Links

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Local groups

Local
LBS Facebook Page
Lancashire and Merseyside Botany Facebook
MNA Naturalists Blog
Merseyside Naturalists Association
North West Fungus Group
Merseyside Biobank
rECOrd Cheshire Local BRC
MykoGolfer Fungus page of Tony Carter

other National

Other National
British Wildflowers http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk/
Botany department at World Museum Liverpool
/www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/collections/botany/
NBN Gateway For species maps for all flora and fauna
Trees and Shrubs Online https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/
A modern reference to temperate woody plants, a web-based encyclopaedia of woody plants hardy in the temperate parts of the world that is based principally on Bean’s Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX of the BRITISH FLORA including Floras, Herbals, Periodicals, Societies and References relating to the identification, distribution and occurrence of Phanerogams, Vascular Cryptogams and Charophytes in the British Isles compiled by N. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, M.A., F.L.S. is at archive.bsbi.org.uk/SimpsonsIndex.pdf

wildlife trusts

Wildlife Trusts
Cheshire
www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk//
Lancashire
http://www.lancswt.org.uk/index.php

BSBI

Botanical Society of the British Isles have many resources at
Botanical Society of the Britain and Ireland.
The BSBI Plant Atlas 2020 website is now up and running at https://plantatlas2020.org/ and the Atlas itself is at https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas. It is based on over 30 million records and has distribution maps for 3,495 species.
BSBI News archive (1-126 - Jan 1972 to April 2014)
BSBI Watsonia Archive (1948-2010)
Proceedings of the BSBI at http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/proceedings.html
The Botanical Exchange Club archives are at http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/bec_reports.html
Their page for vc58 (Cheshire) is here https://bsbi.org/cheshire and that for VC 59 and 60 (Lancashire) here https://bsbi.org/lancashire
Grid-reference parser (bsbi.org)
Journal of Botany at http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/journal_of_botany.html and also at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/15787#/summary

Local Resources

Local Floras

Liverpool Area
Hall, T.B (1839). A Flora of Liverpool. Walmsley, Liverpool. Whitaker and Co. London.
with an engraved map ; and an appendix, containing meteorological tables & observations for the year 1838, by Wilson Armistead. xvii, 186 pp. : illustrated , fold. Map.

Dickinson, J. (1851).Flora of Liverpool. Transactions of Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Sessions 41/42. (1851-1853). No.7. Appendix. Liverpool and London. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19833#page/255/mode/1up
And a twenty four page supplement in 1855 by Dickinson in Proceedings of Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool volume 9. Appendix 2. At https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50108#page/427/mode/1up

Fisher, H.S. (1855). Remarks on the Flora of Liverpool. Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume 7.
Page 165 - 173. Here https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/7-14-Fisher.pdf

Eckroyd Smith, H., (1861). Botanical Notices. Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume.13. Pages 67-70. Is here. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/13-6-Smith.pdf

Fisher, H.S. (1863). On the British Roses and Brambles occurring in the Liverpool District. Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume. 15. Pages 93-96.
https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/15-6-Fisher.pdf

Fisher, H.S. (1867). The Introduced Plants of the Liverpool District. Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume. 19.
Pages 189-194. Is here. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/19-12-Fisher.pdf

Fisher, H.S. (ed.) (1872). The Flora of Liverpool. Liverpool Naturalists Field Club.
Appendix (Supplements) in 1873, 1875 and 1887.
Covers an area 15 miles around Liverpool and two miles around Southport.
Brown, R. (1873). Appendix to the Flora of Liverpool. Liverpool Naturalists Field Club.
Brown, R. (1875). Second Appendix to the Flora of Liverpool. Liverpool Naturalists Field Club.
Brown, R. (1887). Third Appendix to the Flora of Liverpool. Liverpool Naturalists Field Club.

Green, Conrad Theodore (1902). The Flora of The Liverpool District . D. Marples & Co. Liverpool. Illustrated by Emily Margaret Wood.
Link here https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224522#page/9/mode/1up
Green, C.T. (1933). Flora of the Liverpool District. Second edition. T. Buncle, Arbroath.

Cheshire
De Tabley, Lord (1899). The Flora of Cheshire. Longman, Green and Co., London.
Newton, A. (1971). Flora of Cheshire. Cheshire Community Council, Chester.
Newton, A. (1990). Supplement Flora of Cheshire. A. Newton, Leamington Spa. privately published. 52 pp.

South Lancashire
Savidge, J.P., Heywood,V.H. and Gordon, V. (1963). Travis’s Flora of South Lancashire. Liverpool Botanical Society, Liverpool.

North / West Lancashire
Ashfield, C.J. (1858-65). Flora of Preston and Neighbourhood. Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Transactions. 10-12 and 2-5 (new series) and reprinted as a whole around 1866.
Available here Part 1.volume 10. page 143-164. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10-11-Ashfield.pdf
Part 2. Volume 12. Pages. 127-134. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12-9-Ashfield.pdf
Part 3. Volume.14. Pages 75-80. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14-5-Ashfield.pdf
Part 4. Volume. 17. Pages 181-186. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/17-9-Ashfield.pdf

Preston Scientific Society. (1903). Flora of Preston and Neighbourhood. Preston Scientific Society. 62pp.
Wheldon, J.A and Wilson, A. (1907). The Flora of West Lancashire. Liverpool.
Livermore, L.A. and Livermore, P.D. (1987). The Flowering Plants and Ferns of North Lancashire.
Greenwood, E.F. (2012). Flora of North Lancashire. Palatine Books (Carnegie Publishing). ISBN: 9781874181897. [647 pages, 76 plates and 1250 maps].

