Launched in 1999, Alamy is the web's largest stock photography site with over 35 million royalty free and rights managed images. www.alamy.com

With over a million members, the RSPB is the UK charity working to secure a healthy environment for birds and other wildlife, helping to create a better world for us all. www.rspb.org.uk

The British Trust for Ornithology is an organisation that promotes bird conservation through volunteer-based surveys. www.bto.org

The Badger Trust has been campaigning vigorously against the use of badger culling as a way of controlling bovine TB. Please visit its site to find out how you can help in the fight against a terrible injustice to one of Britain's best-loved animals. www.badger.org.uk

TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's website, campaigning to see a reduction in intensively-reared broiler chickens in favour of birds raised in assured free-range and organic environments. Please take a few minutes to visit and, hopefully, register your support for this worthy cause. www.chickenout.tv

Secret World Wildlife Rescue specialises in the rescue, rehabilitation and eventual release of orphaned and injured wild creatures. It is run entirely on donations and provides the only 24 hour wildlife rescue service in the south west of England. www.secretworld.org