Nature Diary Rocks History Gallery Home Page
Wildlife on the WebFlora and Fauna; Top of the list, an exceptionally useful site for wildlife, run by the Natural History Museum. Simply type in your (U.K.) postcode and you'll get a print-out of your local flora and fauna. This kind of information that now easier to obtain from the web than from the original reports and atlases.
Wildscenes with John Gardnerwww.wildscenes.com; You may have seen the work of wildlife and landscape photographer John Gardner in publications as far afield as France and the United States. Between field trips his home base is in West Yorkshire. Stunning close-up photography of our local wildlife - and of birds, animals and landscapes further afield - plus some useful advice on wildlife photography.www.countrylovers.co.uk 'connecting people with Britain's countryside'. Dome constellation web site. Local LinksFor an introduction to other aspects of the region here are some useful Yorkshire web sites, with a good selection of local links;Daelnet home page; '... the internet gateway for the dales.' Yorkshire Dialect Verse including spoken versions Crofton Silver Band Welcome to Wakefield including useful historical material Wakey.com the (unofficial) web site for Wakefield. It features sport, places of interest . . . and local pubs.
Charles WatertonWaterton Park, Wakefield, was named in honour of Victorian naturalist Charles Waterton, as was Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.Waterton Natural History Association, Alberta Following Historic Trails this Alberta heritage site includes material on Waterton, Blakiston (who named Waterton Lakes) . . . including a Japanese connection.
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