LOCAL
WILDLIFE SITES
WILDLIFE
DIARY FOR EMSWORTH -
www.emsworthwildlife.com
Daily
wildlife observations and photographs from Emsworth
and the surrounding area, plus information about
garden birds and a local wildlife study group.
FRIENDS
OF HOLLYBANK WOODS - http://www.hants.org.uk/hollybank-woods/
A
great local wildlife site with a daily Woodland Diary
edited by Andy Brook
FRIENDS
OF NORE BARN WOODS - http://www.norebarnwoods.org.uk
Another
local conservation group web site who are helping to
manage this small woodland area to the west of
Emsworth.
SLIPPER
MILLPOND PRESERVATION
ASSOCIATION
- http://www.smppa.org.uk/
The
tidal-filled Slipper Mill Pond lies to the East of
Emsworth where the River Ems enters Chichester Harbour
and the sea. It is a unique brackish wildlife habitat
with: over 25 species of birds, more than 60 different
plants and trees on its banks, * breeding ground for
many fish, especially grey mullet, many different
animals in its muddy bottom - 2 protected species of
mud invertebrates and an interesting tube worm. This
historic pond dating from the 1760s has 34 owners who
have charged the Slipper Mill Pond Preservation
Association with its care and maintenance for the
quiet enjoyment of the public.
FRIENDS
OF EMSWORTH MILLPOND
- http://www.emsworthmillpond.org.uk/
A
new conservation group to keep the millpond free of
rubbish and looking its best for the enjoyment of
residents and visitors and the safety of its bird
population. A walk around the Mill Pond brings a great
deal of pleasure and enjoyment.
RALPH
HOLLINS - LOCAL WILDLIFE HIGHLIGHTS
-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ralph.hollins/
Great
news is that Ralph revived his web site in October
2006 which he closed on his 75th birthday in July
2006. Ralph is our premier local naturalist and
maintains a data base of all wildlife sightings for
the area centred on Havant. In addition to his current
diary and weekly summary the web site also has maps
and directions on how to get to sites of interest as
well as lots of other useful information.
JOHN
GOODSPEED
- HAVANT
NATURE - http://www.havantnature.net/
A
local wildlife magazine focussing on the
Havant/Portsmouth area plus some absolutely super
wildlife pictures.
JOHN
VIGAY - SOUTH DOWNS GROUP - http://www.vigay.com/wildlife/
Includes
a
South Downs page and lots of information about other
nature reserves in the area.
ALAN
THURBON - PORTSMOUTH
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/alanthurbon/
Excellent
site for information about wildlife sites and reserves
in Portsmouth. Also has a useful page on Hampshire
Conservation Volunteers.
BRANDY
HOLE COPSE - http://www.brandyholecopse.org.uk/
Chichester's
first local Nature Reserve. Walk through 15 acres of
woodland. Three ponds. Pre Roman dyke. Evidence of
Smugglers caves. WW II Defences .
GEORGE
SPRAGGS - BIRDWATCHING -
http://www.bird-watching.co.uk/
A
web site with an excellent gallery of bird photos run
by a young and very enthusiastic local birder based in
Hayling Island.
JASON
CROOK'S BIRDING LOCAL -
http://www.geocities.com/jasoncrookuk/
Bird news, lists and photos in the Havant and
Langstone Harbour area, including Farlington Marshes
from this prominent local birdwatcher.
PETER'S
PURPLE PAGES
- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.raby2/
Another
great web site for bird photos from Peter Raby.
HAMPSHIRE
ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY -
http://www.hos.org.uk/
The basic site for the HOS with information about
surveys, sites, meetings, conservation, etc.
HAMPSHIRE
WILDLIFE TRUST - http://www.hwt.org.uk/
The Trust is the leading wildlife charity in Hampshire
and the Isle of Wight, responsible for over 50
wildlife reserves representing more than 6000 acres of
valuable wildlife habitat. Work closely with
conservation volunteers, members of the public, land
owners and a wide range of organisations to conserve
wildlife in town and countryside.
SUSSEX
ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY - http://www.sos.org.uk/
Excellent
site with all recent sightings and news.
CHICHESTER
HBR CONSERVANCY:
- http://www.conservancy.co.uk/
“Chichester
Harbour Conservancy is in an Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty comprising 11 square miles of water and
11 square miles of land with 17 miles of well marked
and lighted channels which, with its easy access to
the Solent, makes it an ideal water recreation centre.
There are many inter-related activities such as
sailing, fishing, walking and wildfowling as well as
nearly 9,000 vessels over 3 metres in length, 3,200
moorings, 2,000 berths in four marinas and 14 sailing
clubs.”
CHICHESTER
HARBOUR WILDFOWLERS
ASSOCIATION
- http://www.chwa.org/
Chichester
Harbour Wildfowlers Association was formed in 1956 due
directly to the 1954 Protection of Birds Act and the
growing need to protect the interests of the local
Wildfowler and help to sustain the legal pursuit of
Ducks, Geese and Waders below the Sea Wall.
