news

  • New neighbour in the woods

    We put up a nest box at habitat INFO and invited the local barn owls and a pair of tawnies took up residence. Every night we’ve been listening to their calls and last week this little baby owl peeked its head out to take a look at the world.


  • Junior’s release

    ‘Junior’ the buzzard went back to the wild yesterday so he could take advantage of late summer. He has spent nearly two years in rehab at Habitat Info and has recovered really well after his op to fix his wing. Still holds it a bit down when perched but he flew magnificently and seemed to…


  • Cardiff Half Marathon 2014

    habitat INFO ran the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 5th October 2014, raising money for the NSPCC and Wales Air Ambulance!  After weeks of training we arrived at the start line for what was to be a couple of hours of pain, more pain and a little more pain!  We all completed the run successfully…


  • PRESS RELEASE: African raptor observations mobile phone app (Android)

    habitat INFO launches a novel mobile app to help people share their observations of Raptors across Africa in a live data observatory (African Raptor DataBank, ARDB)


  • Population boom

    We’ve had a bit of a population boom at habitat INFO recently.  On Friday 16th May we hastily setup the incubator for the first time and loaded it with approximately 40 Partridge eggs which had been laid by our resident hens.  We didn’t really know what to expect!  Not only was it all a bit of…


  • habitat INFO’s new logo!

    habitat INFO are pleased to announce that we’ve worked closely with graphic design company Savage and Gray based in Cardiff to develop a new logo for the company.  We’ve stuck to our roots (pun intended!) and kept the tree as the main centre piece!  Instead of the old Kokerboom tree however, we’ve moved to a…


  • habitat INFO in Botswana

    This month I traveled to Maun on behalf of habitat INFO to meet up with one of our clients, OneWorld.  Maun is in Northern Botswana and is regarded as the gateway to the Okavango Delta, one of the most incredible places in the World, let alone Africa! Together with OneWorld I was tasked with presenting…


  • ARDB annual review for 2013

    It’s been a great 2013 for the ARDB… the record count now stands at an impressive 57,547 which spans a total of 25 countries. We’ve had contributions from a wealth of people and are very grateful for the submissions to date! Please check out the end of year review which is available to download from…


  • ARDB continues to move forwards

    habitat INFO are keeping up the pace with the ARDB and continually rolling out new developments.  This month we have developed new Java based webmaps for viewing and editing (Our editing webmap requires registration) which we hope will improve the experience of our users.  We have also extensively worked on the database schema over the…


  • SeaTrust in the Field

    Please check out the video ‘SeaTrust in the Field’ which habitat INFO have produced for SeaTrust.  It demonstrates the mobile GIS solutions they use and which habitat INFO have provided for them.  Click here to find out more information about the project.