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N East Wildlife
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 Natural History Society
Cambridgeshire and Essex Butterfly Conservation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Amphibian and Reptile 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.
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
Peterborough Environment City Trust
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
Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Scheme (BWARS)
Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI)
British Arachnological Society
The British Bryological Society
The Conchological Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
The British Entomological and Natural History Society (BENHS)
British Myriapod & Isopod Group
The British Plant Gall Society
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
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)
Fens for the Future Partnership
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR)
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
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)
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)