BRENT
LODGE BIRD HOSPITAL - http://www.brentlodge.org/
“Brent
Lodge is a bird and wildlife hospital, founded in
1978. It is dedicated to the rehabilitation and
release of injured wild creatures, specialising in
birds and small mammals. The hospital is located near
to Chichester in the South of England, on a site of
one and three-quarter acres. With its range of indoor
and outdoor pens, and attendant medical and surgical
facilities, it is one of the best wildlife hospitals
in the U.K. Brent Lodge is a registered charity and
depends entirely upon voluntary help and
donations.”
WWT
ARUNDEL - http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/arundel
RYE
HARBOUR NATURE RESERVE - http://home.clara.net/yates/
News
and information on the reserve with a good map.
“The Nature Reserve is in the Rother District in
the County of East Sussex, England. It lies on the
coast to the south of the Cinque Port town of Rye, to
the west of the River Rother. Within the wider area of
ROMNEY MARSH the land has several national and
international designations of its wildlife interest.
There are eight Sites of Special Scientific Interest
(SSSI), a candidate Special Protection Area (SPA), a
candidate Ramsar wetland site, a potential Special
Area of Conservation (SAC) and an Important Bird Area
(IBA). Rye Harbour Nature Reserve has all these
designations.”
OTHER
EMSWORTH WEB SITES
EMSWORTH
RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION -
http://www.emsworth-residents.co.uk
Monitoring
planning issues that affect Emsworth, Lobbying local
government on behalf of Emsworth residents, Keeping
residents informed on local issues, Encouraging public
debate through open meetings,
EMSWORTH
IN PHOTOGRAPHS - http://www.emsworthinphotographs.com/
This
website is designed to be a photographic record of
Emsworth during the first years of the 21st
century.
. . . from David Linington of Emsworth Web
Designs
- http://www.emsworthwebdesigns.co.uk
THE
EMSWORTH DIRECTORY - http://www.emsworth.info/index.htm
Your
one stop online information centre for everything
going on in Emsworth from from Phil Gale
EMSWORTH
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION - http://www.emsworth.org.uk/
EMSWORTH
ONLINE - http://www.emsworth.vir.co.uk/
Complete
re-design in 2005 with new graphics, more content and
the strategic goal of more interaction. Includes a
forum. The aim of this site is to provide the most
comprehensive resource for visitors and residents of
Emsworth.
WALKS
AROUND EMSWORTH - http://website.lineone.net/~gill.clark/portfolio/sites/emsworth/index.htm
Take
a virtual walk around Emsworth with Gill
Elsbury-Clark.
COAL
EXCHANGE FOOTBALL CLUB - http://www.geocities.com/coalexchange/
Fixtures,
players, leagues and all the information about this
local football club. "One team in
Emsworth!"
EMSWORTH
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION - http://www.emsworthcommunityassociation.org.uk/
A
guide to our local community association
EMSWORTH
SURGERY - http://www.emsworthsurgery.co.uk
All
you need to know about the Emsworth Surgery in North
Street.
EMSWORTH
MUSEUM
- http://emsworthmuseum.co.uk
The
Trust was formed to archive and display the history of
Emsworth and its surroundings, to make the public
aware of Emsworth's historical position. The Museum,
opened in1988, is entirely run by volunteers, and has
a section of the area's history displayed in articles,
books, pictures and clothing.
EMSWORTH
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY -
http://www.emsworthhorticulturalsociety.org.uk/
The
Emsworth Horticultural Society is a local society for
gardeners. Silver medallist at Chelsea 2001 in
courtyard garden class.They organise the annual
Emsworth Show.
OTHER
LINKS
HAVANT
BOROUGH COUNCIL - http://www.havant.gov.uk/
HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY COUNCIL - http://www.hants.gov.uk
A
huge site and very useful info on web site
construction, etc. Offers free web space to
organisations. Apparently this is the favourite site
of Bill Gates.
BTCV -
http://www.btcv.org/
British
Trust for Conservation Volunteers - The leading
conservation organistion in the country. Supports all
the local groups.
FATBIRDER
- http://www.fatbirder.com/
The
premier web resource about birds, birding &
birdwatching for birders - hundreds of pages &
tens of thousands of links about birding everywhere in
the world; with a page for every country and state.
Books, guides, forums, reserves, accommodation, trip
reports, bird clubs, ornithology, twitching,
conservation, optics, holidays, and so much more and
now a page for every bird family too! Each page has
sections on guides, mailing lists, reserves, places to
stay, trip reports, bird clubs, etc. This website
benefits hugely from the contributions of birders
& ornithologists from all over the
world.
DIGITAL
WILDLIFE - http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/
A great site from Richard Ford with lots of
information about digiscoping and some truly wonderful
bird photos - probably the best on the web. Most of
the pictures were taken using a Nikon Coolpix 4500
digital camera, in Hampshire and southern Britain.
Though Richard takes anything that catches his eye,
the majority are images of Birds. Most of the birds
are photographed using the Digiscoping method. Other
images are captured using a Nikon Coolpix alone or
with the additional 3x Teleconverter
(TC-E3ED).
