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Ready To Streamline Your Bat Surveys?

Today marks International Bat Appreciation Day and we're excited to announce the launch of our brand-new PRA Survey template.

Ali Harvey Apr 17 2025

Shaping the Future of UKHab Symbology with Your Help

At Natural Aptitude, we believe in the power of collaboration to drive meaningful change. And recently, we’ve witnessed this first-hand...

Ali Harvey Apr 02 2025
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Building surveys in Coreo just got even better!

We're thrilled to announce a significant upgrade to Coreo's Form Builder and Collections functionality.

Ali Harvey Mar 19 2025
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December 24 release of UKHab & BNG Platform

We're thrilled to announce the latest release of our UKHab & BNG Platform, packed with enhancements including a game-changing Condition Assessment Export feature.

Ali Harvey Dec 10 2024
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More New Survey Templates in Coreo

We're thrilled to unveil a new series of ready-to-use survey templates in Coreo, designed to save you valuable time and help you conduct a wider range of surveys with greater efficiency.

Ali Harvey Nov 25 2024
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New Mapping & more in our latest release!

Unlock powerful new mapping capabilities and more in the latest UKHab & BNG Platform release – all designed to save you time and enhance survey efficiency.

Ali Harvey Nov 14 2024
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What’s new in the UKHab & BNG Platform?

The UKHab & BNG Platform has been designed and built with ecologists to meet the needs of organisations looking to...

Ali Harvey Sep 24 2024
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UKHab & BNG Platform Update

In addition to the introduction of Bing Maps, we are pleased to announce a whole host of enhancements to the UKHab & BNG platform. Built on valuable customer feedback, these latest updates aim to streamline workflows and provide even greater functionality. Key improvements include...

Ali Harvey Aug 28 2024
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Bing Maps Comes to Coreo!

We’re thrilled to announce the integration of Bing's satellite imagery into Coreo's mapping service. This exciting development marks a significant step forward in our ongoing commitment to improving data quality and accuracy for our users.

Ali Harvey Aug 22 2024

Coreo Folders Bring Order to Your Ecological Data!

Organising surveys and projects in Coreo just got even easier with the introduction of folders.  You can now group related...

Ali Harvey Jun 04 2024
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Helping to turn the tide on biodiversity loss

Reflections on Biodiversity Net Gain One of the best parts of my job is that I get to speak to...

Dave Kilbey May 31 2024
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The new UKHab & BNG Platform is here!

We are excited to announce the release of the new UKHab & BNG Platform today. Designed to help you with...

Ali Harvey Apr 05 2024

Spring into survey season with Coreo’s new GIS tools!

We are very excited to announce the latest release of Coreo which features several new GIS-style tools. These are particularly...

Ali Harvey Feb 29 2024
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Streamline your BNG workflow with Coreo

Today marks the official arrival of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) for major developments in England. Whilst it’s an exciting...

Ali Harvey Feb 12 2024
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The new UKHab Data Portal is here!

Designed to streamline BNG reporting. Our main purpose with Coreo is to help you to streamline and improve data collection...

Ali Harvey Feb 09 2024
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New Template Gallery

Creating surveys just got even easier with the launch of our new Template Gallery which gives you access to pre-built...

Ali Harvey Jan 30 2024

Offline functionality now available in Coreo

We’re very excited to announce that we have now launched version 2.0 of Coreo. For the last 12 months we’ve...

Dave Kilbey Mar 13 2023
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Taxus Ecology – Transforming data collection with Coreo

Find out how Coreo has supported Taxus Ecology to streamline their data collection on international projects

Dave Kilbey Jan 21 2023

An introduction to Mink MApp – an app focused on eradicating the American mink.

Background Throughout the 1900’s, water voles were a familiar sight on many water bodies across the UK. Immortalised as ‘Ratty’...

Dave Kilbey Dec 20 2022

Offline functionality is coming to Coreo!

We’re excited to announce that we will soon be launching full offline functionality within Coreo.  Coreo was created with one...

Dave Kilbey Dec 15 2022

Curlews, Culture and Conservation

Photograph by David Swann Last month, we announced our Charity Partnership with Curlew Action – a small charity dedicated to...

Dave Kilbey Oct 21 2022

Our new charity partnership

Photograph by Andy Gregory Natural Apptitude was formed in 2013. One of our key aims is to make a positive...

Dave Kilbey Sep 13 2022

The UKHab Survey App now supports v3.1 of the Biodiversity Metric

It’s probably fair to say that the introduction of the UKHab Classification has been one of the biggest changes (and...

Dave Kilbey Jul 05 2022

Building a business case for software in your ecological consultancy

As an ecologist, you understand how important accurate data collection is. Without the correct data, you run the risk of...

Dave Kilbey Apr 13 2022

Coreo – feature of the month: data validation and verification functionality

For November’s feature of the month, we are focusing on Coreo’s data validation and verification functionality Background One of the...

Dave Kilbey Jan 07 2022

Coreo – feature of the month: Recording location based data

This month we explore one of the key features of Coreo – recording location-based data. Background Data, especially environmental data,...

Dave Kilbey Nov 15 2021

Top 9 reasons that you should be using apps for data collection

Think that apps are beyond your reach financially as a business, or too complicated to consider? Think again! With cloud-based...

Dave Kilbey Nov 15 2021