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Ground beetles (Carabidae)
| Koleopterologie | Has large galleries of pictures of many beetle families | koleopterologie.de |
| Carabus-on line | Genus Carabus with illustrations of many species | carabus-online.de |
| David Element | High quality photographs of various insects | david.element.ukgateway.net |
| Peregrine Productions | Several insect groups illustrated with great watercolours | bombus. |
| Carabidae of Europe | Distribution of many species | carabidae.club |
| Tree of Life | Carabidae in the context of evolution | tree |
| Carabus | French Carabus | [Carabus] Bienvenue |
| Hadleyweb | Photos of Yorkshire beetles - some 3-dimensional | hadleyweb |
| Irish Carabidae | Ground beetles of Ireland | ulstermuseum.org.uk |
| Carabus | Photos of central European Carabus | volny.cz/midge/carabus/ |
| Irish Carabidae | More Irish ground beetles | habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles |
| Czech/Slovak | Ground beetles of Czechoslovakia | volny.cz/midge/ |
| Carabus intricatus | Endangered species - comprehensive | Blue ground beetle - Carabus intricatus |
| German beetles | Good range of carabid photos | Insektenfotos von Juergen Peters |
| Gordon's Ladybird Page | A good starting point with many links | earthlife.net/insects/coccinel.html |
| Coccinelles et Pucerons | Has English translation and games! | perso.wanadoo.fr/dj |
| David Element | High quality photographs | www.david.element.ukgateway.net |
| Stamps | Ladybirds on stamps (in French) | patrice.bonafonte.free.fr/coleos/coccinelles.html |
| (in German) | Marienkafer | COLEOPTERA/COCCINELLIDAE |
| German Gallery | Includes parasites | Index of /insecta/coleoptera/coccinellidae |
| European | Koleopterologie ladybird gallery | koleopterologie.de/ |
| Ontario, Canada | Deals with invasion by 7-spots | Ojibway Nature Centre - Windsor, Ontario |
| Irene Geoghegan | Scottish Ladybird Survey | microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb01/ladybird.html |
| Bioimages | British beetles including ladybirds | bioimages.org.uk/intro.html |
| South African | S. A. Museum site | museums.org.za/bio/insects/beetles/coccinellidae/ |
| Cambridge garden | Good photos including life cycle | gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/coccinellidae.htm |
| Ontario lady beetles | Canadian ladybirds | uoguelph.ca/~samarsha/lady-beetles.htm |
| Nature Canada | 1995 survey of Canadian ladybirds | http://cnf.ca/ladybeetle/index.html |
| (in French) | Grow your own ladybirds | perso.wanadoo.fr/dj/Anglais/Elevage.html |
| Belgian educational | Save our ladybirds! | coccinelles.be/coccinelle/index.html |
| Brisbane ladybirds | Australian garden beetles | brisbane_beetles/COCCINELLIDAE.htm |
| Kralingen | A Dutch park | kapoentjes.html |
| Prey ranges | Beneficial species | ifas.ufl.edu/beneficial/lady_beetles.htm |
| Natural enemies | Predators of ladybirds (USAmerican) | www.angelfire.com/bug2/j_poorani/Natural_enemies.htm |
| Beetle families | Includes ladybird photos | nafoku.de/kaefer/familien.htm |
| Brisbane beetles | Australian ladybirds | brisbanebeetles/COCCINELLIDAE.htm |
| Hadleyweb | Yorkshire beetles | hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Coccinellidae/ |
| Worcestershire ladybirds | Worcester Record | wbrc.org.uk/WorcRecd/Issue12/ladybird.htm |
| Irish ladybirds | Ladybird Survey of Northern Ireland (pdf) | www.habitas.org.uk/LadybirdSurv05.pdf |
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LADYBIRD PAGE
Other beetles (Coleoptera)
| Coleoptera | A vast site about beetles | coleoptera.org/contents.htm |
| Cerambycidae | Large Czech gallery of European longhorn beetles | uochb.cas.cz/~natur/cerambyx/ |
| Koleopterologie | Large galleries of beetle pictures | koleopterologie.de/gallery/index.htm |
| Scarabaeidae | Educational site on dung beetles | naturalworlds.org/scarabaeidae/index.htm |
| The Coleopterist | British beetles | www.coleopterist.org.uk/ |
| Cassidae | European tortoise beetles | cassidae/European%20Chrysomelidae/ |
| Cleridae | Clerid home page | www.weihenstephan.de/zpf/clerid/ |
