Derbyshire
• Darley & Nutwood LNR • Derbyshire Amphibian and Reptile Group
• Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project – 2011
• Derbyshire Badger Groups • Derby City Pond Warden Association
• Derbyshire Dragonflies and Damselflies
• Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Entomological Society
• Derbyshire Biodiversity Website • Derbyshire Mammal Group
• Derby Natural History Society • Derbyshire Ornithological Society
• Derbyshire Wildlife Trust | Local DWT Groups @Twitter
• Erewash Borough Council - Tree Warden Scheme
• Erewash Valley Wildlife • Friends of West Park
• Groundwork Derby and Derbyshire • Long Eaton & District Chronicle (read online)
• Sawley & District Historical Society • Shipley Country Park
• The Bennerley Birder • The Derbyshire Bat Conservation Group @Twitter
• The Honey Pot (Bees and Beekeeping)
• The Long Eaton & Sawley Archive
• The Long Eaton Grammar School – Reunited
• The Long Eaton School [ The Malcolm Parry Observatory | RSS | Events RSS]
• Long Eaton Astronomical Society - If you are interested in joining the Astro Society, they will be meeting on the first Thursday of every month starting on 1st March at 6pm. If you would like to reserve a place, please email the school info@longeaton.derbyshire.sch.uk with your name and contact details, for the attention of Miss Flood.
• The Long Eaton Website | RSS • The Draycott & Breaston Website | RSS
• The Sandiacre & Stapleford Website | RSS
Leicestershire
Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society @Twitter
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust @Twitter YouTube
Nottinghamshire
Attenborough Nature Centre @Twitter
Broxtowe LNRs and Management Plans
Eakringbirds.com - the birds and invertebrates of Eakring and the Sherwood Forest NNR in Nottinghamshire [flickr photostream]
Exploring Beeston’s History (Beeston, Notts)
Friends of Toton Fields and Meadows
Nottinghamshire Biodiversity Action Group (Notts BAG)
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust @Twitter YouTube
The Netherfield Wildlife Group
East Midlands
Butterfly Conservation – East Midlands Branch
National
BBC WebWise – a beginners guide to using the internet
Learning
Attenborough Nature Centre – various short courses throughout the year
Debbie Alston (Derbyshire based wildlife walks, talks, courses and training). April – June 2012 summary.
Sorby Natural History Society – Sheffield based (lectures and indoor meetings)
U3A Long Eaton & District Plant Study Group
RSS Feeds
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is extremely useful for automated delivery of the latest news, forum post or blog entry from your favourite websites right to your computer. Several software applications and web browsers are available which allow you to read updated news from multiple feeds. Websites such as Wild About Britain have separate feeds for each specialist forum, allowing you to pick only the subjects which interest you. If you haven’t used this technology before, and don’t have the time or inclination to constantly check your favourite websites for updates, then I can highly recommend using RSS software to deliver the news to you.
Note that there may be a delay in the time you actually receive the updated news after it is initially posted on the source website. This will depend on your RSS reader settings and the RSS service provider used to generate and deliver the feed e.g. feed43.com.
Some suggested options for receiving RSS;
Web Browsers: Internet Explorer 7.0+ | Mozilla Firefox | Opera | Apple Safari (Mac + PC)
News Readers: News Crawler (PC) | FeedDemon (PC) | Newsfire (Mac) | NetNewsWire (Mac)
Wed-based: My Yahoo! | Google Reader
How to: About RSS News Feeds • BBC Guide to Using News Feeds
• Attenborough NR Wildlife Sightings
• Attenborough Nature Centre News and Events
• BBC Nature UK • BBC Nature – News (worldwide)
Butterfly Conservation – East Midlands Branch;
• Updates and News (Ken Orpe)
Derbyshire Ornithological Society;
• DOS Latest Bird Sightings • DOS Rod Key’s Bird Sightings • DOS_All
Derbyshire Amphibian and Reptile Group;
• Derbyshire ARG – News • Derbyshire ARG – Events • DARG_All
Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project - 2011
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
• DWT – Latest News
Erewash Valley Wildlife website
• Erewash Valley Wildlife • Latest Patch Sightings
Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society;
• LROS Latest Bird Sightings
Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers;
• Bird Sightings • Rarity Sightings
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
• NWT – News
Wild About Britain;
• British Wildlife Forums • Astronomy Forums • British Birds
• Fungi Forums [sub. Lichen | Microscopy | Myxomycetes]
• General Wildlife
• Insects and Invertebrates [sub. Moths | Butterflies | Spiders | Eggs, Larvae and Caterpillars]
• Mammal Forums • Reptile and Amphibian Forums • UK Weather
• Water Life Forums • Wild Places and Geography
• Wildflowers, Plants & Trees Forums [sub. Wildflowers | Trees | Non-flowering Plants]
• TV and Radio
