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Glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) in cop.

Contents 1 NBN Partners and Related Sites 2 UK Local or Biological Records Centres (LRCs) 3 Key Biological Recording Links (non-commercial) 4 Commercial Biological Recording Links 5 Newsgroups and Subscription E-mail lists 5.1 Usenet Newsgroups 5.2 E-mail Subscription Groups and web-based Discussion Fora 6 National Societies and Speciality Groups 6.1 National Societies - Botany & Fungi 6.2 National Societies - Zoology (Vertebrates) 6.3 National Societies - Zoology (Invertebrates) 6.4 National Societies - General 7 International Initiatives 8 Individual NFBR Members and Organisations (if not listed above) 9 Training Opportunities 10 Utilities

NBN Partners and Related Sites

(M indicates current or recent NFBR membership by an organisation or key staff)

• Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE) M email
• Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC)
• Biological Recording in Scotland Campaign (BRISC) M
• Biology Curators Group (BCG) see NatSCA below (Now merged as NatSCA)
• Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
• Natural England (NE) M
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) M
• National Biodiversity Network (NBN)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• National Federation for Biological Recording (NFBR) (this site!)
• Natural Science Collections Association (NatSCA) M
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) M email
• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) M
• The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) M
• The Environment Agency (EA)
• The Marine Biological Association (MBA)
• The Natural History Museum (NHM)
• The Wildlife Trusts (TWT) M

UK Local or Biological Records Centres (LRCs)

• The Online Directory of LRCs

Key Biological Recording Links (non-commercial)

1. A list of National Recording Schemes
2. Order Recording Cards online from BRC, Wallingford!

• Biological Records Centre, Wallingford is the national custodian of data on the distribution of wildlife in the British Isles. This is the site for you if you are a naturalist with observations to report, or are looking for information on biological recording activities, or need to use some data. originally based at CEH Monks Wood, the Centre is now based at CEH Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire. 0X10 8BB M email
• FENSCORE The Federation for Natural Sciences Collections Research - a searchable national database of collection information (meta-data) from Museums and private collections across Britain. email
• Naturenet
• NBN Gateway
• http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/geofacts/geo0667.html OS National Grid explanation]
• Ramsar Convention - protecting wetlands
• Recorder 6
• UK Biodiversity Action Plan Website The central source of information about UK action for biodiversity, including a database of Local Biodiversity Action Plan initiatives.]
• The Wildscreen Trust (ARKive) Anchor Road, Bristol. BS1 5TT Tel: 0117 9157103 Fax: 0117 9157105 M email
• iSpot - get help with wildlife identification

Commercial Biological Recording Links

(Unless a NFBR member M, only links of national relevance are listed here. The NFBR does not endorse any specific product or supplier.)

• Aditsite & Aditmap Adit Limited, Tyn Rardd, Dwyran, Anglesey. LL61 6AJ Tel: 01248 430075 Fax: 01248 430771 email
• Alana Ecology (Biological Equipment Suppliers)
• BioBase. For details contact Mike Thurner, Winton, Lower Ham Lane, Elstead, Surrey, GU8 6HQ, UK email
• Anglian Lepidopterist Supplies
• Biodiversity Solutions Sara Hawkswell, 4 Woodbank Crofts, Westfield, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 3AT Tel: 01501 734 413 M email
• CEC Ltd Five Acres, Allet, Truro, Cornwall. TR4 9DJ, UK M
• DMap Very popular mapping software. Dr Alan Morton, Blackthorn Cottage, Chawridge Lane, Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire. SL4 4QR M email
• Lydie Rigout Books and Ento equipment
• MapInfo (GIS software)
• MapInfo Users Group UK - web-based help forum (annual fee)
• MapMate Teknica Limited, The White House, Montacute Road, Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset. TA14 6UQ
• Meiji Techno UK, Ltd. (Microscopes) The Vineyard, Hillside, Axbridge, Somerset. BS26 2AN Tel: 01934 733655 Fax: 01934 733660 email
• MultiMap Free mapping service to small websites. Commercial services too
• Natural History Book Service
• Ordnance Survey (includes free map service)
• Pemberley Books
• Summerfield Books
• Watkins and Doncaster (Biological Suppliers) PO Box 5, Cranbrook, Kent. TN18 5EZ Tel: 01580 753133. Fax: 01580 754054. email

Website policy on accepting commercial links

Newsgroups and Subscription E-mail lists

There is still no Usenet Newsgroup dedicated to biological recording. The following Newsgroups are available through many ISPs, and can be accessed via your normal e-mail reader:

