Name of Organisation/

Recording Scheme

Specialist Interest

Website Address

Amateur Entomologists Society

Insects in general (beginners)

www.amentsoc.org/

Association of British Fungus Groups

Fungi (local groups)

www.abfg.org/

Bat Conservation Group

(Bats (especially monitoring, through local groups etc)

www.bats.org.uk/

Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society

Bees, wasps and ants of all sorts

www.bwars.com/

Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC)

General recording and its promotion in Scotland

www.brisc.org.uk/

British Bryological Society

Mosses and liverworts

www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/

British Deer Society

Deer

www.bds.org.uk/

British Lichen Society

Lichens

www.thebls.org.uk/

British Marine Life Study

Marine life of all sorts

www.glaucus.org.uk/

British Mycological Society

Fungi (both amateur and scientific)

www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/

British Trust for Ornithology

Birds (especially systematic UK-wide surveys)

www.bto.org/

Buglife

Invertebrate conservation, some outreach recording

www.buglife.org.uk/

www.buglife.org.uk/AboutBuglife/Buglife+Scotland

Butterfly Conservation

Butterflies and moths

www.southwestscotland-butterflies.org.uk/

Field Studies Council

Produces guides to many groups, runs courses; part of OPAL Project

www.field-studies-council.org/

Herpetological Conservation Trust

Amphibians & reptiles (main contact)

www.herpconstrust.org.uk/

Heteroptera Recording Scheme

Terrestrial bugs

www.hetnews.org.uk

Mammal Society

Mammals

www.mammal.org.uk/

National Biodiversity Network

Collaboration of organisations committed to sharing wildlife data

www.nbn.org.uk/

Open University

Engaged with OPAL Project to promote biodiversity recording

www.opalexplorenature.org/

Plantlife

Plant conservation, some surveys to attract beginners

www.plantlife.org.uk/

Royal Entomological Society

Insect science, and publication of specialist literature

www.royensoc.co.uk/

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Birds, including focused surveys, public outreach, conservation

www.rspb.org.uk/

Scottish Ornithologists Club

Bird recording in Scotland

www.the-soc.org.uk/

Sea Watch Foundation

Marine mammals etc.

www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/

The Wildlife Trust

Conservation (general) Local trusts may run surveys

www.wildlifetrusts.org/

Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society

Whales and Dolphins

www.wdcs.org.uk/

Wildflower Society

Wildflower recognition (no formal recording)

www.thewildflowersociety.com/