| Central Europe | English pages are not working yet? | www.brouci.cz |
| European | Many photographs | http://nafoku.de/fauna/coleopte.htm |
| Yves Cambefort | Beetles as religious symbols | insects.org/ced2/beetles_rel_sym.html |
| Buprestidae | Jewel beetles (especially of Italy) | utenti.romascuola.net/bups/jewel.htm |
| (Austrian) | Austrian beetle photos and game | source.at/beetles/english/navigation.htm |
| Bioimages | Pictures of British insects | www.bioimages.org.uk/intro.html |
| Bugpics | Large pictures of various insects | www.bugpics.com/ |
| Hadley Web | Pictures of Yorkshire beetles | www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm |
| Rove beetles | Staphylinidae | www.staphylinidae.de/index.htm |
| Larvae | Photos of larvae of many families | http://nafoku.de/kaefer/kaefer.htm |
| Photos | Beetles of south Yorkshire | hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Coccinellidae/ladybirds.htm |
| Small picture gallery | Beetles and bugs | stroucov.freeserve.co.uk/beetles.htm |
| Russian beetles | Large site with English translation | zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/eng/sitelist.htm |
| Bioimages | Photos of numerous animals | www.bioimages.org.uk/ |
| Longhorns | Cerambycidae - photographs | david.element.ukgateway.net/ |
| Insect box | Various beetles, German | http://www.insektenbox.de/kaefer.htm |
| Lucanus | Stag beetles in Britain | http://website.lineone.net/~djharvey/ |
| Hadleyweb | S. Yorkshire beetles | http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm |
| Dermestidae | Central European | http://www.dermestidae.com |
| Geotrupidae | Dor beetles | Fotos y Mapas - Col., GEOTRUPIDAE |
| Nomes | Stag beetles - survey & nomenclature | http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/nomes.html |
| Taxonomy | Beetle systematics | http://www.geocities.com/tim300cx5/orders/coleoptera.htm |
| Aldershot garden | My bit of the planet | http://www.mybitoftheplanet.com |
| Strepsiptera | Parasites evolved from beetles | http://www.strepsiptera.uni-rostock.de/e/strepsiptera.html |
| CSIRO AICN | Australian national site | http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/ |
| Polish gallery | Navigation haphazard at first (in Polish) | http://www.stopa.cso.pl/galeria |
| D.H. Lawrence | "The Ladybird" | The Ladybird, by D. H. Lawrence |
| Coleoptera | Photos of German beetles | insektenfotos.de/insects_coleoptera.htm |
| Longhorns | Cerambycidae of Europe | uochb.cas.cz/~natur/cerambyx/cerambyx.htm |
| Rainbow leaf beetle | Not to be confused with the rosemary beetle! | Chrysolina_cerealis/ |
| Gibraltar beetles | Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society | http://www.gonhs.org/ColeopteraofGibraltar.htm |
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Hymenoptera: bees, wasps and ants
| Bumble bees | Pictures of bumble bees of Europe | hercules.users.netlink.co.uk/Bee.html |
| Bumble and other bees | British (Scottish bias) bees - very comprehensive | www.mearns.org.uk/mrssmith/bees/ |
| UK recording | Bees, wasps and ants recording society | www.bwars.com |
| Various bees/wasps | Photographs and natural history | david.element.ukgateway.net/hymenoptera1beekillerwasps.htm |
| Solitary bees | Miners, masons, leafcutters &c. | www.insectpix.net |
| ANTS | Comprehensive German site | ameisenhaltung.de/artenverzeichnis/ |
| Solitary bees | How to attract and identify them | http://www.insectpix.net/ |
| Bombus | Identifying bumble bees | projects/bombus/bumblebeeid.html |
| Chrysis | Chrysidid wasps | http://www.chrysis.net/index_en.php |
| Scale insects (Coccoidea) | Many connections to other sites on scales | http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/coccoidea/scale1998.htm |
| Homoptera | Aphids, scales and many more | Homoptera (bugs) |
| David Element | Contains life cycles illustrated | www.david.element.ukgateway.net |
| Pulvinaria regalis | Horse-chestnut scale | Pulvinaria regalis (horse-chestnut scale) |
| Pentatomidae | Shieldbug photographs | www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Shieldbugs/sb.htm |
| Beetles and bugs | Small photo gallery | stroucov.freeserve.co.uk/beetles.htm |
