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Societies, Foundations & Associations in the City of Manchester, in the Greater Metropolitan CountyLancashire & Cheshire

Ornithological Links
The websites listed here may be of interest to any visitors to the L.O.S. website. Please note that while only appropriate sites will be listed the L.O.S. cannot be responsible for the content of any other website.


Wildlife liaison Officer for Wigan Police:  PC Mark Ryding 0161 856 7325, mobile 07736 769601

Visit the official Greater Manchester birding website 
Web-master &  County Recorder, Ian Mckerchar  (Rarities), Greater Manchester

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council's site covers all aspects of tourism and social needs.
Find out all about the Boroughs plans for “GREENHEART”  www.visitgreenheart.com

Information on insects, plants, birds in the Chorley (Lancashire) area.

Holidays and trips around the world and UK
I can whole heartedly recommend the above company, we used them recently for our trip to Southern Spain, every aspect was organised and turned out spot on. We were especially pleased that we had the services of Margaret Addison who was attentive to our needs as a group and her quick response to e-mail queries was magnificent.
Spain:             http://www.guesthouseinspain.co.uk/      guided or self-guided Bird watching holidays with Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Southern Spain.

British Trust for Ornithology Web Site 
The
 British Trust for Ornithology has existed since 1933 as an independent, scientific research trust, investigating the populations, movements and ecology of wild birds in the British Isles. Visit their site for more information.
BTO partner organisations
Countryside Council for Wales


Countryside Survey 2000


Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland


Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions


English Nature


Game Conservancy Trust


Joint Nature Conservation Committee


The Mammal Society


Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food


The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)


Scottish Environment Protection Agency


Scottish Natural Heritage


Scottish Ornithologists Club


Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

BTO volunteers and their projects
Ringing Groups



Banfield Wood


Dartford Ringing Group


Doncaster & District Ornithological Society


Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society
Including the "Famous Grouse Ringing Group"


Merseyside Ringing Group


North Lancashire Ringing Group


North West Norfolk Ringing Group
Good examples of valuable long-term studies.


Rye Meads Ringing Group
Watch out for low-flying Snipe!


Wash Wader Ringing Group

Ornithological Museums and Libraries
Natural History Museum Bird Group at Tring


Norfolk Online Library Services


The British Library National Sound Archive wildlife section


University of East Anglia Library

Other projects and organisations
Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town


BBCi Suffolk


BirdWatch Ireland (Fingal Branch)


Institute for Bird Populations


Biosphere Expeditions
A non-profit-making research and conservation organisation offering hands-on wildlife conservation and adventures with a purpose for everyone


Birding UK
A directory of birding links for the UK


BIRDNET
Comprehensive site run by the Ornithological Council, which represents ten North American professional ornithological societies


Brighton & Hove City Council - wildlife information


Edward Grey Institute


EURING (the European Union for Bird Ringing)


Friends of the Earth - Scotland


LIPU UK
Pages managed by BTO volunteer David Lingard


Manx Bird Atlas project


The Science-Lab


Scottish Environmental Data Base


Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan


German Trust for Bird Monitoring


The Sensory Garden
A garden designed specifically to be "Positive About Disabled People". To stimulate the senses and provide a haven of peace, a place to chill-out and unwind from the stress of modern living.


Wetland Birds of Korea


Bird and wildlife information
Bird Forum


British Wildlife


Friends of Tring Reservoirs


"Ornithology.com"
American site, but many interesting links


Talnotry Avian Care Trust Wildlife Centre
Rehabilitation care for birds and wildlife in Northern Ireland


UK Safari

Bird sightings
Birdline South East


Birdline East Anglia


Birdguides

Garden Birds
Bird Clubs Partnership
Beds Bird Club


Bristol Ornithological Club


Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society


Cumbria Bird Club


Durham Bird Club


Fylde Bird Club


Glamorgan Bird Club & Gower Ornithological Society


Kent Ornithological Society


Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society


Leigh Ornithological Society


Northern Ireland Ornithological Club


Reading Ornithological Club


Somerset Ornithological Society


Surrey Bird Club


Sussex Ornithological Society


West Midland Bird Club