Website information sources
Wildflower reference books
 
 
Waterford and Cork Botany Group 
The Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 
The Heritage Council
Irish Wildlife Trust 
Irish Peatland Conservation 
National Parks and Wildlife Service
National Biodiversity Data Centre
Notice Nature: Ireland's first public awareness campaign on biodiversity
Sherkin Island Marine Station
Nature's Web: a free online newsletter for children
iSPY Nature: Biodiversity awareness for young people 
Irish Lichens
Irish Moths
Ireland's Wildlife and natural history
BSBI Ireland: The Irish Botanical News (pdf files)
 
BSBI 
BSBI Maps Scheme 
Irish Grid Reference Calculator
Identify wildflowers online 
Botanical Societies in other countries 
Nightpark Nursery: wildflower plugs
 
Seedaholics: Flower, vegetable and wildflower seeds
 
Native Irish Wildflower seeds - Conservation Volunteers' Wildflower Nursery
 
Wildflower seeds
 
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Paul Green: Flora of County Waterford website and 
Book
The Wildlife of Waterford City and County  
Prehistoric Waterford: Waterford's ancient Megalithic monuments
The Flora of Northern Ireland  
The Burren connect project 
Donegal Wildlife and 
donegal-wildlife.blogspot
A Catalogue of Alien Plants in Ireland
Wildflowers of Ireland  
Orchid Ireland project 
Ireland's Wild Orchids: a field guide 
Dactylorhiza: Albiflora studies in Ireland 
Orchids of Britain and Ireland 
European Orchids 
Dorset Nature: Wildflowers 
UK Wildflower photographs 
British Wild Flowers 
Wildflower photographs: Britain, Ireland and Northern Europe 
The flora of the Isle of Skye 
A photo flora of Devon and Cornwall 
Herbal Information: Including the electronic version of "A Modern Herbal" by Maud Grieve  
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Lichens of Ireland project
Irish Lichens 
Lichen Ireland (Ulster Museum) 
The British Lichen Society 
British Lichens (previously UK Lichens)
Alan Silverside's Lichen Pages 
Biopix: Lichens 
Photographs of Lichens found in Ireland 
Ferns in Britain and Ireland: Ferns, horsetails, clubmosses and quillworts 
The British Bryological Society: A field guide to Mosses and Liverworts
Mosses and Liverworts in Wales 
Andrews's Moss Site: A collection of 200+ photographs 
Prehistoric Waterford: Waterford's ancient Megalithic monuments
Forest Friends Ireland
Irish Birding
Nature's Calendar and Mapping Ireland's Biodiversity
 
Irish Moths
Biochange: Irish Biodiversity and environmental Change
Growing Wild conservation programme
www.dublin.ie/environment/biodiversity 
www.noticenature.ie 
The Invasive Species Ireland project
Caisie: Control of Aquatic Invasive Species in Ireland project
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The Wildflower Society 
Plant Database search page - Plants For A Future 
Northern Ontario Plant Database: The flora of northern Ontario, Canada 
 
Axiophytes - Indicator species 
Plantlife International
NBN Gateway 
Research web-pages: Dr. A Silverside, University of Paisley 
 
Includes Euphrasia PowerPoint presentation and extended accounts of Mimulus and Orobanche
Last Refuge: 
Dedicated to the support of endangered environments and species in our changing world, 
through films, images and research.
 
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Irish Butterflies 
DNFC Guide to the Butterflies of Ireland 
The Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland 
Dragonfly Ireland 
Cork County Bat Group 
Bird Watch Ireland  
South Dublin branch of Bird Watch Ireland  
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group 
The Irish Seal Sanctuary 
Freshwater and Marine Natural History 
Irish Weather Online
Irish Bushcraft Club
Robert Thompson: Natural History Photographer
Mike Brown: Irish Landscape and Nature Photography
Jim Wilson: Irish Wildlife Film Services  
Peter J Hosey Photography: British Wild Flower pictures and wildflower photos
Martin Mullen photography 
Guided Birdwatching and pelagic tours in Ireland 
The Irish Sea Kayaking Association
Lee Valley Walking Walking in Ireland's South West
The Mountaineering Council of Ireland
Mountain Training courses
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Irish Seed Savers
The Organic Guide for Ireland
CELT Centre for Environmental Living and Training
Ardnashee: Alternative energy courses
The Greenbox: Irelands first ecotourism destination 
Ravens Oak, West Cork:
Rural Bed and Breakfast specialising in accommodation for botanists and birdwatchers. 
Grasshopper Cottage, Lough Corrib: 
The Centre for Wild Brown Trout and Salmon Fishing in the West of Ireland
Brigits Garden, Connemara:
Four Celtic-themed gardens in 11 acres of native woodland and wildflower meadows.
BookSteps Books for sustainable living and enviromental awareness. (Mail order)
www.inchigeelagh.net Everything you wanted to know about Iveleary, but didn't know who to ask.
  Some useful Reference Books and Garden Links