Listed below are a number of useful links to externela websites that may be of interest to our visitors. These include our partner organisations, local wildlife groups, recording schemes, national conservation organisations and links to useful resources which aid wildlife recording and identification. Please contact us if you know of other useful resources that you would like us to share with other recorders.
Partners and funders
- Solway Heritage
- Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
- Heritage Lottery Fund
Local/regional recorders
Click here for a list of local, regional and national contacts for various groups, surveys and organisations.
Biological recording information sources
- Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC)
charitable organisation which encourages and supports all aspects of recording wildlife and wildlife habitats in Scotland. - Biological Records Centre
the UK focus for non-bird terrestrial and freshwater species recording - NBN Gateway
growing reservoir of biological records which enables users to view, map and download wildlife records from all over the country. - NBN Species Dictionary
searchable online database giving the latest scientific names and taxonomy for almost all species found in the UK - Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN)
information point for marine environmental management, protection and education.
Local/regional groups, organisations and wildlife websites
- Butterfly Conservation South West Scotland Branch
- Cree Valley Community Woodland Trust
- Dumfries and Galloway Bat Group
- Dumfries and Galloway Birding Yahoo group
- Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society
- Dumfries and Galloway Wildlife Festival
- Galloway Fisheries Trust
- Local Biodiversity Action Plan
- Kirkmaiden Natural History Group
- Lockerbie Wildlife Trust
- Moffat Wildlife Club
- Red Squirrels in South Scotland
- SOC Dumfries branch
Branch secretary: Pat Abery, East Daylesford, Colvend, Dalbeattie DG5 4QA, Tel 01556 630483 - SOC Stewartry branch
Branch secretary: Joan Howie, 60 Main Street, Dalry, Castle Douglas DG7 3UW, Tel 01644 430226 - SOC West Galloway branch
Branch secretary: Geoff Sheppard, Roddens, Leswalt, Stranraer DG9 0QR, Tel 01776 870685 - Solway Firth Partnership
- Southern Upland Partnership
Useful wildlife recording resources
- Tree identification
a simple key to most British trees from the Forestry Commission - Arable Plants
online version of published field guide - Shells
excellent photographs of both common and rare marine molluscs by Sarah Longridge - Moths
online resource with excellent photos and ecological information about many British macro- and micro-moths - Butterfly identification
growing resource of photographs and information about all life-cycle stages of British butterflies - Fungi
online version of Roger Phillips' popular field guide to British fungi - Reptile and amphibians
News, forums and identification pages for all UK amphibians and reptiles - Get-a-Map
Useful resource for looking up grid references
National Surveys, Recording Schemes and Recording Organisations
- Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society
- Hoverfly Recording Scheme
- National Amphibian and Reptile Recording Scheme (NARRS)
- UK Ladybird Survey
Other useful links
- ARG-UK (Amphibian and Reptile Groups UK)
- Bat Conservation Trust
- Botanical Society of the British Isles
- British Arachnological Society
- British Bryological Society
- British Dragonfly Society
- British Herpetological Society
- British Mycological Society
- British Trust for Ornithology
- British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
- Buglife
- Bumblebee Conservation Trust
- Butterfly Conservation
- Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- Froglife
- Herpetological Conservation Trust
- Mammal Society
- Marine Conservation Society
- National Biodiversity Network
- National Trust for Scotland
- Plantlife
- Pond Conservation
- Scottish Badgers
- Scottish Biodiversity Forum
- Scottish Ornithologists Club
- Scottish Wildlife Trust
- Sea Watch Foundation
- UK Biodiversity Action Plan
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
- Woodland Trust