| Heteroptera | True bugs | Hemiptera (bugs) |
| Homoptera | Various British aphids, mealy bugs &c | Hemiptera Homoptera |
| Photo Gallery | From the people with the big beetle site | Heteroptera - Bug Photo Gallery |
| Het News | British true bug information | http://www.hetnews.org.uk/ |
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HETEROPTERA (BUGS) PAGE
Other (and general) insects
| Gordon's Entomological Home Page | A good starting point for all invertebrates. | www.earthlife.net/insects/ |
| David Element | High quality photographs of British insects | david.element.ukgateway.net |
| Photo galleries | Various insects mainly in a Cambridge garden | gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/ |
| Fauna Europea | Project to list all animals in Europe | www.faunaeur.org |
| Steve Hopkin | Information and links on Collembola | ams.rdg.ac.uk/zoology/hopkin |
| Le Monde des Insectes | Various insects: French | www.insecte.org/ |
| Stick insects | Le Monde des Phasmes | www.ifrance.com/phasme/index.htm |
| Stick insects and cockroaches | Phasmids &c | http://tony.presse.free.fr/ |
| Various insects | Entomologie | www.entomologie.fr.st |
| Odonata | Dragonflies and Damselflies | david.element.ukgateway.net/dragonflies |
| Odonata | British Dragonfly Society | www.dragonflysoc.org.uk/ |
| Neuroptera | Lacewings and relations | tamu.edu/research/neuropterida/neurowebl |
| UK Moths | Includes pictures of 1133 species | www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/ |
| Butterflies | European butterfly guide | www.butterfly-guide.co.uk |
| Insectline | Information on migratory insects | www.insectline.co.uk ?dead? |
| Neuroptera and Mecoptera | Lacewing allies - good photos | neuropteramecoptera1.htm |
| Orthoptera | Crickets and grasshoppers | grasshoppersandcrickets1.htm |
| Diptera: Tachinidae | British tachinid flies (parasitoids) | http://tachinidae.org.uk |
| Pests! | Good site with biology of various pest insects | .inra.fr/Internet/Produits/ |
| Stoneflies | Plecoptera of France | invfmr.org/Benthos_P.htm |
| Caddis flies | Trichoptera of France | invfmr.org/sommaireT.htm |
| Lacewings and relatives | Neuroptera of France | invfmr.org/sommaireE.htm |
| Mayfly recording | Ephemeroptera recording scheme | ephemeroptera.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
| Many insects | Garden insects and other animals | www.asmallwildlifegarden.co.uk |
| Veterinary entomology | http://www.roberth.u-net.com/ | |
| Keys, games, links | In French | http://membres.lycos.fr/microcox/ |
| Gaetan de Chatenet | Entomologist and illustrator | coleoptere.com/anglais.html |
| Caterpillars | Identification | whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ |
| Insects in early education | Many links | http://insected.arizona.edu/uli.htm |
| All flies (Diptera) | Dipterists' Forum | Dipterists Forum |
| Hoverflies | Syrph the Net | iol.ie/~millweb/syrph/syrphid.htm |
| Garden insects | (Aldershot) | http://www.mybitoftheplanet.com |
| Kralingen | Insects in a Dutch park | kralingen.nl?pag=/n/kapoentjes.html |
| Essex Moth Group | essexmoths.dsl.pipex.com/ | |
| Leaf miners | All British miners | http://www.leafmines.co.uk/ |
| German Hymenoptera | Bees, wasps and ants | hymenoptera.de/nuke/html/ |
| Neuroptera: lacewings &c. | Portal for Int. Ass. Neuropterology | NEUROPTERA.COM - Home |
| Macrophotography | Polish insects (English page) | robertpiwko.webpark.pl/nazwy.html |
| What's This Caterpillar? | Identifying British caterpillars | http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ |
| UK Butterflies | UK Butterflies | |
| Diptera | Flies forum | diptera.info/news.php |
| Illustration nature | French photographic site | illustration-nature.com/site_photos/ |
| ARKive | All animals | http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/ |
| Caterpillars | Identification | http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ |
| Phasmids | Stick insects | http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/phasmids.html |
| Entomopix | Belgian gallery (in french) | http://users.skynet.be/fa213618/ |
