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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.
Cambridge Natural History Society
Huntingdonshire Flora and Fauna Society
Cambridgeshire & Essex Butterfly Conservation
Huntingdonshire Moth and Butterfly group
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Amphibian and Reptile Group
South Cambridgeshire Fungus Group
Northamptonshire Natural History Society
Cambridgeshire Flora Group and information on plant recording in VC29
Historical botanical records for 'old' Cambridgeshire (VC29)
BSBI information on plant recording in Northamptonshire (VC32)
BSBI information on plant recording in Huntingdonshire (VC31)
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.
Friends of Roman Road and Fleam Dyke
Cambridge Past, Present and Future
Rings End Local Nature Reserve
Peterborough Environment City Trust
Cambridge Conservation Forum (CCF)
National Organisations
There are lots ofnational 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.
BENHS, British Entomological and Natural History Society
AES, Amateur Entomological Society
Botanical Society of the British Isles
Freshwater Habitats Trust (Formerly pond conservation)
British Arachnological Society (Spiders)
BWARS, the Bees, Wasps and Ants recording scheme
Auchennorhyncha recording scheme (Homopteran true bugs)
British Myriapod & Isopod Group
Molluscs - the British Conchological Society
Orthoptera - grasshoppers, bushcrickets and allied insects
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.
The Middle Level Commissioners
ALERC - the Association of Local Environmental Records Centres
NFBR - the National Forum for Biological Recording
ALGE - the Association of Local Government Ecologists
CIEEM - the Chartered Institute for Ecologists and Environmental Managers
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
Northamptonshire Biodiversity Records Centre
Norfolk Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIS)
Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service (SBIS)
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust
Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership
Essex Wildlife Trust Biological Records Centre
Bedfordshire Natural History Society
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society