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Useful Links

Welcome to the NFBR Links Page
- a resource for the biological recording community.
 
WHAT'S NEW:
- All UK LRC/BRC details are now on a searchable online database
- All other links appear below.

Help keep these pages up-to-date; Contact NFBR to correct or suggest a link. Click here for our links and anti-spam policy.

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 2. UK Biological Records Centres (LRCs)
Click to go to online database with drop-down menu.

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3. Key Biological Recording Links (non-commercial)
Click here for list of National Recording Schemes.
Order Recording Cards online from Monks Wood BRC!

• Biological Records Centre, Monks Wood 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. CEH Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28 2LS brc@brc.ac.uk M
• Cartographic Links for Botanists
• FENSCORE The Federation for Natural Sciences Collections Research - a searchable national database of collection information (meta-data) from Museums and private collections across Britain. E-mail
• Naturenet
• NBN Gateway
• OS National Grid explanation (interactive "how-it-works" page)
• Ramsar List (Annotated): United Kingdom
• Recorder 2000
• UK Biodiversity Action Plan The central source of information about UK action for biodiversity, including a database of Local Biodiversity Action Plan initiatives. See also UK Biodiversity Website
• The Wildscreen Trust (ARKive) Anchor Road, Bristol, BS1 5TT. Tel: 0117 9157103 Fax: 0117 9157105 E-mail: Harriet.Nimmo@wildscreen.org.uk M
   

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4. 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 E-mail : adit@compuserve.com
• Alana Ecology (Biological Equipment Suppliers)
• BioBase. For details contact Mike Thurner, Winton, Lower Ham Lane, Elstead, Surrey, GU8 6HQ, UK. E-Mail: MikeTAuto@aol.com
• Anglian Lepidopterist Supplies
• Biodiversity Solutions Sara Hawkswell, 4 Woodbank Crofts, Westfield, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 3AT. Tel: 01501 734 413 E-mail M
• CEC Ltd Five Acres, Allet, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DJ, UK M
• Classeys Books
• DMAP Very popular mapping software. Dr Alan Morton, Blackthorn Cottage, Chawridge Lane, Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 4QR, UK.  E-mail: ajmorton@dmap.co.uk M
• Environmental Information Management, Charles Copp, 8 The Paddock, Clevedon, Avon BS21 6JU. Tel: 01275 874128 Fax: 01275 790958 E-mail: eim@globalnet.co.uk M
• Lydie Rigout Books and Ento equipment
• MapInfo website (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  enquiries@meijitechno.co.uk
• Multimap.com 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. E-mail: robin.ford@virgin.net

Click here for website policy on accepting commercial links

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 5. 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:

5.i 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

5.ii 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. c315members. Public archives
• BRCNET Egroup managed by Monks Wood BRC to provide a forum for exchange of news and information on recording schemes for the fauna and flora of Britain and Ireland. c.55 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)  c.25 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. c.70 members).
• Local Record Centres' Technical Forum NEW - separate web-based forum for technical matters, including: GIS, MapMate, Recorder and "General". Archives viewable without registration.
• MapMate egroup. (Access to invited members only). Send a request to join to: MM-Users-owner ATyahoogroups.com
• NBN Forum Lobby - discussion fora on the NBN web-site
• 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 (Spam avoidance: Change AT to the normal  @ symbol.)
• 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. c.60 members
• RECORDER 3 User eGroup For users of "old RECORDER". Open to anyone. Public archives. Currently unmoderated.c 90 members.
• RECORDER 2000 active email group set up to allow Recorder 2002 users to share information, advice and mutual support. It is also designed to allow JNCC to communicate news and updates to users.
• 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. c.200 members. Archives for members only.
• UK Flora Writers - for those involved in the research, planning, production or promotion of a local flora, plant checklist, interactive CD, web-based flora or other regional botanical publication. c.45 members. Public archives.
• 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.
• UKMoths To discuss Macro's and Micro's of the UK, recent catches, identification, news and any other relevent topics. Discussion archives are public.  c500+ members. Very active.
• UK-TrueBugs c75 members. Archives for members only.
• UK-Hoverflies c.130 members. Archives for members only.
• UKWildlife c300 members.Archives for members only.
• UK-Grasshoppers-Crickets c.60 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.)
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6. National Societies and Specialist Groups
Click here for full list of National Recording Schemes on Monks Wood 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
• Wild Flower Society, The
• 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
• Froglife
• Seal Conservation Society
• Herpetofauna Groups of GB & Ireland (via Froglife)
• Herpetological Conservation Trust E-mail
• Mammal Society M
• National Federation of Badger Groups
• Royal Society for the Protection of Bird (RSPB)
• Vincent Wildlife Trust
• Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society
• Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust M E-mail
   