| BugGuide | Very good USA/Canada site | http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740 |
| BugsandWeeds | Wildlife in north Lincolnshire | http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/index.html |
| Virtual Lakeland Fauna | Amazing Cumbrian site | http://www.lakelandwildlife.co.uk/ |
| British Arachnological Society | Spiders, harvesters and pseudo-scorpions | www.salticus.demon.co.uk |
| David Element | British spider photographs | David Element's Wildlife Web Page Spiders 1 |
| Nick's spiders | English site, includes Mediterranean species | Nick's Spiders of Britain and Europe |
| Essex Field Club | Spiders of Essex and the Thames Valley | www.essexfieldclub.org.uk |
| Opiliones | World list | tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/OpilRpt1.txt |
| Pseudoscorpions | Pseudoscorpion recorders group | Galea No. 4 - 2001 |
| Thumbnail gallery | Spiders of NW Europe | www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/thumbnails/ |
| Spiders of NW Europe | And elsewhere - the big site | www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/spidhome.htm |
| Centipedes and millipedes | British Myriapod and Isopod Group | www.bmig.org.uk/ |
| Woodlice | British Myriapod and Isopod Group | www.bmig.org.uk/ |
| Birds | Watch birds from your train seat | How wild is your train journey? |
| Mitcham birds | http://www.btinternet.com/~gary.c.davis/ | |
| Wild boar in Uk | Sus scrofula - not to be messed with! | http://www.britishwildboar.org.uk/ |
| Wildfile | Good listing of wide range of wildlife sites | Wildfile |
| Are they plants? | Lichens | http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/microbes/lichen.htm |
| British Lichen Society | Lichens | http://www.thebls.org.uk/ |
Conservation, educational, entomological and
ecological organisations
| The Bug Club | For younger people especially | www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub |
| The Amateur Entomologists's Society | For anyone | www.theaes.org |
| British Entomological and Natural History Society | BENHS | www.benhs.org.uk/benhs.html |
| The Royal Entomological Society | RES | Royal Entomological Society |
| The Woodland Trust | Protecting and growing woodland | www.woodland-trust.org.uk |
| Wildlife Trusts | Links to all local Wildlife Trusts | www.wildlifetrust.org/ |
| Sorby Natural History Society | Studies in the Sheffield area | www.shu.ac.uk/sorby/ |
| Essex Field Club | More than just ladybirds! | www.essexfieldclub.org.uk |
| London Natural History Society | LNHS | www.users.globalnet.co.uk/lnhsweb/ |
| Assn. des Coléoptérists de la Région Parisienne | French beetlers | http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dewailly |
| British Ecological Society | BES | http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/ |
| Daily wildlife news | http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm | |
| Biological recording in Cheshire | rECOrd | www.consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk/lrc/index.htm |
| Invertebrate Conservation Trust | Buglife | http://www.buglife.org.uk/ |
| Worcestershire Records | http://www.wbrc.org.uk/WorcRecd/ | |
| Colchester Natural History Society | Colchester Natural History Society | |
| L'Association Manche-Nature | Survey of Manche ladybirds | http://manche.nature.free.fr/ |
| London Environmental Education Forum | LEEF | (LEEF) |
| World listing of phenology organisations | Phenology worldwide | EPN Database |
| Biological recording in Cheshire | rECOrd | Biodiversity Information System / Cheshire Records |
| Derby Natural History Society | myweb.tiscali.co.uk/derbnathist/ | |
| Hertfordshire biological recording | Hertfordshire Biological Records Centre | |
| Netherlands Entomological Society | NEV | Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging |
| Biological recording in Suffolk | Suffolk Biological Records Centre | |
| Biodiversity audit in Yorkshire | Yorks and Humber Biodiversity Forum | |
| Yorkshire Naturalists' Union | YNU | Yorkshire Naturalists' Union |
| Northamptonshire Wildlife | Maps, pictures, lists | Northamptonshire Wildlife |
| Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union | The Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union | |
