Listed below are over 350 partners, ranging from universities, media organisations and museums to wildlife trusts, farming organisations, theatre companies and artists.
Advisory Panel
The Advisory Panel for IYB-UK is:
Dr Bob Bloomfield, IYB-UK Director, The Natural History Museum
Phil Campbell, Editor in Chief, Nature Magazine
Sir Roland Jackson, Chief Executive, British Science Association
Professor Angela McFarlane, Head of Content and Learning, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Professor Georgina Mace, The Royal Society
IYB-UK partners
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- 2020 Vision
- A Rocha UK
- Aberdeen City Council
- Africa Alive
- Aggregate Industries
- Airbus in the UK
- Amateur Entomologists' Society
- Ancestor's Trail
- The Animal's Lawsuit Project
- Antrim Borough Council
- A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Image Libraries
- ARKive
- ArtsAdmin
- Arts Catalyst
- Association of Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC)
- At-Bristol
- Banham Zoo
- Bat Conservation Trust
- BBC Breathing Places
- BBC Wildlife Fund
- Beacons of Public Engagement
- Beds, Camb, Northants and Peterborough Wildlife Trust
- Bee Habitat Meadow
- The Beechgrove Garden
- Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust
- Berkshire Nature Conservation Forum
- Betts Ecology
- Bicton College
- The Big Green Idea
- Biking for Biodiversity
- Biodiversity and Landscape Research Institute
- The Biodiversity Consultancy Ltd
- The Biodiversity Observatory
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Biodiversity South West Partnership
- Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
- Bournemouth Natural Science Society
- Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
- Bridgend Biodiversity Partnership
- Brighton & Hove’s Big Nature
- Bristol Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Ltd
- Bristol Natural History Consortium
- The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- The British Council
- British Ecological Society
- British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA)
- British Lichen Society
- The British Science Association
- British Waterways
- British Trust for Ornithology
- Broads Authority
- BTCV Scotland
- Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Biodiversity Partnership
- Buglife
- Butterfly Conservation
- CABI
- Cairngorms Local Biodiversity Action Plan
- Calderdale Council
- The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Cambridge City Council
- Cambridge Conservation Forum
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Biodiversity Partnership
- Canon Hill People’s Park
- Cape Farewell
- Capgemini
- Cardiff Council
- Carol Jahme
- The Caravan Club
- Cemex UK
- Center Parcs Ltd
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- CFOP and Landscape UK
- Charles Darwin Trust
- Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
- Cheshire Bluebell BAP Group
- Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire Region Biodiversity Partnership
- Cheshire West Museums
- Cheshire Wildlife Trust
- Chris Beardshaw
- Christian Ecology Link
- The Church of England/Shrinking the Footprint
- CIFAL Findhorn
- City & County of Swansea
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- City of London Burnham Beeches
- City of London Festival
- Colchester Zoo
- Comhairle nan Eilena Siar (Western Isles Council)
- The Conservation Foundation
- Conservation Grade Producers Ltd
- Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland
- Cool it Schools
- Coral Cay Conservation
- Cornwall Wildlife Trust
- Cotswold Water Park Trust
- Countryside Council for Wales
- Create Centre (Bristol City Council)
- Crowberry Consulting Ltd
- CSV Action Earth
- Cumbria Biodiversity Partnership
- Cumbria Wildlife Trust
- Curraghs Wildlife Park
- Dakini Books NP
- Dams to Darnley Country Park
- Dartmoor Zoological Park
- Darwin’s Landscape Laboratory - Bromley Borough Council
- The Deep
- Denbighshire Biodiversity Partnership
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
- Desperate Men Theatre Company
- Devon Wildlife Trust
- Devon's Biodiversity Partnership
- Dorothy Stringer Environmental Partnership
- Dumfries & Galloway Biodiversity Partnership
- Dunnet Head Educational Trust
- Durham Biodiversity Partnership
- Durham Wildlife Trust
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
- Earthwatch Institute
- East Devon District Council Countryside Service
- East Malling Research
- Eastgate Centre Management
- East Grampian Coastal Partnership
- East Lothian Council
- East of England Biodiversity Forum
- East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire & Invercylde Local BAP Partnership
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Eco-explore Community Interest Company
- Ecological Planning and Research Ltd
- Ecological Research and Training
- Eco-Schools, Keep Britain Tidy
- Eco-Schools Scotland
- Edinburgh Biodiversity Partnership
- Education through Expeditions
- Elephant Family
- Emorsgate Seeds
- Encyclopedia of Life
- English Heritage/Down House
- The Environment Agency
- The Environment Bank Ltd
- The Environment Department, Welsh Assembly
- Epping Forest Countrycare
- Essex Biodiversity Project
- European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)
- Everything Blooming
