Specialist societies relevant to wildlife gardening
 
 
List of specialist natural history groups and organisations
 
This page contains a list ofspecialised societies and organisations which could be useful for people developing strong
interests in particular groups of plants or animals. or other aspects of gardening and wildlife.
 
These are all national organisations, but there are a large number of local or regional naturalists societies, which can
be particularly valuable.
 
It would also be a good idea to contact your local Wildlife Trust, who may be able to put you in touch with other local people with similar interests.
 
Amateur Entomologists' Society
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation       
Amphibian and Reptile Group UK             
Auchenorrhyncha Recording Scheme
    (parasitic flies)                                  
Bat Conservation Trust                          
Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society 
British Arachnological Society (spiders)   
British Bugs (id and recording)               
British Dragonfly Society                        
British Entomological and Natural
   History Society                                 
British Myriapod and Isopod Group
  (woodlice, centipedes and millipedes)   
British Plant Gall Society                        
British Pteridological Society (ferns)        
British Trust for Ornithology                   
Buglife (Invertebrates)                          
Bumblebee Conservation Trust               
Butterfly Conservation                            
Cladocera Interest Group (Water fleas)   
Conchological Society (slugs and snails)  
Cottage Garden Society                         
Dipterists’ forum (flies)                           
Earthworm Society of Britain                  
Federation of City Farms & Community
   Gardens                                              
Freshwater Habitats Trust (ponds)           
Garden for Life (Scotland)
Hardy Orchid Society                              
Hedgehog Street                                    
Horticultural Trades Association               
Learning through Landscapes                  
Living Roofs                                           
Green roof information
Mammal Society                                      
National Forum for Biological Recording   
National Society of Allotment and
  Leisure Gardeners                                
National Trust                                       
Natural England                                     
Natural Resources Wales                         
British Mycological Society (fungi)           
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts                
Scottish Natural Heritage
 
People’s Trust for Endangered Species    
Pesticide Action Network UK                    
Specialist societies relevant to wildlife gardening
 
 
List of specialist natural history groups and organisations
 
This page contains a list of specialised societies and organisations which could be useful for people developing strong interests in particular groups of plants or animals. or other aspects of gardening and wildlife.
 
These are all national organisations, but there are a large number of local or regional naturalists societies, which can be particularly valuable. 
 
It would also be a good idea to contact your local Wildlife Trust, who may be able to put you in touch with other local people with similar interests.