Local Contacts

If you have just joined the Society or are considering doing so, we will endeavour to put you in touch with a member living in your area with a view to going out into the field together. In some areas there are active local groups which meet from time to time to record from a particular site or habitat.

Below is a list of members who are willing to be contacted:

England

Cornwall North – Barbara Hilton ( )

Cornwall East - Bob Hodgson ( )

Cornwall West – Peter Lambley ( )

Bedfordshire - Martin Butler ( )

Bristol area - David Hill ( )

Channel Islands - Ann Allen ( )

Cumbria - Allan Pentecost, The Old House, Storth Road, Storth, Cumbria, LA7 7NS ( ).

Derbyshire - Steve Price ( )

Devon North - Maxine Putnam and Tony Holwill (  )

Devon South - Barbara Benfield ( )

Devon West - Bob Hodgson ( )

Dorset - Vince Giavarini ( ); Bryan Edwards ( ); and Neil Sanderson ( )

Durham - Doug McCutcheon ( )

Essex – John Skinner ( ); and Peter Earland-Bennett, 44, Sherwood Way, Southend-on-Sea. Essex SS2 4SR (contact by post).

Gloucestershire - Juliet Bailey ( )

Hampshire - Ken Sandell, 95 Porter Road, Basingstoke, Hants RG22 4JR (contact by post); and Neil Sanderson ( )

Isle of Wight - Colin Pope ( )

Isles of Scilly - Bryan Edwards ( )

Kent - Ishpi Blatchley ( )

Leicestershire - Ivan Pedley ( )

Lincolnshire – Mark Seaward ( )

London SE – Linda Davies ( )

London SW - Heidi Döring ( )

Lundy – Ann Allen ( )

Nottingham – Peter Crittenden ( )

Norfolk - Peter Lambley ( )

Northamptonshire – Ivan Pedley ( )

Northumberland - Janet Simkin ( )

Oxford - Vanessa Winchester ( )

Rutland – Ivan Pedley ( )

Shropshire - Trevor Duke ( )

Somerset - Pat Wolseley ( )

Staffordshire – Trevor Duke ( )

Suffolk - Chris Hitch ( )

Surrey – David Hawksworth ( )

Sussex - Simon Davey ( )

Warwickshire – Ivan Pedley ( )

Wiltshire - Lesley Balfe ( ); and Neil Sanderson ( )

Yorkshire - Mark Seaward ( )

Wales

All - Steve Chambers ( )

Mid Wales - Ray Woods ( )

South Wales – Alan Orange ( )

Carmarthenshire - Theresa Greenaway ( )

Gwynedd - Tony Fletcher ( )

Scotland

Aberdeenshire - Sheila Reid ( )

Angus - Richard Brinklow ( )

Argyll - Andy Acton ( )

Ayrshire - John Douglass ( )

Berwickshire - Brian Coppins ( )

Dumbartonshire - Keith Watson ( )

Dundee - Richard Brinklow ( )

Edinburgh - Brian Coppins ( )

Fife - Peder Aspen ( )

Glasgow - Keith Watson ( )

Lanarkshire - John Douglass ( ); and Keith Watson ( )

Lothians - Brian Coppins ( )

Renfrewshire - John Douglass ( ); and Keith Watson ( )

Sutherland - Ian Evans ( )

Ireland

Northern Ireland - Mike Simms ( )

Republic of Ireland – Irish Lichen Field Club ( http://www.lichens.ie )

Overseas

Many lichenological organizations have their own newsletters, bulletins, or scientific journals as well as web sites.

International Association for Lichenology: the international umbrella association for lichenology, the Newsletter of which should be consulted for a full list of lichenological societies - http://lichenology.org