Local Recording Groups
Whether your passion lies with mosses or moths, there are formal and informal groups and societies that can help you learn more about the fascinating wildlife in Cumbria, as well as how to identify and record it.
Featured below is a selection of popular groups we work with in Cumbria. If you’re looking for something specific but struggling to find it, then feel free to contact us and we’ll give you a hand.
Many local groups sit under the Cumbria Naturalists Union, an umbrella organisation that publishes the county’s annual natural history report, ‘Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria’. CBDC supports ‘Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria’ by providing data to the authors of the publication’s various reports. Copies of the report are available from the Tullie House shop or from Cumbria Bird Club.
You’re always welcome to send records of any and all species to us directly, via our ‘Submit A Record’ page. If you send a record to anywhere else as well as CBDC, then please let us know so we can manage duplicate records.
Natural History Societies
Maryport natural history society
Website
http://www.senhousemuseum.co.uk/about-museum/museum-groups/
Carlisle Natural History society
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/CarlisleNats/
Website
http://www.carlislenats.org.uk/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/CarlisleNats?lang=en-gb
Arnside Natural History Society
Website
http://www.arnsideanddistrictnhs.co.uk/
Keswick Natural History Society
Website
http://www.keswicknathist.co.uk/
Ambleside Natural History Society
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/AmblesideNaturalHistorySociety/
Website
http://anhs.org.uk/wp/
Local Groups
Cumberland Bat Group
Website
https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups/north-west-england
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/cumberlandbatgroup/
South Cumberland Bat Group
Website
https://cumbriabats.wordpress.com/
Cumbria Amphibian and Reptile Group
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/589703024785031/
Cumbria Bird Club
Website
https://www.cumbriabirdclub.org.uk/
Cumbria Birding Group
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cumbriabirding/
Cumbria Insects and Invertebrates
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/948454538863929/
Cumbria Mammal Society
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MammalSociety/
Cumbria Moth Group
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1484989568463053/
Cumbria Botany
Website
http://www.cumbriabotany.co.uk/
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CumbriaBotanyGroup/
Cumbria Lichens and Cumbria Bryophytes
Website
https://cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/
Facebook Lichen Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cumbrialichens
Facebook Bryophyte Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cumbriabryophytes
Cumbria Fungi Group
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/336722100236838/
Cumbria Geoconservation
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1900093153583144/
Website
https://cbdc.bds-digital.co.uk/cumbria_geoconservation_home/
Cumberland Geological Society
Website
http://www.cumberland-geol-soc.org.uk/events/
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/cumbriawildlifetrust/
Website
https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/cumbriawildlife?lang=en-gb
North Pennines AONB- This organisation covers several recording groups.
Website
http://www.northpennines.org.uk/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/NorthPennAONB
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/NorthPenninesAONB/
Country-Wide Organisations
BSBI
Website
https://bsbi.org/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/BSBI2011/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/BSBIbotany
British Trust for Ornithology
Website
https://www.bto.org/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/The.BTO/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/_BTO?lang=en-gb
British Bryological Society
Website
http://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/britishmoss
British Lichen Society
Website
https://www.britishlichensociety.org.uk/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/BLSlichensF/
Moth Records
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/RecordingMoths/
Butterfly conservation
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/savebutterflies/
Website
https://butterfly-conservation.org/
The British Mycological Society
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/18843741618/
Website
https://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/
The Fungus Conservation Trust
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/The-Fungus-Conservation-Trust-formerly-ABFG-194924697239188/
Website
http://www.abfg.org/
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Website
https://www.arc-trust.org/Pages/Contact.aspx
Twitter
https://twitter.com/ARC_Bytes
Plantlife
Website
http://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk
Twitter
https://twitter.com/Love_plants
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/LovePlantlife/
Field Studies Council
Website
https://www.field-studies-council.org/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/FieldStudiesC
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/FieldStudiesC/
Biological Records Center
Website
http://www.brc.ac.uk/home
