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Data provider: Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC

GiGL collates, manages and makes available detailed information on London’s natural environment via a range of services.

Data provider: Groundwork North, East & West Yorkshire

Groundwork North East & West Yorkshire manage all aspects of two country parks – Fryston Trails and Frickley – in the Wakefield District of West Yorkshire, on behalf of The Land Trust. The team of park rangers maintain the sites’ habitats and infrastructure, run activities for schools and the public, liaise with communities and support external parties’ events and projects. Surveying and monitoring the flora and fauna are increasingly important elements of our work, supported by volunteers on both sites. We currently undertake bird, butterfly and floral transects incorporating the extensive meadows, and woods and wetlands on the parks.

Data provider: Hall Ecology

Hall Ecology Ltd is an independent ecological consultancy based in the East Riding of Yorkshire. We provide ecological surveying, environmental monitoring, mitigation and habitat creation as well as ecological clerk of works services to our clients throughout the UK. From small homeowner developments to large national infrastructure projects, our commitment is to provide sound ecological advice and creative solutions to support your project.

Data provider: Harestone Moss Limited

Low-lying grasslands and peaty soil are the dominant feature of Harestone Moss, just north of Aberdeen. Intensively farmed for many decades, the site served as a ‘Q-site’ decoy airfield in the Second World War. It even has its own bomb craters to prove it. Now it is being transformed: the intensity of the farming is being significantly dialled back, a unique underground tourist enterprise is being created with recycled infrastructure, and nature is being allowed to flourish around restored wetlands

Data provider: Harrow Nature Conservation Forum

The Harrow Nature Conservation Forum is an entirely volunteer organization that supports the work of the volunteer wardens of nature reserves and wild open spaces in Harrow as well as encouraging surveying and biodiversity enhancement throughout the borough. All HNCF wardens note interesting species on their sites and report them to our central database. In addition we regularly perform more formal surveys covering many different taxonomical groups. We are in the process of forming a new group, “Harrow Wildlife Action”, to monitor and improve wildlife and biodiversity across the whole of Harrow. This group will survey areas such as cemeteries, parks and small undeveloped plots of land.

Data provider: Harwes Farm Community Interest Company

Harwes Farm Community Interest Company was set up by farm owners Gill & Andy Taylor in 2014 in order to offer access to the countryside to local schools and community groups. Groups may visit for education, recreation and retreat. Harwes Farm CIC seeks to engage with hard to reach groups in society who without this initiative for cultural or financial reasons wouldn’t access the natural environment.

Data provider: Harwich Haven Authority

We are one of the UK’s largest Trust Ports and our jurisdiction covers the River Stour, the lower part of the River Orwell, Harwich Harbour and a 12 nautical mile stretch of sea leading into the Haven. Our overarching purpose is to safeguard and improve the Haven so it can continue to flourish and be enjoyed by future generations. As an independent organisation with no shareholders we generate income through the services we provide any financial surplus is re-invested for the benefit of our stakeholders.

Data provider: Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust

The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust is a charity founded in 1994, based in Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Our goal is to increase the knowledge and understanding of Scotland’s whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) as a basis for the lasting conservation of local species and habitats. Towards this end, we conduct research from our vessel Silurian; host workshops in schools and communities; and engage widely with coastal communities about conservation issues in our area.

Data provider: Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

Herefordshire Wildlife Trust is a registered charity working with landowners and communities to protect and enhance our wildlife and habitats and bring people closer to nature. We do this by: Managing 55 Nature Reserves - that's around 530 hectares of land reserved for wildlife Running projects within landscapes across the county restoring habitats and protecting wildlife species Working with children and young people in communities and schools engaging, inspiring and educating them about wildlife. Running events and workshops for adults and provide professional training for volunteers and trainees. We are supported by over 5,000 members from across Herefordshire and beyond. We are assisted in all elements of our work by more than 400 fantastic volunteers!

Data provider: Hertfordshire Natural History Society Flora Group

Data provider: Highland Biological Recording Group

Founded in 1986 to encourage and support biological recording by residents and visitors in this sparsely populated but biologically rich area of Scotland.

Data provider: Highlands Rewilding Ltd

Highlands Rewilding exists to help take nature recovery and community prosperity to scale in the Scottish Highlands and beyond. We currently own two estates (Bunloit, on the west slope of Loch Ness, and Beldorney, along the west side of the River Deveron in Aberdeenshire) and are in the process of purchasing a third (Tayvallich, in Argyll). We manage roughly 2,000 hectares of land on these estates to boost biodiversity, carbon sequestration and job creation. Much of our work focuses on monitoring biodiversity using a range of methods to record species, habitats and ecosystem function, in-house and in collaboration with researchers and other organisations.

Data provider: Hutchinson Ecological Associates

Ecological Consultancy and Management - Specialists in Protected Species and Mitigation.

Data provider: Hypogean Crustacea Recording Scheme

Data provider: Islay Natural History Trust

The Islay Natural History Trust was founded in 1984 to encourage the study and enjoyment of the natural history of Islay. The Trust, a registered charity, manages the Islay Wildlife Centre which includes a well-equipped 80-seat lecture room, a laboratory for 25-30 students, which also contains freshwater and marine aquaria and hands-on activities for children, and an excellent reference library. The Centre also houses a large public display area containing exhibitions and displays about Islay's wildlife as well as a separate children's activity room. The records of natural history are maintained in a MapMate database and made available on request.

Data provider: Isle of Wight Local Records Centre

Data provider: iSpot

iSpot helps anyone identify anything in nature! It is a citizen science project developed and run by The Open University (OU). Share and build your wildlife identification skills and help others while monitoring and recording biodiversity.

Data provider: JBA Consulting

JBA are engineers, environmental consultants, scientists and designers, managing weather and environmental risks and opportunities for our clients. JBA work across the following key service streams, providing services to clients in core sectors including Government and Regulatory, Energy, Sustainable Development, Third Sector, Transport and Infrastructure and Utilities.

Data provider: John Muir Trust

The John Muir Trust takes its name and inspiration from John Muir (1838-1914), the pioneering, influential Scots-born American conservationist who was passionate about the wild. Muir dedicated his life to protecting wild places and he campaigned successfully for the establishment of National Parks to safeguard vast tracts of wild lands, including Yosemite Valley in California. - The John Muir Trust runs the John Muir Award, an educational initiative that encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to connect with, enjoy and care for wild places. Read more at www.johnmuiraward.org. - We manage the land we own according to our wild land management standards, which focus on habitat improvement and encouraging a more natural landscape and ecosystem. See https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/our-work/land-management for more.

Data provider: Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Providing evidence and advice to support sustainable use of our natural resources. Bringing together members from the nature conservation bodies for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and independent members appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under an independent Chair. Our staff bring together scientific and technical expertise, extensive knowledge of policy at global, European and national levels and skills in working with other organisations