- Evolving Words
- Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
- Fauna and Flora International
- Field Studies Council
- Flamingo Land Zoo
- Fife Coast and Countryside Trust
- Fife Council
- Flora Locale
- For the Bees
- Forest Peoples Programme
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- Forth Estuary Forum
- Freshwater Biological Association
- Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
- Friends of Treborth Botanic Garden
- Froglife
- The Galapagos Conservation Trust
- Galloway Wildlife Conservation Ltd
- Gapforce
- Gardenersclick
- Garden Square News (London community magazine)
- Ginkgo Music
- Glasgow Biodiversity Partnership
- Global Garden Ltd
- Global Green Awards 2010
- Gloucester Museums Service
- Gloucestershire Biodiversity Partnership
- Grant Museum of Zoology
- GrantScape
- The Great Plant Hunt
- Greater Manchester Biodiversity Project
- Green Consultancy
- Greenspace Information for Greater London
- Groundwork
- Guernsey, States Environment Department
- Habitat Aid
- Halton Natural Environmental Roundtable
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
- Hampshire Biodiversity Partnership
- Hampshire County Council
- Hand Drawn Earth Community Project
- Haslemere Educational Museum
- Hawk Conservancy Trust
- The Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre, Southampton City Council
- The Heather Trust
- Heriot-Watt University
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Hertfordshire Orchard Initiative
- Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust
- The Highland Council
- Hillcrest Group
- Hill End Field Study Centre
- The HMS Beagle Trust
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Horsecross Arts Ltd
- How it works magazine
- Huntingdonshire District Council (Paxton Pits Nature Reserve)
- Imperial College London
- International Centre for Life
- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
- Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining
- International Otter Survival Fund
- Isle of Man Gov Dept Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Isle of Wight Biodiversity Partnership
- Isles of Scilly WT
- IUCN UK National Committee
- Keep Wales Tidy
- Kent and Medway Biological Records Centre
- Kent County Council, Environment and Waste
- Kents Cavern, Devon
- Kent Field Club
- Kent Wildlife Trust
- Lancashire’s Biodiversity Partnership
- Lancashire Environmental Record Network
- Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside Wildlife Trust
- Learning through Landscapes
- Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
- Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership
- Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
- The Linnean Society of London
- Living Coasts
- The Living Rainforest
- Livingroofs.org Ltd
- Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
- London Biodiversity Partnership
- London Borough of Hackney
- London Borough of Haringey
- London Borough of Lambeth
- London 21 Sustainability Network
- London Festival of Architecture
- London Wildlife Trust
- Longleat Safari Park
- Lowland Derbyshire Biodiversity Partnership
- Lyme Regis Fossil Festival/Jurassic Coast WHS
- The Mammal Society
- Manchester City Council
- Manchester Museum
- Manx Wildlife Trust
- Marine Biological Association of the UK
- Merseyside Biobank
- Marshalls Plc
- Marwell Wildlife
- Mendip Hills AONB
- Merthyr Tydfil Biodiversity Partnership
- Midlothian Council
- Milton Keynes Continuing Adult Education
- Milton Keynes Natural History Society
- Mona Lisa Arts and Media Community Interest Company
- The Moray Firth Partnership
- Mud Pies
- The National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- National Biodiversity Network
- National Museums of Liverpool
- National Museums of Northern Ireland
- The National Museum of Wales
- National Standing Committee on Farm Animal Genetic Resources (NSCFAnGR)
- The National Trust
- National Trust for Scotland
- Natural Capital Initiative
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Natural England
- The Natural History Museum
- Nature Magazine
- Nature Parks Ltd
- Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
- Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society
- Norfolk Biodiversity Information Service
- Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership
- Norfolk Museums and Archaeological Service
- Norfolk Teacher Science Network
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust
- North Ayrshire Council
- North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership
- North Wales Wildlife Trust
- Northern Ireland Environment Link (NIEL)
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency
- Northumberland Biodiversity Partnership
- Nottinghamshire Biodiversity Action Group
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- The Nuffield Foundation
- Oakley Intertidal
- Old MacDonald's Farm
- Open Air Laboratories Partnership (OPAL)
- The Open University/iSpot
- Omagh District Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Paisley Natural History Society
- Partners in Innovation Ltd
- Pembrokeshire Biodiversity Partnership
- People’s Trust for Endangered Species
- Performing Arts Lab
- Plantlife
- Plant Talk
- Plymouth Art Centre
- Pond Conservation
- Pop-Ettes Ltd
- Railway Land Wildlife Trust
