Biodiversity

Helpful contacts

Below is a list of organisations and links to their respective websites which are useful sources of further information on biodiversity.

• Bat Conservation Trust
• Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Trust for Conservation Volunteers (TCV)
• Bug life - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
• Butterfly Conservation Scotland
• The Edinburgh and Lothians Green Space Trust (ELGT)
• Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS)
• Lothians Amphibian and Reptile Group (LARG)
• Lothians and Borders Geo-Conservation Group
• The Pentland Hills Regional Park Service
• RSPB
• Scottish Agricultural College (SAC)
• Scottish Biodiversity Forum
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
• Scottish Water
• The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT)
• Scottish Woodlands
• The Wildlife Information Centre
• Woodland Trust Scotland

Further useful sources of information

Handbook produced to assist with conservation work related to the great crested newt and the legal requirements associated with them.

Great Crested Newt Handbook

The Water Vole Conservation Handbook details the ecology of water voles and how to survey them, as well as what can be done to conserve them. It is available from many online book stores.

Water Vole Conservation Handbook author and publisher details