Join a local wildlife group or society
There are lots of local groups and national societies across the country that do wildlife recording in a big way.
The Natural History Museum have a list of “Nature Groups Near You” and most of these national specialist societies have local representation as well.
- Amateur Entomologists’ Society
- Amphibian and Reptile Groups UK
- Bat Conservation Trust
- Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society
- British Arachnological Society
- British Bryological Society
- British Entomological and Natural History Society
- British Dragonfly Society
- British Lichen Society
- British Marine Life Study Society
- British Mycological Society
- British Myriapod and Isopod Group
- British Naturalists Society
- British Trust for Ornithology
- Botanical Society of the British Isles
- Butterfly Conservation
- Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Dipterists Forum
- Earthworm Society of Britain
- Mammal Society
- The Wild Flower Society