LOCAL AGENCIES & SOCIETIES

Solitary bees in your garden
Includes information on the hairy-footed flower bee survey.
www.insectpix.net

South Staffordshire Naturalists' Society
This is a club of about 200 members, founded in 1894 where you can learn about and enjoy: birds, flowers, trees, fungi and insects, whilst walking through beautiful countryside. The site provides details of their full programme of field trips and indoor presentations.
www.sstaffsnaturalists.org.uk

Dean Birders
A birdwatching website for those who have difficulty getting out and about.
www.deanbirders.co.uk

Natural Shropshire
Shropshire's Biodiversity Partnership
www.naturalshropshire.org.uk

About a brook
Enjoy a virtual journey into Whitchurch's lush, green waterways and meet the local water voles in Kate Long's delightful blog at
http://staggsbrook.blogspot.com

Wood Lane Nature Reserve
Detailed bird records, links to podcast and Whitchurch Water Vole Project.
www.woodlanereserve.co.uk

Shropshire Ornithological Society
www.shropshirebirds.com

Shropshire Botanical Society
www.shropshirebotany.org.uk

Severn Gorge Countryside Trust
The Trust manages most of the woodland, grassland and other countryside within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.
www.severngorge.org.uk

All Friends Round the Wrekin
www.wrekinfriends.com

Shropshire Geological Society
www.shropshiregeology.org.uk

Darwin Country
www.darwincountry.org

Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark
www.geopark.org.uk

Shropshire Hills AONB
Information about the special qualities of the AONB and the work of the AONB partnership. Events and activities in the Shropshire Hills.
www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk

Shropshire County Council
These pages will tell you about Shropshire County Council's Countryside Service and what it does.
www.shropshire.gov.uk/countryside.nsf

West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership
Works for wildlife across the region
www.wmbp.org

Virtual Shropshire
Shropshire tourist information and events
www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk

Shropshire Hills Shuttle service
www.shropshirehillsshuttles.co.uk

Organic produce
Includes meat from livestock grazing on Rhos Fiddle Nature Reserve
www.clunvalleyorganics.co.uk

 
EDUCATION

Darwin Country
A rich resource of pictures and information about Shropshire - its places, people, plants and much more, derived from collections in the collections of Shrewsbury Museums Service and its partner museums.
www.darwincountry.org

Teachernet
Growing Schools aims to encourage and inspire all schools to use the outdoor classroom. Advice on getting funds and developing school grounds.
www.teachernet.gov.uk/growingschools

Forest School
www.forestschools.com

 
PHOTOGRAPHERS

Ben Osborne
Specialises in wildlife and landscape photographer; a regular member of BBC TV natural history projects. Many of Ben's photos appear on the Trust's website.
www.benosbornephotography.co.uk

Mark Eccleston
Provides Shropshire Wildlife Trust with many images. Here you will find a broad selection of his work and a link to Mark's blog, the green-fingered photographer.
www.dragonsanddamsels.com

Mark Sisson
Provides Shropshire Wildlife Trust with many images.
www.marksissonphoto.co.uk

 
ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS & VOLUNTEERING

www.environmentjob.co.uk

www.naturenet.net

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

The Wildlife Trusts
There are 47 Wildlife Trusts across the UK. This site gives an overall view of their work.
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk

Environment Agency
www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Natural England
Government agency composed of the former English Nature, Countryside Agency and Rural Development Service.
www.naturalengland.org.uk

National Biodiversity Network
www.nbn.org.uk

Bat Conservation Trust
www.bats.org.uk

British Bryological Society
Find out about mosses and lichens
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/bbs.htm

British Dragonfly Society
www.dragonflysoc.org.uk

British Hedgehog Preservation Society
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk

British Trust for Ornithology
www.bto.org

Buglife
www.buglife.org.uk

Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk

Botanical Society for the British Isles
www.bsbi.org.uk

Froglife
www.froglife.org

Hawk and Owl Trust
www.hawkandowl.org

Herpetological Conservation Trust
www.herpcontrust.org.uk

Mammal Society
www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal

Mammal Trust
www.mtuk.org

GREEN LIVING

Vine House Farm
Every purchase from Vine House Farm helps support the work of the Wildlife Trusts.
www.vinehousefarm.co.uk

Montford Muck
Montford Muck have developed a range of environmentally friendly, premium quality composts and deliver free within a 10-mile radius of Shrewsbury.
www.montfordmuck.co.uk

Friends of the Earth
Green tips
www.foe.co.uk/living/tips/tips.html

Nature Detectives
Record the changing seasons
www.naturedetectives.org.uk

Centre for Alternative Technology
www.cat.org.uk

Wild About Gardens
www.wildaboutgardens.org

Wildlife gardening with Jenny Steel
Jenny writes wildlife gardening books, runs courses, provides information and sells wildflower seeds from her home in south Shropshire.
www.wildlife-gardening.co.uk