Links to national sites giving specific information on aspects of natural history

The Bat Conservation Trust is the leading NGO solely devoted to the conservation of bats and the landscapes on which they rely

BSBI – The Botanical Society of the British Isles is a great source of information about plants

MAGIC – Natural England’s mapping service

National Biodiversity Atlas – for maps of species occurrence in Britain

Natural England is the government’s advisor on the natural environment

Sylva is an environmental charity helping trees and people grow together. They host a useful Woodland Wildlife Toolkit

UK Biodiversity Action Plan (on Joint Nature Conservation Committee website)

National Wood Ant Steering Group – a site devoted to our unusual resident ant

The Woodland Trust has useful articles and calendars about when events should occur so we can monitor shifts due to climate change