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Local Experts
The following have volunteered to give general advice and help with the identification the following groups of organisms.
Please contact them direct if you have any particular problems.
(A stamped, addressed envelope for a response is always appreciated with enquiries by post.)
| Species group
| Expert
| Contact
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Lower plants
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| Fungi |
Neville Kilkenny |
nev@kilkennyevent.co.uk
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR
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| Lichens |
Brian Coppins |
lichensel@btinternet.com
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| Mosses and liverworts |
David Chamberlain |
0131 332 6567 (evening)
d.chamberlain@rbge.org.uk
10 North Park, Edinburgh, EH4 1DP
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| Seaweeds |
Christine Howson |
01875 613256
christine@amisfield1.fsnet.co.uk
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| Smuts and rusts |
Stefan Helfer |
0131 248 2865
s.helfer@rbge.ac.uk
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Higher plants
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| Vascular plants (Edinburgh, Midlothian) |
Douglas McKean |
0131 336 2619
douglasmckean@blueyonder.co.uk
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| Vascular plants (West Lothian) |
Jackie Muscott |
0131 229 1037
jmuscott69@btinternet.com
(1F2) 69 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1ES
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| Vascular plants (Peeblesshire) | Luke Gaskell | l.gaskell@homecall.co.uk
Kittyfield Farm, Melrose, TD6 9DG
| | Vascular plants (Berwickshire) | Michael Braithwaite | 01450 372129
Clarilaw Farmhouse, Hawick, TD9 8PT
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| Vascular plants (East Lothian) |
Helen Jackson |
41f Promenade, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6JU
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| Vascular Plants (Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) |
Rod Corner |
rod@hawthornhill.net
Hawthorn Hill, 36 Wordsworth Street, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7QZ
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Insects
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| Alderflies |
Colin Plant |
cpauk1@ntlworld.com
16 West Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3QP
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| Ants, bees and wasps |
Andrew Jarman |
andrew.jarman@blueyonder.co.uk
93 Greenbank Crescent, Edinburgh, EH10 5TB
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| Aquatic bugs |
Sheila Brooke |
brooke.aquahet@btopenworld.com
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| Beetles |
Richard Lyszkowski |
National Museums Collection Centre, Department of Natural History, 242 West Granton Road, Edinburgh, EH5 1JA
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| Butterflies |
Duncan Davidson |
01383 730446 (evening)
duncan@dwwd.freeserve.co.uk
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| Caddisflies |
Craig Macadam |
info@ephemeroptera.org.uk
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| Dragonflies |
Betty Smith |
0131 440 0888 (evening)
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| Flies |
Graham Rotheray |
g.rotheray@nms.ac.uk
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| Grasshoppers |
Bjorn Beckmann |
orthoptera@wpo.nerc.ac.uk
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| Heteropteran bugs |
Bernard Nau |
Nau.BS@BTInternet.com
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| Lacewings |
Craig Macadam |
info@ephemeroptera.org.uk
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| Lacewings |
Colin Plant |
cpauk1@ntlworld.com
14 West Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3QP
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| Leafhoppers & Froghoppers |
Alan Stewart |
a.j.a.stewart@sussex.ac.uk
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| Mayflies |
Craig Macadam |
info@ephemeroptera.org.uk
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| Moths (East Lothian) |
Michael Thornton |
0131 554 6685
mike_thornton_99@yahoo.com
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| Moths (Edinburgh, Midlothian) |
Alastair Sommerville |
01501 732715
alastair@biodiversitysolutions.co.uk
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| Sawflies |
Guy Knight |
Guy.Knight@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
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| Scorpionflies |
Colin Plant |
cpauk1@ntlworld.com
15 West Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3QP
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| Stoneflies |
Craig Macadam |
info@ephemeroptera.org.uk
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Other invertebrates
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| Centipedes and millipedes |
Gordon Corbet |
01333 340 634
gcorbet@dumbarnie.freeserve.co.uk
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| Invertebrates (if unsure of type) |
Alastair Sommerville |
01501 732715
alastair@biodiversitysolutions.co.uk
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| Marine invertebrates |
Christine Howson |
01875 613256
christine@amisfield1.fsnet.co.uk
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| Seashells |
Sankurie Pye |
s.pye@nms.ac.uk
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| Slugs and snails |
Adrian Sumner |
01620 894 640
adriantsumner@btinternet.com
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Vertebrates
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| Amphibians |
Peter Leach |
0131 551 4492
pl.tss@btinternet.com
4 Grierson Road, Edinburgh, EH5 2BQ
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| Badgers |
Tricia Alderson |
aldersett@dsl.pipex.com
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| Bats |
Nigel Terry |
01875 610422
nigel_maverick@yahoo.co.uk
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| Birds |
Stephen Welch (Lothians) |
07931 524963
lothianrecorder@the-soc.org.uk
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Ray Murray (Borders) |
raymurray1@tiscali.co.uk
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| Fish |
Peter Maitland |
SavingFish@sky.com
Nether Sunnyside, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 4NR
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| Mammals, marine |
Andrew Kitchener |
0131 247 4240
a.kitchener@nms.ac.uk
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| Mammals, terrestrial |
Andrew Kitchener |
0131 247 4240
a.kitchener@nms.ac.uk
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| Reptiles |
Peter Leach |
0131 551 4492
pl.tss@btinternet.com
4 Grierson Road, Edinburgh, EH5 2BQ
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