DIGISCOPED
- http://www.digiscoped.com/
Andy Bright's excellent site, with great digiscoped
images, equipment reviews and plenty of advice and
useful information.
DIGISCOPING
- http://www.digiscoping.co.uk/
Lots of useful information about digiscoping on this
site sponsopred by London Camera Exchange.
BIRD
FORUM
- http://www.birdforum.net/
Great
discussion forum on many aspects of birding and
photography with Andy Bright's special forum on
digiscoping.
EAGLE
EYE OPTICS
- http://www.eagleeyeuk.com/
Commercial supplier of digiscoping
equipment
British
Library of Wildlife
Sounds:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/wild.html
BIRD
GUIDES -
http://www.birdguides.com/
This
is a commercial site for Birdguides which produce bird
CD Roms which I can fully recommend. I have 'All the
Birds of Europe'. They also do a British Birds. The
site contains information about birding books as well
as news about rarities
BIRDS
OF BRITAIN
-
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/index.htm
Magazine web site with over 170 pages including
changing monthly features and a permanent guide to
Britain's bird reserves and clubs and has
illustrations of over 100 birds.
Rutland
Nature Reserve:
http://www.rutlandwater.u-net.com/
Berkshire
Birding:
http://www.berksbirds.co.uk/
York
Ornithological Club:
http://www.tka.co.uk/yoc/index.htm
An
excellent site for birding in N Yorkshire with a good
birding links page
Malcolm
Oglivie (Isle of Islay):
http://www.indaal.demon.co.uk/index.html
Includes information on Rare Birds Panel
BRITISH
TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY -
http://www.bto.org/birdtrends/
New section on the BTO web site. It contains a
species-by-species summary of all the data from CBC,
WBS, BBS, NRS and CES schemes.
The
Annual British Bird Fair
-
http://www.birdfair.org.uk
British
Ornithologists Union -
http://www.bou.org.uk
RSPB
- http://www.rspb.org.uk/
NATIONAL
BIODIVERSITY NETWORK: http://www.nbn.org.uk/
The
NBN is a union of major conservation organisations
collaborating to create an information network of
biodiversity data that is accessible through the
Internet so start your search for info about species,
sites and biodiversity projects in the UK here
NATIONAL
WILDLIFE TRUSTS: http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/
Since
1912 The Wildlife Trusts have been speaking out for
nature in Britain. Our unique organisation is a
network of 46 Wildlife Trusts, more than 150 Urban
Wildlife Groups and Wildlife Watch (our junior
branch). Together they cover every corner of the
UK.
Believing that wildlife is essential to a healthy
environment for human beings, we work with people from
all walks of life - government, industry, landowners,
communities and families - to make sure nature gets a
chance among all the pressures of the modern
world.
With years of experience and the services of the UK's
top naturalists, The Wildlife Trusts are playing a key
part in restoring the balance between new developments
and the natural world.
Using the specialist skills of our volunteers and
staff we manage 2,300 nature reserves ,which are among
the finest wildlife sites in Britain.
Our 325,000 members contribute to our achievements by
their generosity and hard work, and by spreading the
message to everyone that wildlife matters.
The
Dundee Satellite Receiving
Station:
http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/
An
amazing site from University of Dundee, UK, which
maintains an up-to-date archive of images from NOAA
and SeaStar polar orbiting satellites. Images from
geostationary satellites covering the whole earth are
also available. To view the images you need to
complete the on-line registration form. Registration
is free and the images are free!
Nature
Net:
http://www.naturenet.net
Lots of information about all aspects of nature and
conservation.
Lyme
Disease:
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/
Lyme
Disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by a
tick bite and
affects humans and animals
There
are many others associated with particular businesses
and accomodation which can be found by searching for
Emsworth on one of the popular search engines. Here
are a few to go on with:
British
Library:
http://portico.bl.uk/
Natural
History Museum:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk
Railtrack:
http://www.railtrack.co.uk
Will
plan your journey for you with trains times
For
street maps of towns etc in
Britain:
http://uk.multimap.com/map
You can also add links to street maps on your web
site
Microsoft
Maps:
http://www.expediamaps.com
To add to web sites
Street
maps:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
Type in your town or Post code and add to your web
site or print out.
AMERICA
Surfbirds
- http://www.surfbirds.com
A
very useful site from a group of birding friends from
Britain and America who decided to team up on a joint
Anglo-American website. Bringing the best birding
articles from both sides of the Atlantic onto one
website. Ken Arber and Andy Birch.
http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/birding.htm
All
about Loons: Website called 'Journey North' that
tracks their progress: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring1999/species/loon/index.html
Electronic
Resources on Ornithology: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/bird.html
Ornithological
Web Library: http://aves.net/the-owl/
Peterson
On-Line: http://www.petersononline.com/birds/links/world.html
CORNELL LABORATORY OF
ORNITHOLOGY: http://birds.cornell.edu/
SEARCH
ENGINES
All
the web: http://www.alltheweb.com/
Google:
http://google.com/.
. .
Mirago:
http://www.mirago.co.uk/
Ask
Jeeves: http://www.askjeeves.com/
