Scottish and UK Wildlife Organisations
There are a wide range of national wildlife
and natural history groups that can offer magazines, advice, information
and membership packages whatever your interests. There are also a wealth
of more local groups that may offer events, advice or local interest publications.
The listing also includes government departments, partnerships and charities.
Quick links:
Scottish Organisations:
* Scottish Wildlife Organisations
* Scottish Regional Organisations
UK Organisations:
* birds
* mammals
* plants
* marine wildlife
* insects
* reptiles and amphibia
* wetlands
* miscellaneous
S
- Species information available on website
H - Habitat Information available on website
AM - Adult membership available
CM - Children's membership available
CA - Children's activities and information available on website
Best web sites, with comprehensive information (in our opinion!)
Scottish
Wildlife Organisations
Biodiversity
Scotland
Biological Recording in Scotland AM
Botanical Society of Scotland (Incorporating the Cryptogamic
Society of Scotland) AM
Butterfly
Conservation Scotland AM S
Caledonian
Partnership
Community
Woodlands Association
Deer Commission
for Scotland
John Muir Trust
AM
Malloch
Society S
National
Trust for Scotland AM
Reforesting
Scotland AM
Royal Scottish
Forestry Society AM
Scot Bats
(online publication of Scottish Bats)
Scottish
Badgers AM S
Scottish
Beekeepers Association
Scottish Coastal Forum
Scottish
Countryside Rangers' Assocation (SCRA)
Scotland's National Nature Reserves
Scottish
Native Woods
Scottish Natural Heritage S H
Scottish
Ornithologists Club AM
Scottish Raptor Study Groups AM
Scottish Seabird Centre
Scottish Wild Land Group
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Trees
for Life AM
WWF
Scotland (WorldWide Fund for Nature) AM CM CA
Scottish Regional Wildlife
Organisations and Societies
Grampian
Squirrel Group S
Moray
Firth Partnership CA
Alva Glen
Heritage Trust
Firth of
Clyde Forum AM
Friends
of Loch Lomond AM
Hebridean
Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) AM S
Shetland
Entomological Group S
Shetland
Biological Records Centre S
Shetland Sea Mammal Group S
Forth
Estuary Forum
AM
Tay
Estuary Forum
Anagach
Woods
Badenoch and
Strathspey Conservation Group
Birding Highland
Cairngorms Campaign
Culag
Community Woodland Trust
Highland
Badger Network AM
Highland
Biological Recording Group
Highland Birchwoods
Highland
Environmental Network
Highland Foundation for Wildlife
LIFE Peatlands project H
Moray Firth Partnership
North Highland Forest Trust
Wolf Trust AM
Borders
Comunity Woodland Forum
Borders
Forest Trust AM
Forth
Estuary Forum AM
Red Squirrels in South Scotland
Ayrshire
Red Squirrel Group AM S
Carrifran
Wildwood
Community
of Arran Seabed Trust AM
Firth of
Clyde Forum AM
Red
Squirrels in South Scotland
Solway
Firth Partnership AM
South
West Branch of Butterfly Conservation AM S
Hebridean
Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) AM S
UK Organisations
- birds
The Barn Owl
Trust AM CM S CA
British Ornithologists'
Union AM
British Trust for Ornithology
(BTO) AM S
Disabled
Birders Association AM
Raptor Rescue
CA
The Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) AM H S CM CA
UK Organisations
- mammals
Badger
Trust (previously National Federation of Badger Groups) AM
CM CA
Bat Conservation
Trust AM S CM CA
British Deer
Society
British
Hedgehog Preservation Society AM CA
Deer Study
and Resource Centre
International
Otter Survival Fund S CA
Mammal
Society AM S CM CA
Mammals Trust UK
S CA
Otter
Trust AM S
Vincent
Wildlife trust S
UK Organisations
- plants
Ancient
Tree Forum
Botanical
Society of the British Isles (BSBI) S
British
Bryological Society AM S
British Lichen Society
AM
British Plant
Gall Society AM
British
Pteridological Society AM S
Plantlife
AM S H
The Tree Register
AM
The
Wildflower Society AM CM
Woodland
Trust AM S H CA
UK
Organisations - marine wildlife
British
Divers Marine Life Rescue AM
British Marine
Life Study Society AM S
Marine Biology Association
Marine Conservation Society (MCS) AM S H CA
Marine Life Information
Network for Britain & Ireland S H CA
Sea
Watch Foundation AM CM S
Seal Conservation
Society S
Shark Trust
AM CM S
Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society AM S
UK Organisations
- insects
The
Amateur Entomologists Society AM CM S
Balfour-Browne
Club (water beetles) AM
Bees, Wasps and Ants
Recording Society AM S
British Arachnological
Society AM
British Beekeepers
Association AM CA
British Dragonfly
Society AM S
The British Entomological and Natural
History Society (BENHS) AM
British Myriapod and
Isopod Group AM
Butterfly
Conservation AM CM S
British Plant
Gall Society AM
Buglife - The Invertebrate
Conservation Trust AM
The Coleopterist
(journal)
Dipterists
Forum (The Society for the Study of Flies)
Diptera Recording Scheme
AM
Ephemeroptera
Recording Scheme S
Royal Entomological
Society AM S
UK Butterfly Monitoring
Scheme S
UK Organisations
- reptiles and amphibia
Amphibian
& Reptile Groups (ARG-UK)
British Herpetological
Society (BHS) AM CM
Froglife AM S
Herpetological
Conservation Trust H S
UK Organisations
- wetlands
Freshwater
Biological Association
Pond Conservation:
The Water Habitats Trust H
Wild Trout
Trust AM CM
Wildfowl and
Wetlands Trust (WWT) H S AM
UK Wildlife
Organisations - miscellaneous
Association
of British Fungus Groups AM CM
Biological Records
Centre
British Association of Nature Conservationists (BANC) AM
British
Ecological Society (BES) AM
British
Entomological and Natural History Society (BENHS) AM
British
Mycological Society AM
British
Naturalists' Association (BNA) AM CM S
British
Phycological Society AM
Centre for Ecology
and Hydrology (Natural Environment Research Council)
Conchological
Society of Great Britain and Ireland AM S
Field
Studies Council AM
Linnean Society
AM
Malacological
Society of London AM
National Biodiversity
Network H S
National Federation
for Biological Recording AM
National
Sciences Collections Association
Society
for the History of Natural History AM
UK Biodiversity
Action Plan (UKBAP) S H
UK
Phenology AM S
Wildland
Network
Wildlife
Trusts AM CM H S
WWF
AM CM
For a comprehensive list of natural history societied, see the
Natural
History Museum listing, which includes amateur and academic
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