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Links

On this page you will find links to the websites of other organisations relevant to biological recording in the UK. You will also find links for local natural history societies and other important groups with whom we share data and who are actively out studying the natural history in our county.


Natural History Organisations

Firstly, we have links tolocal natural history groups, most of whom are our partners; these groups often have indoor meetings, field trips and recording days listed on their websites. Most of these organisations are responsible for the county recorder network on which our work depends.

BSBI information on plant recording in Cambridgeshire (VC29)

BSBI information on plant recording in Huntingdonshire (VC31)

BSBI information on plant recording in Northamptonshire (VC32)

Cambridge Bryologists

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cambridgeshire and Essex Butterfly Conservation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Amphibian and Reptile Group

Cambridgeshire Bat Group

Cambridgeshire Bird Club

Cambridgeshire Mammal Group

Historical botanical records for 'old' Cambridgeshire (VC29)

Huntingdonshire Flora and Fauna Society

Huntingdonshire Moth and Butterfly group

Northamptonshire Natural History Society


Local Projects and Organisations

We also list otherlocal projects and organisations, often linked to a site or group of sites. These groups have a range of activities from practical conservation work to field study.

Abington Naturewatch

Cambridge Conservation Forum (CCF)

Cambridge Past, Present and Future

Camnridgeshire and Peterborough Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS)

Friends of Rings End Nature Reserve

Friends of Roman Road and Fleam Dyke

Great Fen

Natural Cambridgeshire

Nene Park Trust

Paxton Pits

Peterborough Environment City Trust

Wicken Fen

Wildlife Trust BCN

Wimpole Estate


National Organisations

There are lots of national organisations, many with excellent websites on their specialist group of species. These websites are a fantastic resource for people wanting to develop their knowledge and skill in particular groups of organisms.

Amateur Entomologists' Society

Auchennorhyncha Recording Scheme for Britain & Ireland

Bat Conservation Trust

Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Scheme (BWARS)

Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI)

British Arachnological Society

The British Bryological Society

British Bugs

The Conchological Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

British Dragonfly Society

The British Entomological and Natural History Society (BENHS)

British Leafminers

The British Lichen Society

British Mycological Society

British Myriapod & Isopod Group

The British Plant Gall Society

British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)

Buglife

Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Butterfly Conservation

Dipterists Forum

Freshwater Habitats Trust

Froglife

The Mammal Society

Orthoptera & Allied Insects

The Riverfly Partnership

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)


Other Organisations

The next section provides links to other organisations, some of them local, some national, some government bodies, some charities and other organisations. There are all kinds of groups listed here, some of them with whom we work closely and others with a broader remit which we include for general interest. Also here you can find out about national recording, through the NBN, and the association of local records centres.

Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC)

Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE)

The Chartered Institute for Ecologists and Environmental Managers (CIEEM)

Environment Agency

Fens for the Future Partnership

Forestry England

Insect Rambles

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

National Trust

Natural England

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR)

NBN Atlas

Plantlife

Middle Level Commissioners

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

Woodland Trust


Regional Groups and Record Centres

Lastly,because wildlife does not recognise the county borders that we do, here are some local groups or useful web pages from neighbouring counties, and a list of records centres in those counties too.

Bedfordshire and Luton Biodiversity Recording and Monitoring Centre (BRMC)

Bedfordshire Natural History Society (BNHS)

The Biological Records Centre

The Essex Field Club

Essex Wildlife Trust Biological Records Centre

Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (GLNP)

Hertfordshire Natural History Society

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust

Herts Environmental Records Centre (HERC)

Leicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre (LRERC)

Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society

Norfolk Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIS)

Northamptonshire Biodiversity Records Centre (NBRC)

Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service (SBIS)

The Suffolk Naturalists Society