Useful Information

Check the Foreign Office for the latest travel advice.

The offical United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS) website makes applying for a passport as simple and straightforward as possible.

Engage people in the issues of climate change through tree-planting, with a community-based approach ensuring project success (and longevity). This is more than simple 'carbon offset', it is social, as well as environmental.

The CarbonNeutral Company leads the world in helping businesses and individuals tackle their contribution to climate change. Their scope is from strategic consultancy and carbon management for corporate and government clients, through to climate-related gifts available on the high street.

Climate Care is a service that helps individuals and organisations to repair the damage they do to the climate. Through its award-winning sustainable energy projects Climate Care will reduce pollution (CO2) equal to the amount you create - making your activities climate neutral.

CO2 Balance provide individuals and businesses with a simple, practical and cost-effective way to offset their unavoidable carbon dioxide emissions. Mostly through tree planting.

Discover how to live life naturally with this indispensable directory of natural, ethical and eco-friendly goods and services.

Weather forecasts around the world.

The British Sub Aqua Club is the governing body for sport diving in the UK.

The premier web resource about birds, birding & birdwatching for birders.

The world's most popular dive organisation.

Over 1400 bird reports from 130 countries and a good source of birdwatching resources.

Worldbirder have more than 4000 bird photos online featuring about 20% of the worlds birds from about 100 countries. You can upload you own images to be added to the collection.

A good birding resource.

Tooth & Claw is an innovative multi-media project providing an open forum on some of the complex issues surrounding our relationship with wild predators in Britain.

Travellingbirder.com - Internet portal to bird travel and birding trip reports

On Heels & Wheels (OHW) is a new website, designed to provide reliable and interesting essential information for wheelchair users who want to travel the world.

A useful guide to wildlife watching around the world with a particular emphasis on the African migration.

Commercial website and database solutions specialists.

Birding.com is an American website with lots of useful information.

Information on all BA services and deals.