal-links" data-state="active"> <li class="list__item"> <a href="#visit" class="list__link button button--grey-light button--filled"> How to visit the Centre </a> </li> </ul> <a href="#" class="list__back-to-list button button--white button--filled button--small button--with-icon" data-state="inactive"> Back to top <span class="button__icon button__icon--chevron"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 150 150"> <path d="M50.03,25.628l50,50l-50,50"></path> </svg> </span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="foundation5image parbase"> <div> <figure class="mb-20 flow" role="group"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.placeholder.480.480.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.thumb.480.480.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 768px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.placeholder.768.768.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.thumb.768.768.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 769px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.placeholder.1920.1920.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.thumb.1920.1920.jpg"/> <img class="lazy" src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.placeholder.1920.1920.png" data-src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-identification-help-two-column.jpg.thumb.1920.1920.jpg" alt="A member of the ID team helps identify a bone"/> </picture> <figcaption> <div class="image--caption-container" data-caption-truncation> <div class="image--caption"> <p>ID staff in the centre can help you identify plants, animals and fossils that you have found</p> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="text parbase"> <div data-gtm-component="text"> <h2>Help in identifying your natural history finds</h2> <p>Our Identification and Advisory Service can give advice about wildlife, fossils and other natural history specimens either by email, post, over the phone or face-to-face.</p> <h3>Ways to identify your specimens and sightings</h3> <p>1) Check our selection of <a href="/take-part/identify-nature.html" target="_self">ID guides</a>聽to see if one is relevant.</p> <p>2) Email your photos and descriptions to our identification service. Please tell us as much about your specimen as possible, including a detailed description, where and when you saw it, and its approximate size.聽</p> <ul> <li>For life sciences, such as bugs, bones, and plants:聽<a href="mailto:bug@nhm.ac.uk">bug@nhm.ac.uk</a></li> <li>For earth sciences, such as meteorites, minerals, rocks and fossils:聽<a href="mailto:esid@nhm.ac.uk">esid@nhm.ac.uk</a></li> </ul> <p>3) Join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/NHMUKBiodiversity/" target="_blank" aria-describedby="new-window">ID team's Facebook group</a><sup> </sup>and submit your query.</p> <p>4) Visit the Centre in person.</p> <p>If you need to discuss the best way for us to help with your enquiry, you can also call our Identification and Advisory Service team on +44 (0)20 7942 5045.</p> <h4>Commercial enquiries</h4> <p>If your business requires advice or an identification of an object from the natural world (such as an insect, tooth, pest ID or CITES identification etc.)聽please聽<a href="mailto:ias1@nhm.ac.uk">contact our commercial service.</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="foundation5image parbase"> <div> <figure class="mb-20 flow" role="group"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.placeholder.480.480.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.thumb.480.480.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 768px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.placeholder.768.768.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.thumb.768.768.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 769px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.placeholder.1920.1920.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.thumb.1920.1920.jpg"/> <img class="lazy" src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.placeholder.1920.1920.png" data-src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-photo-equipment-two-column.jpg.thumb.1920.1920.jpg" alt="Photography equipment available to book at the Centre for UK Biodiversity"/> </picture> <figcaption> <div class="image--caption-container" data-caption-truncation> <div class="image--caption"> <p>Focus stacking equipment is available to book at the centre, allowing you to make macro images of small specimens in pin-sharp detail</p> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="text parbase"> <div data-gtm-component="text"> <h2>Accessing equipment and the UK biodiversity reference collections for your own study</h2> <p>You can use the centre's reference collections, equipment and library resources to help with your own identifications and research. We can also provide you with access to the Museum's UK collections of plants, animals, fossils, rocks and minerals.</p> <p>We have photographic and聽microscopic equipment that you can book if you'd like to study specimens in more detail. Artists are one group of frequent visitors to the centre as they can book a series of visits to help them make detailed artworks.</p> <p>If you have specific research needs then please聽<a href="mailto:AMC-booking@nhm.ac.uk">email us</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="foundation5image parbase"> <div> <figure class="mb-20 flow" role="group"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.placeholder.480.480.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.thumb.480.480.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 768px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.placeholder.768.768.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.thumb.768.768.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 769px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.placeholder.1920.1920.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.thumb.1920.1920.jpg"/> <img class="lazy" src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.placeholder.1920.1920.png" data-src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/amc-dawn-painter-drawings-selene-two-column.jpg.thumb.1920.1920.jpg" alt="details of cranefly drawn by artist"/> </picture> <figcaption> <div class="image--caption-container" data-caption-truncation> <div class="image--caption"> <p>Details of cranefly聽<i>Tipula聽selene</i> drawn by artist Dawn Painter using the centre's equipment.聽漏 <a href="https://www.dawnpainter.