Usenet Newsgroups

• uk.rec.natural-history - General natural history. Active.
• uk.rec.birdwatching - Active.
• sci.bio.entomology.homoptera - world-wide interest.
• sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera - world-wide interest.
• sci.bio.entomology.misc - world-wide interest, mostly N America.
• sci.bio.botany - world-wide interest, active and erudite.
• sci.bio.herp
• sci.bio.systematics
• scot.birds

E-mail Subscription Groups and web-based Discussion Fora

E-mail subscription lists and web sites with discussion fora are increasingly catering for specific recording interests. To help you through the maze of sites and lists currently available, here are a few that NFBR is aware of:

• Arcview GIS discussion group. c315 members. Public archives
• BRCNET Egroup managed by BRC (Wallingford) to provide a forum for exchange of news and information on recording schemes for the fauna and flora of Britain and Ireland. c55 members. Archives for members only
• Beetles-British Isles An active but private group with archived messages for members only. 250+ members.
• BWARS Web Forum (Bees, Wasps & Ants Society) c25 members
• FENSCORE email list for Natural Sciences Collections Research. To join list please email Majordomo@mcc.ac.uk with 'subscribe fenscore your name' in main text of the message.
• fungi-britishisles Forum for people interested in the Fungi of the British Isles. Archives for members only. c70 members
• ALERC Forum This was previously the Local Records Centres' Technical Forum, but is now dedicated to the new Association of Local Environemental Records Centres, parts of the forum are public access.
• MapMate egroup. (Access to invited members only). Send a request to join to: MM-Users-ownerATyahoogroups.com
• NBN Forums Forums managed by National Biodiversity Network on all aspects of biological recording
• NFBR Members' List For the discussion of all recording matters. Only NFBR Members may post messages, but discussion archives visible to all. To request membership, simply send an email to direct to Craig Slawson stating your name and/or organisation. email: infoATstaffs-ecology.org.uk (currently in abeyance)
• NFBR LRCs A discussion egroup for local record centre (LRC) managers and staff about LRC and recording related matters. Currently free to all to join. Will later be exclusively for NFBR LRC staff. c60 members
• UKBotany This email list aims to enable anyone with an interest in plants growing in the wild in Britain and Ireland to communicate with other people interested in the subject. c200 members. Archives for members only.
• UK-Leps This list is dedicated to Moths and Butterflies of the British Isles, and for sightings information, and butterfly and moth sites. 450+ members. Archives for members only. Very active.
• UK-TrueBugs c75 members. Archives for members only
• UK-Hoverflies c130 members. Archives for members only
• UKWildlife c300 members.Archives for members only
• UK-Grasshoppers-Crickets c60 members. Archives for members only

Please inform NFBR of other relevant E-mail Lists or Newsgroups you feel should be included here.
Groups owners are strongly urged to make their archives publicly available. (Hint: If you subscribe to these groups you may receive large numbers of emails in your Inbox. Use your Inbox Message Rules/Inbox Assistant to set up rules to sort incoming messages into separate folders.)

National Societies and Speciality Groups

• Check here for full list of National Recording Schemes on BRC website

National Societies - Botany & Fungi

• Association of British Fungus Groups
• Botanical Society of Scotland
• Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) M
• British Bryological Society
• British Lichen Society
• British Mycological Society (BMS)
• British Phycological Society
• British Plant Gall Society
• British Pteridological Society
• Plantlife
• The Wild Flower Society
• The Woodland Trust

National Societies - Zoology (Vertebrates)

• Bat Conservation Trust
• British Herpetological Society (BHS)
• British Ornithologists Union (BOU)
• British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
• British Deer Society (BDS)
• Froglife
• Seal Conservation Society
• Herpetofauna Groups of GB & Ireland (via Froglife)
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) (formerly Herpetological Conservation Trust)
• Mammal Society M
• National Federation of Badger Groups
• Royal Society for the Protection of Bird (RSPB)
• Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT)
• Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society
• Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) M email

National Societies - Zoology (Invertebrates)

• Amateur Entomological Society (AES)
• Balfour-Browne Club M Contact: Professor G N Foster
• Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS) Web Forum
• British Arachnological Society (BAS)
• British Dragonfly Society
• British Entomological & Natural History Society
• British Myriapod and Isopod Group (BMIG)
• Buglife
• Butterfly Conservation (BC) M email
• The Coleopterist
• Conchological Society
• Dipterists Forum
• Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme Alternative Link email
• Malacological Society
• The Neuropterists' Home Page
• Royal Entomological Society (RES)

National Societies - General

• British Cave Research Association
• British Marine Life Study Society M email
• British Naturalists' Association
• Field Studies Council
• Freshwater Biological Association
• Linnean Society
• Marine Biological Association
• Marine Conservation Society
• People's Trust for Endangered Species
• UK Phenology Network
• Ramsar List (Annotated): United Kingdom

International Initiatives

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • GBIF Community Site This site is a free online social platform for professional interaction in the scope of GBIF: collaborative projects, discussions, sharing of information and expertise, announcements, mentoring, etc.