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust
- Really Wild Flowers (H V Horticulture Ltd)
- Record – the local record centre for the Cheshire region
- Renfrewshire Council Arts and Museums Service
- RESET
- Rivers Nursery Site and Orchard Group
- Roots and Shoots
- Roslyne Ecological
- Royal Agricultural Society of England
- The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
- The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Royal Entomological Society
- The Royal Horticultural Society
- The Royal Mail
- The Royal Society
- The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Cymru
- The Royal Society of Art
- The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
- The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
- Science Learning Centre London
- Science Oxford
- Scotland's Moorland Forum
- Scottish Agricultural College
- Scottish Association for Marine Science
- Scottish Borders Council
- Scottish Crop Research Institute
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Scottish Fisheries Museum
- Scottish Government
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- Scottish Rural Property and Business Association (SRPBA)
- Scottish Wildlife Trust
- Seasearch North East
- Severn Tree Trust
- Sheffield Local Biodiversity Action Partnership
- Shepreth Wildlife Park
- Sir Alister Harvey Foundation for Ocean Science
- Slow Food UK
- Society for Experimental Biology
- The Society for the History of Natural History
- Soil Association
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Solway Heritage
- Somerset Biodiversity Partnership
- South Ayrshire Council
- South East England Biodiversity Forum
- South Lanarkshire Biodiversity Partnership
- The South London Botanical Institute
- South Norfolk Council
- South Pacific Projects
- South West Enviromental Parks Ltd
- Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
- States of Jersey - Jersey Biodiversity Partnership
- Stirling Council
- Stone and Water
- Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership
- Suffolk Wildlife Trust
- Sumatran Orangutan Society
- Surrey Biodiversity Partnership
- Surrey Wildlife Trust
- Sussex Biodiversity Partnership
- Sustainability and Environmental Education (SEEd)
- Sutton Biodiversity Partnership
- Take a Pride in Glenrothes
- Take a Pride in Levenmouth
- Tayside Biodiversity Partnership
- Techniquest
- Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership
- Thames Festival Trust
- Thames Landscape Strategy
- Thinktank, Birmingham
- Tipping Point
- Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust
- Tor Garden Buildings Ltd
- Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust
- Trading for Development
- Translink
- Tree Appeal Ltd
- Trees for Life
- Tulloch Net
- Twycross Zoo - East Midlands Zoological Society
- UCL Museums and Collections
- UK Association of National Parks Authorities
- UK National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum
- The Ulster Wildlife Trust
- UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programme
- United Utilities
- University of Aberdeen – Natural History Centre
- University of Bath (Centre for Research in Education and the Environment)
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Dundee
- University of East London
- University of Glasgow Science Festival
- University of Lancaster
- The University of Oxford Botanic Garden
- University of Plymouth
- University of West of England
- Upper Witham Internal Drainage Board
- Vision for Kirkholt
- Visiting Arts
- Wales Biodiversity Partnership
- Wales Gene Park
- Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Local Biodiversity Action Plan
- Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
- Water Management Alliance, Norfolk
- Welland and Deeping Drainage Board
- Welsh Historic Gardens Trust
- Welsh Mountain Zoo
- Werneth School, Cheshire
- Wetheriggs Animal Rescue and Conservation
- Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Whitmuir The Organic Place
- Whowhatwherewhenwhy (W5)
- Wild about Norfolk
- Wild Connections
- Wild Scotland
- The Wilderness Foundation UK
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
- Wildlife and Countryside Link
- The Wildlife Foundation
- Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
- Wildscreen
- Witham First District Internal Drainage Board
- Witham Third District Internal Drainage Board
- Whitecliffs Countryside Partnership
- The Woodland Trust
- The World Land Trust
- Wrexham Science Festival
- Wycombe District Council Woodland Service
- Wye Valley AONB
- Wyre Borough Council
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It gives me great pleasure to start with a disclaimer. Most View articles are careful to note that they are the personal views of the writer – rather than a particular organisation. In my case, however, this is not one particular organisation, but amazingly, more than 40 organisations that have been involved with BioBlitzes this year.
And there it was. Boom. Back in London. Having cycled 3,000km, through eight different countries, to travel from the source to the mouth of the River Danube in just three weeks. That question was a sharp and sudden reminder that we were now back home, back on the bike, and back commuting to work. The adventure was over.
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