The Wildlife Information Centre

Local wildlife groups

General wildlife

• Berwick Wildlife Group
• Edinburgh Natural History Society (ENHS)
• East Lothian Countryside Volunteers (ELCV)
• Scottish Wildlife Trust - Local members centres
• RSPB - Local Groups

Specialised

Botanical

• British Bryological Society - Borders Bryophyte Group
• British Bryological Society - South West and Central Scotland Recording Group

Invertebrates

• Butterfly Conservation - East Scotland Branch
• Butterfly Conservation - Glasgow & SW Scotland Branch
• Edinburgh Entomological Club

Vertebrates

• Lothian Bat Group
• Central Scotland Bat Group
• Lothian & Borders Badger Group
• Central Scotland Badger Group
• Red Squirrels in South Scotland
• Lothian and Borders Mammal Group (LaBMaG)
• Central Scotland Mammal Group. Contact: mammals.clacksandstirling@gmail.com
• Lothian Amphibian and Reptile Group (LARG)
• Central Scotland Amphibian and Reptile Group (CentARG)
• Scottish Ornithologists Club - Local branches
• Scottish Raptor Study Group - Regional branches
• Edinburgh Hawkwatch
• Forth Seabird Group

National wildlife groups and recording schemes

A comprehensive list of national recording schemes can be found on the Biological Records Centre's website.

Botanical

• Botanical Society of Scotland (BSS)
• Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
• BSBI Scotland
• Plantlife- Scotland
• Wildflower Society
• British Pteridological Society
• British Bryological Society
• British Lichen Society
• British Phycological Society
• Scottish Fungi

Vertebrates

• Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
• Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK
• Froglife Scotland
• RSPB - Scotland
• Scottish Ornithologists Club
• Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme

Invertebrates

• Aquatic Coleoptera Conservation Trust
• Buglife - Scotland
• Butterfly Conservation - Scotland
• British Arachnological Society (BAS)
• British Dragonfly Society
• British Myriapod and Isopod Group
• Earthworm Society of Britain
• Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme
• UK Hoverflies public group (affiliated with Hoverfly Recording Scheme)
• Orthoptera Recording Scheme

Other conservation organisations

• Borders Forest Trust
• TCV Scotland
• Esk Valley Trust
• Green Action Trust
• Marine Biological Association (MBA)
• The Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN)
• National Trust for Scotland
• Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
• Scottish Wildlife Trust
• Southern Uplands Partnership
• Tweed Forum
• Water of Leith Conservation Trust
• Woodland Trust - Scotland
• Freshwater Habitats Trust

Government agencies for wildlife

• NatureScot
• Scottish Enivronment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Forestry and Land Scotland

Local Biodiversity Action Plans

• City of Edinburgh LBAP
• Midlothian LBAP
• Scottish Borders LBAP
• West Lothian LBAP (under related documents)
• Stirling LBAP (1.87 MB)
• Clackmannanshire LBAP (7.82 MB)

Countryside rangers

• Countryside Rangers - East Lothian
• Countryside Rangers - Edinburgh
• Countryside Rangers - Midlothian
• Countryside Rangers - Scottish Borders
• Countryside Rangers - West Lothian
• Historic Environment Scotland Ranger Service
• National Trust for Scotland Ranger Service
• Pentland Hills Regional Park
• Hopetoun Rangers

Recording in Scotland and the UK

• Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC)
• National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas
• Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC)
• Biological Records Centre

Neighbouring Local Environmental Record Centres

• Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
• Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centres
• Environmental Records Information Centre for the North East of England (ERIC)
• Fife Nature Records Centre
• Glasgow Museums Biological Records Centre. Contact: Biological.records@glasgowlife.org.uk
• "Lorn Natural History Group (LNHG)"
• "Find an LERC Map"

Citizen science projects

• i-spot
• Earthworms in Compost
• Froglife's Dragon Finder project
• Scottish Cinnabar Moth Survey
• Seasearch
• Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count
• RHS' Cellar Slug Hunt
• BTO's Garden BirdWatch
• TWIC Hedgehog survey
• TWIC Spots and Stripes Survey
• TWIC Record a Raptor Survey
• TWIC Scottish Spider Search Survey
• TWIC Record a Brown Hare Survey

Online recording

• iRecord (hosted by the Biological Records Centre)
• Consultants Portal (developed by NBN Trust and hosted by the Biological Records Centre)

Wildlife activities for children

• Scottish Wildlife Trust- Edinburgh Wildlife Watch Group
• Scottish Wildlife Trust- North Berwick Wildlife Watch Group
• Other Wildlife Watch Groups for Children in Scotland

Other

• Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre
• PAS (Planning Aid for Scotland) - Free and impartial advice about the planning system

TWIC is a company limited by guarantee - registered in Scotland No. SC234339. A recognised Scottish Charity SC034113. This project is supported by NatureScot.