Individual NFBR Members and Organisations (if not listed above)

(Note that only NFBR members who have given express permission will be listed here. See also Council pages)

• Archer, Dr Michael. (N.Yorkshire) email Interests: British aculeate Hymenoptera M
• Bellamy, Dr. Larry. (Gloucestershire) email Scheme Organiser/National Recorder, Freshwater Triclads/Planarians M
• Booth Museum of Natural History Contact: Office M
• Budworth, Mr D. (Derbyshire) email Personal recording interests: Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Birds. M
• Burnham Beeches (Corporation of London) email M
• Cam Valley Wildlife Group M
• Chichester Harbour Conservancy M
• Cumbria Wildlife Trust M
• Donnisthorpe, N.(West Sussex) Interests: SE Co-ordinator for Odonata Recording Scheme; also records Aquatic Plants, Birds and Butterflies. M
• Dorset Wildlife Trust M
• Evans, Mr Ian M. (West Sutherland vc108) email Interests: Flora and fauna of W. Sutherland, especially Assynt parish. M
• Forest Enterprise, Kielder Forest District Contact: Bill Burlton M
• Guernsey Museums & Galleries Contact: Alan Howell M
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust M
• Harvey, Martin. email Personal recording interests: terrestrial invertebrates, including county moth recorder for Berkshire. Website
• Harvey, Peter. (Essex) email Spider Recording Scheme M
• Hayhow, Simon J. (Lancashire) email Personal recording interests: Diptera, National Organiser for Larger Brachycera Recording Scheme M
• Kent County Council Contact: Andrew Pollard M
• Kent Field Club Contact: Dan Durrants M
• Dr Naomi Kingston, Biological Information Co-ordinator, Ireland National Parks and Wildlife Service email M
• Leicester Museum Contact: Nick Gordon M
• [www.lnhs.org.uk London Natural History Society] Contact: Ruth Day M
• London Wildlife Trust email M
• Luff, Dr M.L.(Newcastle-on-Tyne) email Recording interests: British Coleoptera M
• Manx National Heritage email M
• Marshall, Tony. (Kendal, Cumbria) email M
• National Museums & Galleries of Wales Contact: The Librarian M
• Nellist, David R. (Herts) email The recording and distribution of the spiders of Great Britain M
• Northern Ireland Fungus Group email M
• Northumberland Wildlife Trust M
• Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust M
• Peak District National Park Authority Contact: Rhodri Thomas M
• Plant, Mr Colin W. (Hertfordshire & Middlesex) email Recording interests: National Lacewing Recorder; Herts & Middlesex Moth Recorder; Hoverflies; Editor of Entomologist's Record M
• Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, c/o 57 Braithwell Road, Ravenfield, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. S65 4LH email M
• Smith, Harold. (S. Yorkshire) email M
• Staffordshire Invertebrate Group Dedicated to the recording of invertebrates in Staffordshire and surrounding counties. M
• Tapping, Roy, Cofnod - North Wales ERC, Bangor M
• The Heritage Council, Ireland Contact: L Lysaght M
• The National Trust M
• The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery M
• Towneley Hall Museum, Burnley, Lancashire email M
• Urban Fringe Area Management Service (UFAMS) email M
• Uttlesford District Council, (Saffron Walden Museum) email M
• Walley, Mr Graham (Leicestershire) M
• West Berkshire District Council Contact: J Davy M
• West Sussex County Council - Environmental Policy and Strategic Conservation Unit. email Deals with planning applications and SNCIs. M
• Whild, Sarah. (Shropshire) email Interests: BSBI county plant recorder; Director of Studies, biological recording programme, University of Birmingham. E-mail M
• Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire M
• Wright, Colin. (Shropshire) email Recording interests: Biological Records Volunteer, Shropshire Wildlife Trust M

Training Opportunities

None listed at the present time

Utilities

• Directory Enquiries (BT) 10 free look-ups per day - business or personal search facility.
• Directory Enquiries (192.com) - 20 searches per month. Needs free password.
• Gazetteer of British Place Names 1 - get a grid ref for any place name.
• Gazetteer of British Place Names 2 - get a grid ref for any place name on an OS map.
• Mail2web - pick up your emails from anywhere in the world. No need to register.
• Maps (Historic) - view old maps by place name or coordinates
• Maps online - Multimap.com Just type in your postcode! Aerial photos too!
• Maps online - OS Get-a-Map
• Find a Street from www.streetmap.co.uk
• Tide Predictions (UKHO)
• Tidal Predictions (NERC)
• Weather Forecasts (BBC)
• Weather Forecasts - Europe satellite images
• Weather Forecasts (Met Office)

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