Links to other Sites
Here is a selection of good-quality sites that I have personally checked.
If you come across any broken links (because people sometimes change their web addresses without notice) please
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A list of local links for my area of South London is at the end.
Space for Nature: www.wildlife-gardening.org.uk
Richard Burkmar's excellent and topical wildlife gardening site.
Wildlife Gardening With Jenny Steel: www.wildlife-gardening.co.uk
Jenny Steel is an author who also gives courses in wildlife gardening.
English Nature's wildlife gardening page:
www.english-nature.org.uk/Nature_In_The_Garden
Lots of tips, and a host of leaflets you can download.
British Garden Birds: www.garden-birds.co.uk
An independent site by David Gains, topical and full of information.
'Wild About Gardens': www.wildaboutgardens.org
A site set up jointly by the Wildlife Trusts and the RHS
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The Royal Horticultural Society's biodiversity page: www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity
Includes a downloadable transcript of the conference "Gardens: Heaven or Hell for Wildlife?" sponsored by the RHS in 2002.
Butterfly Conservation: www.butterfly-conservation.org
Website of the UK's national moth and butterfly conservation organisation. Members of Butterfly Conservation can complete an annual garden butterfly survey.
UK Moths: www.ukmoths.org.uk
An on-line identification guide to the moths of Britain and Ireland, with over a thousand pictures.
Back Garden Moths: www.back-garden-moths.co.uk
Another excellent site with forums and a gallery, designed to encourage an awareness of UK moths.
Biodiversity in Urban Gardens: www.bugs.group.shef.ac.uk
Website of the BUGS projects at Sheffield University, important on-going scientific research to assess the role of gardens as wildlife habitat. You can download the published scientific papers from BUGS 1 as pdf files. BUGS 2 is now in progress. (For a very readable layperson's summary of the results, see Ken Thompson's book 'No Nettles Requred' - details on my Reading page.)
My Garden - A Garden through the Season: www.mygarden.me.uk
Interesting site about a private garden in Criccieth, north Wales (not open to the public) which contains lots of exotics but is still supporting biodiversity.
The Bumblebee Pages: www.bumblebee.org
Laura Smith's bumblebee site is a mine of information about bumblebees, a group of insects that can benefit very readily from wildlife-friendly gardening.
Solitary Bees and Things www.insectpix.net
Site about solitary bees and some of their favourite flowers, from Nigel Jones in Shropshire
NEW! The Kids Garden www.thekidsgarden.co.uk
Excellent site with lots of ideas for creative gardening with children, including suggestions involving garden wildlife.
The Big Buzz www.thebigbuzz.biz
Personal website and blog from a wildlife gardener, photographer, and poet in Yorkshire
My Wildlife Friendly Garden www.mywildlifefriendlygarden.com
Another nice personal site from a widlife gardener showing that you don't have to have a huge garden to attract wildlife.
Bumblebee Conservation Trust www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk
Founded in the Summer of 2006, off to a great start with over 800 members. Bumblebees are one group of species where gardeners can make a real difference. Among other things, the Trust's website and Newsletters have notes about garden plants for bumblebees.
Robert Burton's Nature Notes
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rwburton/naturenotes
Back numbers (reachable via the 'My Garden' link on the site) include interesting short articles about a number of garden species of birds and insects.
Froglife: www.froglife.org
Conserving Britain's reptiles and Amphibians
Buglife: www.buglife.org.uk
A national invertebrate conservation organisation.
Bat Conservation Trust www.bats.org.uk Gardeners can help bats by growing plants that support the insects that bats feed on.
National Moth Night www.nationalmothnight.info
Info about National Moth Night (every September) and how you can take part
British Trust for Ornithology: www.bto.org
Gardeners can take part in the weekly Garden Bird Watch.
Nature's Calendar: UK Phenology Network: www.phenology.org.uk
You can get involved in recording changes in natural phenomena.
Swifts: www.londons-swifts.org.uk This site has lots of information, not just for London, and links to other Swift sites. Swifts are insectivorous birds that spend their lives in the air and never touch the ground. They migrate here from Africa and breed in nooks and crannies in urban buildings between May and July, hunting for insects above our gardens and parks. You can fix special Swift next boxes under the eaves of your house or flats to help them.
British Trees: www.woodland-trust.org.uk/britishtrees
Well-designed and informative site about growing native trees.
Other Sites with useful Links Pages
These good-quality independent sites have useful links pages for wildlife gardeners:
Debby's Garden links: www.debbysgardenlinks.co.uk
Includes a wildlife and wildflowers page with links to lots of sites
Naturenet: www.naturenet.net/index.php
Highly-regarded information resource about biodiversity and nature conservation in Britain
Wildfile: www.mylinkspage.com/wildfile.html
Aims to help internet users to reach information on UK wildlife and other environmental themes. Has a wildlife gardening page.
Greenchoices: www.greenchoices.org
Aims to provide simple, direct information on green alternatives.
Local links
London Wildlife Trust: www.wildlondon.org.uk And here's a link to a page about LWT's Centre for Wildlife Gardening in Peckham: wildlondon.org.uk/reserve.php?reserve_id=73
London Wildweb: wildweb.london.gov.uk/LW2/Wonders.do
20 wildlife wonders of the London area, several of which will share your garden with you, if you look after it with their needs in mind.
London Biodiversity Partnership: Action Plan
www.lbp.org.uk/londonhabspp.html
London Bat Group: www.londonbats.org.uk
London Natural History Society: www.lnhs.org.uk
Long-established membership organisation devoted to studying, recording, and conserving wildlife in the London region. Has many events and regular publications.
London Borough of Bromley: A well-written guide to greening Bromley's Gardens www.bromley.gov.uk/leisure/gardeningandallotments/greening_bromleys_gardens.htm
London Borough of Bromley: Local Biodiversity Action Plan www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/biodiversity_action_plan.htm
Darwin at Downe: www.bromley.org/ciswebpl/darwin/index.asp
Charles Darwin's home and neighbourhood in the village of Downe, in the London Borough of Bromley, are being proposed
as a World Heritage Site.
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