It is now less than six weeks to go until this year’s most exciting natural history festival! Here at the Bristol Natural History Consortium, we are extremely excited by these recent updates on what our partners have in store for us…

We are pleased to announce that Communicate 2013: Stories for Change, will be held on 6 and 7 November 2013 at Arnolfini, central Bristol. Delegate registrations will open in mid-April.

Festival of Nature celebrates its tenth anniversary with a new challenge to uncover Bristol's hidden environmental hotspots.

Communicate 2013: Stories for Change will be held this Autumn in Bristol. Sign up to our mailing list now to keep up to date with all the latest news from the conference and the Communicate community.

I have been tinkering away on the National BioBlitz Website and it is now ready for a brand new programme of events. A few of you have contacted me already and I can let you know that the event registration is now open and available on the website (Run your own - Register your event).

Exhibitor registration is now open for the Bristol Festival of Nature 2013 on the 15th and 16th June. Join us for our tenth anniversary with a stall in the Green Forum, or a main Festival marquee.

Last year there were more than 65 BioBlitz events across the UK - twice as many as 2011, getting a huge number of people out discovering and monitoring their local wildlife. More events are being planned for 2013 right now so watch this space! Find a BioBlitz near you or keep up with the latest BioBlitz news on Facebook and Twitter

Videos and presentations from Communicate 2012: Breaking Boundaries are now online at the newly updated Communicate Toolkit.

We are pleased to announce that the 10th Bristol Festival of Nature will be held on the 15th and 16th June 2013, with our annual Schools' Day on Friday 14th. Watch this space for further details of our 10th anniversary celebrations, including our new outreach project, Bristol.99.

Registration for Communicate 2012 is now closed. We look forward to seeing all delegates and speakers in Bristol on 24th and 25th October.