Links

Welney WWT Centre
Welney Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Reserve is sited not far off the A10, 26 miles north of Cambridge and 12 miles north of Ely. This site tells you all about the facilities available, the seasonal highlights, and has some wonderful photos as well. It's also part of the main WWT site, so gives easy access to information about their other reserves.We are running a trip there on 28th November 2010 to see the winter spectacular of thousands of swans, ducks, geese, and other waterfowl. See the Stort Valley Events section for more details.

The Wildlife Man
The website for Barry Kaufmann-Wright, our speaker in November 2010.

The Countryside Restoration Project
The Countryside Restoration Trust is a farming and conservation charity which aims to protect and restore Britain's countryside with wildlife-friendly and commercially viable agriculture. The Trust is committed to promoting the importance of a living and working countryside through education, demonstration and community involvement. The Countryside Restoration Trust acquires, by purchase and gift, farms and woodland with a view to restore or maintain native wildlife and the traditional appearance of the land by appropriate methods of husbandry. From a start in 1993, when a 40-acre field was bought at Barton, Cambridgeshire, the CRT has acquired nine properties in different parts of England. These total over 1200 acres and include arable and livestock farm, smallholding, woodland and orchard.

Stort Valley Wild
A great site for anyone interested in wildlife in the Stort Valley area. Lots of great pictures, numerous forums on different subjects.

Lee Valley - Birdwatching
The Lee Valley Regional Park is huge - and a great place for birdwatching. This link takes you direct to the birdwatching section, but you can access details about the rest of the Park from here.

Lackford Lakes
Suffolk Wildlife Trust's site on their Lackford Lakes reserve, which lies beside the River Lark and has been created from former gravel pits. Its a wonderfully diverse reserve with meadows, woodland, reed beds and streams, and all year bird interest.

Hertfordshire & Middlesex Wildlife Trust
HMWT is a charity dedicated solely to protecting local wildlife and wild spaces, engaging diverse communities through access to nature reserves, campaigning, volunteering and education.They manage over 43 nature reserves, totallingapproximately 700 hectares, and campaign to save important wildlife habitats, volunteering programmes and wildlife education work.

Hatfield Forest
A National Trust property, SSSI and NNR - and a great place to go birdwatching, take long or leisurely walks, or discover some of the other wildlife.

Essex Wildlife Trust
HMWT is a charity dedicated solely to protecting local wildlife and wild spaces, engaging diverse communities through access to nature reserves, campaigning, volunteering and education.They have 7 Visitor Centres, 87 Nature Reserves, 1 Nature Park and manage 7,200 acres of land, and campaign to save important wildlife habitats, with volunteering programmes and wildlife education work.

BirdGuides
BirdGuides is about better birding through technology. They offer up-to-the-minute news and views on British and Irish birds, comprehensive online and mobile reference, a huge photo library and the best products for birdwatchers everywhere.You have to sign up for some of the services, but the photos are amazing, particularly the competition winners.