Mersey Basin
Greenwood, E. F. (ed.) (1998). Ecology and Landscape Development. A history of the Mersey Basin. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool.

Manchester area
Wood, J.B. (1840). Flora Mancuniensis: or A Catalogue of the Flowering Plants, the Ferns and Their Allies, Found (indigenous) Within Fifteen Miles of Manchester, Arranged According to the Linnaean System ...Manchester Mechanics' Institution Natural History Society. 81 pages.
Grindon, L.H. (1859). The Manchester Flora: a descriptive list of the plants growing wild within eighteen miles of Manchester. William White, London. at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/264298#page/9/mode/1up
also contains an Appendix of Southport Plants. from page 535 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/264298#page/553/mode/1up
Greenless, T. & Holden, T.K. (1919/20). Flora of Bolton. Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist. 1920/21.

Fungi
McLeod, R.G. (1866). On the microscopic fungi of the district around Liverpool. Transactions Of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume. 18. Pages 227-136. Here https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/18-4-McLeod.pdf
Wheldon, H.J. (1912). Lancashire Ascomycetes. Journal of Botany. Volume 59, page 182 - 193. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265549#page/206/mode/1up

Diatoms
Comber, T. (1858). On the Diatomaceae of the neighbourhood of Liverpool. Transactions Of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Volume. 11. Pages 72-82. Here https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/11-4-Comber.pdf

Other Online resources
Journals
Biodiversitylibrary.org have the following journals, proceedings etc.
Proceedings of the Liverpool Biological Society. Volume 1. (1886/7) to 3 (1888/9) at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/63503#/summary
Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society. Volume 4 (1889) to 36 (1922) at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/63504#/summary
Report of the Liverpool Microscopical Society at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12657#/summary
Report of the Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool Numbers 1-11 (1845-1857) at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2369#/summary
The Naturalist by Yorkshire Naturalists Union volumes 1 (1864) to 146 (2021) at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/95438#/summary
The Phytologist at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16388#/summary
The New Phytologist at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/146202#/summary

Mosses, Lichens and Fungi etc.

British Lichen Society
British Bryological Society
North West Fungus Group
MykoGolfer Fungus page of Tony Carter

Recording 1

The Main Links from the Recording session are below and in the Links part of this web site.
The Biological Records Centre (BRC) https://www.brc.ac.uk/  was established in 1964 and provides a national focus for species recording, primarily through support of national species recording schemes and societies.
National Biodiversity Network Atlas. The NBN Atlas is the UK’s largest collection of biodiversity data and to date, holds over 223 million wildlife records from across the UK, the species search is at Species search | NBN Atlas.
Grid-reference parser (bsbi.org) https://database.bsbi.org/gridref.php shows plant species (taxon) lists for hectads (2 x 2 km squares).
•Grid Reference Finder  https://gridreferencefinder.com/ helps you find grid references from post code, location, latitude / longitude or what three words.
GMLRC MapApp https://gmlrc.org/mapapp/ gives you grid references, local record centre area, vc number and squares down to 10 metre level.
Useful Websites
BSBI https://bsbi.org/
LBS https://livbotsoc.weebly.com/
Nature Spot https://www.naturespot.org.uk/
The Wildflower Society https://thewildflowersociety.org.uk/
Hants Plants: a site for botanists in Hampshire Notes from workshops on difficult to identify plants.
ID Guides | Norfolk Flora Group Identification guides from Norfolk.
Ken's Keys (kenadams.org.uk) Ken’s keys to various plant groups.

YouTube Channels
Nature Spot NatureSpot - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@naturespot4518 www.youtube.com/@naturespot4518
BSBI Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/@botanicalsocietyofbritaina7546  www.youtube.com/@botanicalsocietyofbritaina7546
The Wildflower Society The Wild Flower Society - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/@thewildflowersociety8386
Recording Apps and Programmes
INaturalist. A Community for Naturalists · iNaturalist  Record your encounters with other organisms and maintain life lists.
IRecord Home | iRecord a site for managing and sharing your wildlife records.https://irecord.org.uk/
Local Record Centres
Lancashire - Lancashire Environmental Record Network (LERN) LERN - the Lancashire Environment Record Network - Lancashire County Council is a collection, storage and access hub for environmental data in the county.
Greater Manchester Local Record Centre We collect, verify, safeguard and share records relating to species, habitats and sites designated as having local, national and international conservation value.
Merseyside BioBank exists to collect, collate and quality assure information on the natural environment to better inform conservation and decision making for the benefit of Biodiversity in North Merseyside.
Links to over 80in the UK national species recording schemes .
Bird Track BirdTrack | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
eBird eBird - Discover a new world of birding...
Mammal Mapper Mammal Mapper – The Mammal Society
iRecord Butterflies | Butterfly Conservation (butterfly-conservation.org)
iRecord Grasshoppers mobile app | Biological Records Centre (brc.ac.uk)
Leaf Snap LeafSnap - Plant Identifier App, Top Mobile App for Plant Identification
Lens Google Lens – search what you see