Nature societies online A directory of British and Irish natural history and related societies

Red Admiral -  from 'Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae', by Theo Johnson, 1892.

This online directory lists a wide variety of general natural history and subject specific organisations in Britain and Ireland. Local, county and national groups and societies are represented.

Societies are searchable by name, keyword (for example 'natural history', 'birds', 'insects' etc), initial letter or region. You may compile a list of societies by clicking the add link associated with each society. This will build a list for you, that can be sent as an email or printed.   More information

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If you want to update the details of an existing society, or include a new society in the directory, please email the database administrator.

The directory is managed by the Library and Information Services of the Natural History Museum.