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Natural History Links
This page lists useful links to other websites, with a focus on those of specialist natural history societies and similar amateur societies. It is split into two sections: - National Organisations LNHS is not responsible for the content of any of these sites. If you find that any of these links no longer work, or if you have suggestions for other sites that could usefully be listed here, please contact our . We have a LINKS POLICY. National Organisations
AES Bug Club (for young people approx 5-15 years old interested in insects) Amphibian and Reptile Conservation - committed to conserving frogs, toads, newts, snakes and lizards. Back Garden Moths Badger Trust (Formerly National Federation of Badger Groups) Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS) Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS): - Reports the status of BAP species and habitats Birding UK: - a Directory of Birding links for the UK and Ireland Birdweb: - BTO/RSPB's portal to bird surveys work, including links to the Breeding Birds Survey and the Birdtrack scheme (successor to Migration Watch) Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) British Arachnological Society (for the study of spiders and related groups) British Bryological Society (for the study of mosses and liverworts) British Dragonfly Society (BDS) British Entomological and Natural History Society (BENHS) British Leaf Miners British Lichen Society British Mycological Society (for the study of fungi) British Naturalists Association (promotes the study of all branches of natural history) British Phycological Society (for the study of algae) British Plant Gall Society British Pteridological Society (for the study of ferns and allied plants) British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) BTO Bird Atlas site Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) Butterfly Conservation (for the study of butterflies and moths). Has local branches. Chatterbirds Birdwatching network Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (for the study of molluscs) Dipterists Forum (for the study of flies and allied groups e.g. hoverflies, crane flies) Froglife - the conservation society for frogs and toads Fungus Links (a selection useful links for field mycologists) Geologists Association Herpetological Conservation Trust (for reptile and amphibian conservation) Linnean Society of London Mammal Society Marine Life Information Network Moths Count : aims to encourage interest in moths and establish a National Moth Recording Scheme
Natural History Museum, London: directory of natural history societies
National Biodiversity Network (NBN) National Insect Week: sponsored by the Royal Entomological Society, LNHS is a partner OPAL (Open Air Laboratories Network): a new partnership of universities and natural history organisations celebrating biodiversity, environmental quality and people’s engagement with nature. PlantLife Rockwatch (Young Geologists' Club) Royal Entomological Society Society for the History of Natural History (SHNH) UK Dragonflies Watkins & Doncaster (For entomological equipment) Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Wild Flower Society (WFS)
Organisations based in or around the London areaBeddington Farm Bird Group Birdline South East Black Redstarts Bromley RSPB Local Group Camden Butterfly Conservation www.bringbackthebutterflies.org.uk Central London RSPBMembers' Group Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society Darwin at Downe (Charles Darwin's home in the borough of Bromley and the neighbourhood where he made many of his natural history observations): www.darwinatdowne.co.uk East London Birders' Forum Elmbridge Natural History Society (Weybridge, Walton, Esher, Cobham and surrounding area) Essex Birdwatching Society Essex Field Club Friends of Tottenham Marshes Greenspace Information for Greater London (GIGL) - an open space and biodiversity records centre for the Greater London Area Hackney Wildlife Group - for everyone interested in the flora and fauna of the Borough of Hackney Hertfordshire Natural History Society (includes Herts Bird Club) Herts and Middlesex Bat Group Herts and Middlesex Butterfly Conservation local group - (covers north and central London boroughs) www.hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk Hillingdon Natural History Society Kent Field Club London21 Sustainability Network: Includes links to borough environmental forums and other local sustainability initiatives. www.london21.org London Bat Group London Biodiversity Partnership London Bird Club Wiki London and Middlesex Archaeology Society (LAMAS) London Environmental Education Forum (LEEF): Promotes the provision of environmental education across the London area - www.leef.org.uk London, Essex and Hertfordshire Amphibian and Reptile Trust (LEHART) London Swifts London Wildlife Trust (LWT) London WildWeb (A directory of London's main wildlife sites) Marylebone Birdwatching Society (based in Hampstead, North London) Mitcham Common: Natural History Orpington Field Club Perivale Wood and the Selborne Society Ruislip and District Natural History Society South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) Spelthorne Natural History Society (Staines, Ashford, Sunbury, Shepperton and surrounding area) Surrey Bird Club Surrey Botanical Society The Reservoirs Nature Society (TERNS): Covers the area between Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and Green Lanes in North East London: http://sites.google.com/site/stokenewingtonreservoirs/home Trust for Urban Ecology: Manages four local nature reserves in London Welsh Harp Conservation Group/Brent Reservoir Wimbledon & Putney Commons The Wren Conservation and Wildlife Group (Waltham Forest - Redbridge - Epping Forest - Newham) Zoological Society of London |
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