I would like to thank all those who have been great company on trips and have helped me greatly in developing my photographic and identification skills. David Winnard, Brian Warren, Gavin Ashworth, Jim Kirk, Peter Hill, Bernard Foex, Steve Collins, Steve Atkins, Mick Durham and especially Heather Skaife.

Some Useful links :-

Local Groups.

http://www.rochdalefieldnaturalistssociety.co.uk/  - Rochdale Field Naturalists' Web site

http://www.manchesterbirding.com/index.htm  -  Manchester Birding website

http://www.lancswt.org.uk/index.php  - Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.

http://www.leighos.org.uk/ - Leigh Ornithological Society

http://www.rossendalebird.freeuk.com/ - Rossendale Ornithologists' Club

http://www.deeestuary.co.uk/ - Dee Estuary birding

http://www.lancashiremoths.co.uk/   - Lancashire Moth Group, a site run by Steve Palmer. Its free to join the e-mail group. This site is a very exciting development for all those interested in Moths in Lancashire.

http://www.ukbis.net/cawos/cawosportal.htm  - The Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society

http://fungus.org.uk/nwfg.htm - North West Fungus Groups Website

http://www.woolstoneyes.co.uk/ - Woolston Eyes Conservation Group. Permit needed to visit this site.

East Lancs Birding Site - Forum for local sightings and general birding discussion.

www.wildrossendale.co.uk - Stephen Rush's  excellent site giving details of birds etc in his garden.

http://www.blackburnbirdclub.co.uk  - Blackburn & District Bird Club - site covering Blackburn area

http://fungus.org.uk/nwfg.htm - North West Fungus Groups Website

Liverpool Tide Tables - Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool page.

National resources

http://www.birdguides.com/ -Birdguides - up to date Bird  News from all round the UK

http://www.bto.org/ - British Trust for Ornithology. Get involved with the Bird Atlas  2007-11.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/ - RSPB

http://www.bsbi.org.uk/ - Botanical Society of the British Isles.

http://ukmoths.org.uk/ - UK Moths, Ian Kimber's website which is great for the  ID of Moths

http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/ - Roger Phillips Fungi Website with over 3000 photos of nearly all the species in UK

http://www.dragonflysoc.org.uk/home.html - A good site for Dragonflies for confirming species and sightings/locations from over parts of UK

http://www.bats.org.uk/ - Bat Conservation Trust

http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/ - Wildlife Trusts.

UK Tide Tables - Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, select your coastal town.

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust - WWT is devoted to all things relating to wildfowl

http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/  -  Butterfly Conservation - including Butterfly ID

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/index.php - UK Butterflies

Ladybird Survey Site - Information on Ladybirds, including ID

Bumblebee Identification - Natural History Museum site dealing with bumblebees

MapMate Recording and Mapping Software - An inexpensive but powerful tool for recording birds and other groups

Wildlife Images

http://www.north-west-wildlife.co.uk  - Pete Stevens site containing 100's of photos of wildlife. The web master of this site.

http://www.back-garden-moths.co.uk/  - Back Garden Moths. A Very useful site run by Simon Wantling. Lots of photos to help with ID's

http://www.kinharviephotographics.co.uk/ -  Mick Durham's great site. Images for sale. Fantastic shots of Otters, Peregrine and Merlin. Mick will be giving a talk to the society in March 2009.

http://www.paulhobson.co.uk/ - Paul Hobson Photography. Paul gave a brilliant talk to the society on 11/10/07 "Travels through Africa"

http://www.suesbirdphotos.co.uk/ - Sue Tranter's photo's

http://www.grayimages.co.uk/ - Sean Gray's images

http://pauladamsphotography.co.uk/index.html  - Under the Black Hill, Paul Adams's photos

http://stevenround-birdphotography.com/ - Steve Round's photo's