| Nature Detectives | On-line science project for under-18s | free online science project |
| Ulster WLT | Buy the CD! | The Wildlife Album Online |
| NBN | National Biodiversity Network | http://www.nbn.org.uk/ |
| Shropshire Biodiversity Partnership | Shropshire | http://www.naturalshropshire.org.uk/ |
| IVN | Biological recording in Belgium | instnat.be/content/ |
| Derbys & Notts Entomological Society | DANES | danes-insects.org.uk/harlequin.htm |
| La Société Guernesiaise | Guernsey wildlife and history | http://www.societe.org.gg/ |
| Mammals Trust | http://www.mtuk.org/ | |
| Small Woods Association | Conserving small British woods | www.smallwoods.org.uk/115_Home.asp |
| Planete Passion | Wildlife and conservation in France | http://www.planetepassion.com/ |
Natural sites of entomological and other natural interest
| Hainault Forest | http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/ | |
| Kralingen | A park in the Netherlands | http://www.insekten.in.kralingen.nl/ |
| Derbyshire | Bill Grange's site | Derbyshire Landscapes and Wildlife |
| Nature Diaries | Various websites and blogs | Nature Diaries |
| Sheffield Green Spaces | Greenspace in Sheffield | |
| Spain | Various plants and animals | Espacio Natural - Galería |
| New York | The Wild Side of NY | pbs.org/wnet/nature/wildside/resc.html |
| Sites of importance for biodiversity | Derbyshire | Introduction to Important Sites in Derbyshire |
| Wildlife Trust reserves | Essex | Essex Wildlife Trust |
| Nature reserves, woods, park | Bromley | London Borough of Bromley: LNRs |
| Walks and sites | Bexley | Bexley Council - Walks in the Borough |
| Woods and parks | Barnet | Walks and Trails |
| Parks and nature reserves | Barking and Dagenham | Country Parks and Nature Reserves |
| Abney Park Cemetery | Old cemetery in Stoke Newington | Abney Park Cemetery Trust: nature reserve |
| Sydenham Hill Nature Reserve | Remnant of Great North Wood | A relic of the Great North Wood |
| Biodiversity in Fulham and Hammersmith | LBHF | |
| Habitats and species | Hillingdon | LBH Online |
| Nature reserves | Islington | Islington - getting green |
| Leyton Water Works reserve | Former filter beds on Lea Bridge Road | Independent Online |
| Local nature reserves | Merton - pdf | merton lnr s.pdf |
| Rainham Marshes | RSPB reserve | Rainham Marshes |
| Nature conservation | Redbridge | Redbridge Now |
| SE London Greenchain | Walks across S.E. London | greenchain |
| Woods and parks | Sutton | Wilderness Island |
| Mitcham Common - including site maps | Gary Davis' pages | Mitcham Common birds |
| London Parks | http://parkexplorer.org.uk/ | |
| Natural and other interests | London Cemeteries | http://www.londoncemeteries.co.uk/ |
| London Local Nature Reserves | Comprehensive information | http://www.english-nature.org.uk/text_version/special/lnr |
| Judy Woods | West Yorkshire | http://www.judywoods.dial.pipex.com/ |
| English Nature - English protected sites | Nature on the map | http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/ |
| Virtual Lakeland Fauna | Wildlife of Cumbria | http://www.lakelandwildlife.co.uk/ |
Other surveys - your
observations will be welcome
| Stag beetle survey | http://website.lineone.net/~djharvey/ | |
| British Trust for Ornithology | Garden Bird Watch | www.bto.org/gbw/gbwhome.htm |
| Nature's calendar | Phenological study | www.woodland-trust.org.uk/phenology |
| Nature detectives | For under-18s | Nature Detectives - free online science project |
| British Waterways | Water vole survey | vole patrol |
| Ecocrimes | Working against environmental crimes | http://www.ecocrimes.org/ |
| Cuddly things | The Mammal Society - surveys | abdn.ac.uk/mammal/ |
| Malachius aeneus | Malachite beetle survey | malachite_beetle.htm |
| Ancient tree hunt | Find, map and preserve ancient trees | ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk/ |
| Oz stamps | Australian Post Office | auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/bugs/ |
| Beetles | Beetles on stamps (in French) | patrice.bonafonte.free.fr/coleos/ |
Entomological
journals, booksellers etc.