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 Arachnalogical Society
• British Dragonfly Society
• British Entomological & Natural History Society  
• British Hoverfly Recording Scheme (link not functioning)
• British Myriapod and Isopod Group
• Buglife
• Butterfly Conservation M E-mail
• The Coleopterist
• Conchological Society
• Dipterists Forum, The
• 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  E-mail
• 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

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7. 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 committee pages)

• Archer, Dr Michael. (N.Yorkshire) E-mail Interests: British aculeate Hymenoptera M
• Bellamy, Dr. Larry. (Gloucestershire) Scheme Organiser/National Recorder, Freshwater Triclads/Planarians  E-mail: M
• Booth Museum of Natural History Contact: Office M
• Budworth, Mr D. (Derbyshire) E-mail Personal recording interests: Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Birds. M
• Burnham Beeches (Corporation of London) E-mail M
• Cam Valley Wildlife Group M
• Chichester Harbour Conservancy E-mail M
• Cumbria Wildlife Trust Contact: Office M
• Donnithorpe, N.(West Sussex) Interests: SE Co-ordinator for Odonata Recording Scheme; also records Aquatic Plants, Birds and Butterflies.  M
• Dorset Wildlife Trust E-mail 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 Contact: Martin Harvey M
• Harvey, Peter. (Essex) Spider Recording Scheme E-mail 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   E-mail Web site M
• Leicester Museum Contact: Nick Gordon M
• London Natural History Society Contact: Ruth Day M
• London Wildlife Trust E-mail M
• Luff, Dr M.L.(Newcastle-on-Tyne) Recording interests: British Coleoptera E-mail M
• Manx National Heritage E-mail M
• Marshall, Tony. (Kendal, Cumbria)  E-mail M
• National Museums & Galleries of Wales Contact: The Librarian   M
• Nellist, David R. (Herts) E-mail The recording and distribution of the spiders of Great Britain. Herts. M
• Northern Ireland Fungus Group E-mail M  
• Northumberland Wildlife Trust Contact: Office M
• Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Contact: J Ellis M
• Peak District National Park Authority Contact: Rhodri Thomas M
• Plant, Mr Colin W. (Hertfordshire & Middlesex), Recording interests: National Lacewing Recorder; Herts & Middlesex Moth Recorder; Hoverflies; Editor of Entomologist's Record. E-mail M
• Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, c/o 57 Braithwell Road, Ravenfield, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 4LH hancoxj@aol.com M
• Smith, Harold. (S. Yorkshire) E-mail M
• Staffordshire Invertebrate Group   Dedicated to the recording of invetebrates 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 E-mail M
• Towneley Hall Museum, Burnley, Lancashire E-mail M
• Urban Fringe Area Management Service (UFAMS) E-mail M
• Uttlesford District Council, (Saffron Walden Museum) E-mail M
• Walley, Mr Graham (Leicestershire) M
• West Berkshire District Council Contact: J Davy M
• West Sussex County Council - Environmental Policy and Strategic Conservation Unit. E-mail Deals with planning applications and SNCIs. M
• Whild, Sarah. (Shropshire) Interests:  BSBI county plant recorder; Director of Studies, biological recording programme, University of Birmingham. E-mail M
• Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire E-mail M
• Wright, Colin. (Shropshire) Recording interests: Biological Records Volunteer, Shropshire Wildlife Trust. E-mail M

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8. Training Opportunities

• Field Studies course in Biological Recording
• University of Birmingham course details
   

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9. 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)
• Tide Predictions (NERC)
• Weather Forecasts (BBC)
• Weather Forecasts - Europe satellite images
• Weather Forecasts (Met Office)

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Page last updated: 12/02/07