Links

Useful wildlife emergency assistance (donations appreciated):

            For wildlife casualties:

RSPCA Wildlife Centre (near Nantwich):

http://www.rspca.org.uk/allaboutanimals/wildlife/centres/stapeleygrange

Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital (near Knutsford):
http://www.lowermosswood.org.uk/

           
            For stray pets:

Sandbach Animal Rescue:

http://www.sandbachanimalrescue.co.uk/

Local Government, Environmental and Town Interests (not purely wildlife) 

Sustainable Sandbach blog (with useful links to many Sandbach groups)
http://www.sustainablesandbach.blogspot.com/

Cheshire East Council - Ranger service and Countryside Sites (who can supply details of the Wheelock Rail Trail): http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/leisure,_culture_and_tourism/ranger_service.aspx

Sandbach Town Council:

http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/

Sandbach Clean Team:

http://www.sandbach-cleanteam.co.uk/

Sandbach - Ancient Market Town:

http://www.coldmoss.co.uk/

Sandbach History Society (who created the Sandbach Heritage Trail guide, q.v.):

http://www.cheshirehistory.org.uk/sandbach-hs.html

Sandbach Photographic Society:

http://www.sandbachphotosoc.co.uk/

Wildlife Bodies with Local Links, Groups or Connections

Cheshire Wildlife Trust (Crewe & Nantwich group, etc.):

http://www.cheshirewildlifetrust.co.uk/

Cheshire Landscape Trust
http://www.cheshirelandscapetrust.org.uk/
 

South East Cheshire Ornithological Society (based in Elworth):

http://www.secos.org.uk/

A Rocha UK and International sites (contact the Friends of A Rocha Sandbach Group, who created the Sandbach Environment Trail guide, q.v.):

http://www.arocha.org/gb-en/index.html

http://www.arocha.org/int-en/index.html

A Rocha UK also includes EcoChurch, caring for churchyards nationally

Macclesfield area birds (Macclesfield RSPB)
http://macclesfieldrspb.org.uk/rspb/index.htm

 

Carbon Offsetting organisations (there are a number available):

A Rocha Climate Stewards
http://www.climatestewards.net/cs-int-en/home.html

National Woodland Conservation & Management:

The Woodland Trust

http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/

Forestry Commission

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/

Distribution maps of Cheshire wildlife

National Biodiversity Network

http://www.searchnbn.net/

rECOrd Biodiversity Monitoring Scheme for Cheshire

http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/

County (not local) Wildlife Websites with Details of How to Submit Wildlife Records

Butterfly Conservation Cheshire & Peak District Branch

http://www.cheshire-butterflies.co.uk/

Cheshire & Wirral Ornithological Society / County Bird Recording

http://www.cawos.org

Cheshire Dragonflies & Damselflies (NB - great pictures!)

http://www.brocross.com/dfly/dfly.htm

All Cheshire wildlife & list of wildlife bodies 

http://stevemcwilliam.co.uk/recordng/index.htm

Local important wildlife sites:

Sandbach Flashes

https://sandbachflashes.co.uk/

 

            

Other Wildlife News sites:

National bird sightings etc news (see Bird News Extra):

 http://www.birdguides.com/

Dee estuary birds (see latest sightings):

http://www.deeestuary.co.uk/