| Pemberley Books | www.pembooks.demon.co.uk |
| Classey (entomological literature) | www.classeybooks.com |
| Blackwells | blackwell.co.uk/bobuk/scripts/welcome.jsp |
| Naturalists' Handbooks | www.biologists.com/web/other/naturalist |
| Peregrine Productions: identification charts | www.bombus.freeserve.co.uk |
| Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation | http://www.entrecord.com |
| Scientific journal search | medbioworld.com/bio/journals/insect.html |
| The Coleopterist | www.coleopterist.org.uk/ |
| Surrey Wildlife Trust | Surrey Wildlife Trust - Publications |
| Lopinga Books: Essex and France | Welcome to Lopinga Books Online Shop |
| Subbuteo Books | www.wildlifebooks.com |
| Entomologist's Gazette and Entomologist's Monthly Magazine | www.gempublishing.co.uk |
| Atropos (butterflies, moths, dragonflies) | Untitled Document |
| Chez Decitre - for French language books | Bienvenue chez Decitre... |
| Pennine Books | Shop |
| International Code of Zoological Nomenclature | iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp |
| New Zealand Entomologist | http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/ |
| Pensoft: East European publishers | http://www.pensoft.net/ |
| Open Access Journals Directory | http://www.doaj.org/ |
| Applied Ecology & Environmental Research | http://www.ecology.kee.hu/ |
| Conservation Ecology | http://www.consecol.org/ |
| Highway Bookshop, Witham, Essex | http://highwaybookshop.seekbooks.co.uk/ |
| Complete works of Charles Darwin | http://www.darwin-literature.com/ |
| FetchBook - searches many sites | http://www.fetchbook.co.uk/ |
| International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature | http://www.iczn.org |
| Information services for biological sciences | http://www.biosis.com |
| Charles Darwin: all his writing available on-line | http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin2/ |
| Bulletins of the Irish Biogeographical Society | www.irishbiogeographicalsociety.com/listings.htm |
| Belgian forum on ladybirds - multi-language | Coccinula |
| BirdForum - has a section for insects - very good for shieldbugs | BirdForum - Dedicated To Wild Birds |
| General UK wildlife group | Ukwildlife |
| General UK entomology group | British_insects |
| British beetles group | Beetles_britishisles |
| British flowering plants group | UKBotany |
| French insect group - in French | Insecte-uef |
| British hoverfly (Syrphidae) group | UK-Hoverflies |
| British Lepidoptera - mainly butterflies | UK-Leps |
| London fungus group | Londonfungi |
| London invertebrates - LNHS members only | LNHS |
| Allotment and kitchen gardeners' group | Kitchengardens |
| General wildlife group with an insect thread | Wild about Britain |
| UK Phenology Network | Phenology forum |
| Wildlife photography | Wildlife-photography |
| Le Monde des Insectes | www.insecte.org |
| Gardening in the UK (not organically oriented) | Gardenweb |
Maps and mapping
Find out where you are - essential for
biological recording!