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dawn Painter</a></p> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="text parbase"> <div data-gtm-component="text"> <h2>Other ways we can help you develop your interests and skills</h2> <p>Along with coordinating the Museum's聽<a href="/take-part/monitor-and-encourage-nature/community-science.html">citizen science</a>聽activities, staff at the centre conduct research and develop resources to help individuals and societies organise their own projects.</p> <p>Our staff provide聽<a href="/take-part/centre-for-uk-nature/uk-natural-history-training.html">training</a>聽in identification and wildlife recording skills. We also liaise with taxonomic experts to compile checklists of plant and animal species' names for the聽<a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/biodiversity/uk-biodiversity/uk-species/index.html">UK species inventory</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column flow"> <div class="tile">  <div id="tile-e2c6b0505b" class="tile__content" style="--tile-backgroundColor: #F4F4F4" data-layout="stacked" data-imgpos="right" data-ratio="twothirds" data-backgroundColor="#F4F4F4" data-gtm-component="tile"> <div class="tile__image"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.placeholder.480.480.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.thumb.480.480.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 619px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.placeholder.620.620.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.thumb.620.620.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 620px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.placeholder.768.768.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.thumb.768.768.jpg"/> <source media="(min-width: 960px)" srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.placeholder.960.960.png" data-srcset="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.thumb.960.960.jpg"/> <img class="lazy" src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.placeholder.768.768.png" data-src="/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/amc/blue-dasher-dragonfly-hti-top-wide.jpg.thumb.768.768.jpg" alt/> </picture> </div> <div class="tile__body"> <div class="tile__heading"> <h3>Identification help via Facebook</h3> </div> <div class="tile__text"> <p>Found something interesting?</p> <p>The Museum's聽identification service has a聽Facebook group聽to help answer your queries on plants,聽animals, fossils, rocks and minerals found in the British Isles.</p> </div>  <div class="tile__cta" data-gtm-component="tile-cta-button"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/NHMUKBiodiversity" target="_blank" class="button button--primary button--grey-dark button--with-icon"> Join Facebook Group <span class="button__icon button__icon--chevron"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 150 150"> <path d="M50.03,25.628l50,50l-50,50"></path> </svg> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section cmp-layout-container"> <div class="layout-row " data-columns="2|21" id="visit"> <div class="layout-column flow"> <div class="text parbase"> <div data-gtm-component="text"> <h2>Visiting the Centre for UK Nature</h2> </div> </div> <div class="tile">  <div id="tile-156e77d14b" class="tile__content" style="--tile-backgroundColor: #F8DC00" data-layout="stacked" data-imgpos="right" data-ratio="twothirds" data-backgroundColor="#F8DC00" data-gtm-component="tile"> <div class="tile__body"> <div class="tile__heading"> <h3>Changes to normal opening times - December and January</h3> </div> <div class="tile__text"> <p><b>Christmas closing</b></p> <p>The Identification and Advisory Service will be closed for Christmas from the 23 December to the 2 January, reopening on Friday 3 January.</p> <p><b>January closure</b></p> <p>Due to building works within the Museum, the Service will be<b> closed</b> for visitors and drop-ins from the 10聽January until the 2聽February, reopening on Monday 3聽of February.</p> <p>During this period, staff will be working from home so can be contacted by email:</p> <ul> <li><a href="mailto:bug@nhm.ac.uk">bug@nhm.ac.uk</a> (Life Science Enquiries)</li> <li><a href="mailto:esid@nhm.ac.uk">esid@nhm.ac.uk</a> (Earth Science Enquiries)</li> <li><a href="mailto:ias1@nhm.ac.uk">ias1@nhm.ac.uk</a> (Commercial Enquiries)</li> </ul> </div>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="text parbase"> <div data-gtm-component="text"> <p>If you wish to use the facilities or reference collections, or post specimens to us, please contact us first at <a href="mailto:AMC-booking@nhm.ac.uk">AMC-booking@nhm.ac.uk</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> or phone us on 020 7942 5045.</span></p> <p>When you email, please tell us:</p> <ul> <li>Your name</li> <li>Preferred data and time</li> <li>Reason for visit (eg to view our library, or collections, or persue an enquiry)</li> </ul> <p>Please give us as much information about your enquiry as possible so we can try to provide access to relevant collections, resources and staff.</p> <h4>Drop-in identification service</h4> <p><b>Please see changes above for January and February opening times</b></p> <ul> <li>Weekdays: 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00</li> <li>Saturdays: We open the third Saturday of each month. This includes access to the <a href="http://www.lnhs.org.uk/index.php/about-us/library" target="_blank" aria-describedby="new-window">London Natural History Society Library</a> for LNHS members.</li> </ul> <h4>Where to find us</h4> <p>On the lower ground floor of the Darwin Centre (Orange Zone). See the <a href="/visit/galleries-and-museum-map.html">Museum map page</a>.</p> <h3>Guidance on visiting the centre - please read first</h3> <p>When visiting the centre please observe the following conditions:</p> <ul> <li>Where possible please book with staff before visiting us, so that we can arrange for the correct staff to be present to help you.</li> <li>All visitors to the centre must be at least 18 years old OR be accompanied at all times by a parent or legal guardian.</li> <li>Any objects that you would like us to look at should be in a transparent, sealed container such as a glass jar, clear zip-lock bag or clear plastic box. It must be possible for us to check the object for any safety issues before handling it.</li> <li>If the item was found outside the UK please contact us first and send photos. This service is intended to give advice on UK-found objects. 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