| Multimap | Log in your postcode - get the grid reference! | http://www.multimap.com/ |
| London Boroughs | cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/maps/london_map.htm | |
| Ordnance Survey | Mainly commercial | http://www.multimap.com/ |
| Postcode finder | If you don't know the postcode for Multimap | http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm |
| Streetmap | Get a local map | http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ |
| Magic map | Overlays of land use, conservation areas &c | http://www.magic.gov.uk/website/magic/ |
| Google map | Aerial photographs of much of the world | http://maps.google.com/ |
| Hot-maps | Maps of Germany and elsewhere | http://www.hot-maps.de/ |
| DMap | Make your own distribution maps | http://www.dmap.co.uk/ |
| Lakeland Fauna | Species maps of Cumbria by Parish | http://www.lakelandwildlife.co.uk/ |
Resources
Web sites with general information, photo galleries &c
| ImageBank | Exchange biological photographs | http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank/ |
| Open WorldCat | Find books in a library near you | http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/how/default.htm |
| LondonFreeList | Not scientific - do something cheaply in London | http://www.londonfreelist.com/home.asp |
Other things
Plants, gardening and agriculture
| The Henry Doubleday Research Association | Organic gardening | www.hdra.org.uk |
| Chase Organics | Organic catalogue | http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/ |
| Green Gardener | Garden products | www.greengardener.co.uk |
| The Soil Association | Organic farming | www.soilassociation.org/SA/SAWeb.nsf/!Open |
| Biodiversity of Urban Gardens in Sheffield | B.U.G.S. | www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/bugs/ |
| Native plants of your area - log in your post code | BMNH | www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/ |
| The Cottage Garden Society | CGS | thecgs.org.uk |
| British Cactus and Succulent Society | www.bcss.org.uk/index.html | |
| Mentha | Mints | www.mentha.info/ |
| S. E. Essex Organic Gardeners | Garden organic | seeog/newsletter/newsletter.htm |
| Biology of various 'pest' insects | Pests | www.inra.fr/Internet/Produits/HYPPZ/pa.htm |
| Roy's wildlife garden | www.asmallwildlifegarden.co.uk | |
| Plants for a future: 7000 useful plants | http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html | |
| W. Robinson & Son seedsmen | Large veg. | http://www.mammothonion.co.uk |
| Wessex Horticultural Products | http://www.wessexhort.co.uk/ | |
| Microorganisms in soil | Living Soil | http://www.livingsoil.co.uk/ |
| Is ragwort a problem in our fields? | Ragwort | http://www.ragwortfacts.com/ |
| List of all mail order seed companies | http://www.plant-seed-mailorder.org.uk/ | |
| International Euphorbia Society | Euphorbiaceae | International Euphorbia Society |
| Urban forestry | NUFU | National Urban Forestry Unit |
| Wildlife Gardening | Suffolk WLT | Welcome To Wildlife Gardening |
| Wildlife and Countryside Services | Wildlife & Countryside Services | |
| Wildlife Gardening | RHS | Wild About Gardens |
| The Wildlife Gardening Co. | Space For Nature: wildlife gardens | |
| Growing in the Lea Valley | Organic Lea | http://www.organiclea.org.uk/news.html |
| Mushrooms and other fungi - all you need to know! | Roger's Mushrooms | http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/ |
| London Farmers' Markets | Buy local! | http://www.lfm.org.uk/markets.asp |
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Photography
| London Camera Exchange | http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/home.php | |
| Sheffield Photographic Society | Sheffield Photographic Society | |
| Sheffield's best photographic shop | Harrison Cameras - Welcome | |
| Digital camera specifications | Good comparison engine | http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs.asp |
| The Tour of France | The greatest sporting event of the year | www.letour.fr/ |
| British Eurosport | Best TV channel for cycling: fixtures, history, results | www.eurosport.co.uk/home/ |
| QPR Official site | For those with hope? | www.qpr.co.uk/ |
| Cycling | Up-to-date information and comment | www.eurocyclingnews.rivals.net |
| Cycling | ditto | www.thedailypeloton.com |
| SUFC - Blades | United - the best team in Yorkshire? | sufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home |
| SWFC - Owls | Wednesday - just to show we're not prejudiced | swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home |
| Soccerway | Everything else you need to know about footy | SoccerWay - just Soccer |
| Giro d'Italia | Giro home page | gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/eng/ |
| La Vuelta | Vuelta Ciclista Espana | http://www.lavuelta.com/indexf.html |
| UCI News | Union Cycliste Internationale - all big races and leagues | http://62.50.72.82/home.asp |
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