Bee Identification Training: From Field to Microscope
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here Interested in bees but unsure where to start in identifying them? Confused by terminology in identification keys? This workshop series aims to help you develop skills in finding bees, examining them in the... Read more »
£30
More than Just House Flies – An Introduction to British Muscidae Webinar
Book here. The fly family Muscidae are generally known as House Flies and everyone knows Musca domestica which flies around our kitchens and confounds scientists by landing upside down on the ceiling. But that species is... Read more »
Risley Moss Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Risley Moss is an 82-hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Warrington, featuring lowland raised bog, woodlands, and meadows. It is also the only known site in Cheshire... Read more »
Crag Bank Invertebrate Recording Day Visit 1
Book here. Crag Bank Nature Reserve is 3.7 ha. SSSI comprising calcareous boulder-clay ridges and extensive wet areas of calcareous peaty soil with fen-like vegetation, ditches and a muddy stream. Over 170 species of flowering plant... Read more »
Jumping Plant Lice (Psyllids) Workshop
Book here Day 1 (13th June) will be at World Museum, Liverpool. Day 2 (14th June) will be at Rixton Clay Pits, Warrington. Psyllids (Jumping Plant Lice) are a small, understudied group of Hemiptera often... Read more »
£20
Heswall Dales Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Heswall Dales is an area of some 72 acres of lowland heath situated close to Heswall on the Wirral. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Local Nature Reserve. On-street... Read more »
Alvaston Hall Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Alvaston Hall is a hotel complex in South Cheshire with extensive grounds on the floodplains of the River Weaver. The area of interest was formerly a 9-hole golf course that never re-opened since... Read more »
An Introduction to Invertebrate Identification Workshop
Ness Botanic Gardens NessBook here (via RECORD LERC) Have you ever wanted to identify an invertebrate but weren't sure where to start? In this introductory workshop at the beautiful Ness Gardens, we'll be looking at the differences between... Read more »
Free
Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. The river Dibbin runs through the centre of Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve with 3 miles of maintained pathways leading through ancient woodland, tunnels, wetland areas and meadows. There is a car park and toilet facilities on site. Nearest... Read more »
Freshfield Dune Heath Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Freshfield Dune Heath is a mixture of woodland, scrub and acidic grassland woven through a lowland dune heath: 9% of the national total of this incredibly rare habitat. It is the single largest... Read more »
Carr House Green Common Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Carr House Green Common, Inskip is primarily a lowland wet grassland meadow. It features marshy grassland with wet depressions and drainage ditches, creating a mosaic of wetland habitats that support characteristic flora and... Read more »
Grimsargh Wetlands Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Grimsargh Wetlands comprises three decommissioned former reservoirs and surrounding land managed by a dedicated Trust near Preston in Lancashire. There is variety of grassland habitats surrounding the former reservoirs, from species-rich free draining... Read more »
Crag Bank Invertebrate Recording Day Visit 2
Book here. Crag Bank Nature Reserve is 3.7 ha. SSSI comprising calcareous boulder-clay ridges and extensive wet areas of calcareous peaty soil with fen-like vegetation, ditches and a muddy stream. Over 170 species of flowering plant... Read more »
Errwood & Fernilee Reservoirs Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here Join us for a joint recording day with Sorby Invertebrate Group and Cheshire Bee Group at Errwood and Fernilee Reservoirs in the Goyt Valley area. The site consists of mostly acid grassland/moorland with... Read more »
Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea) Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here. This one-day workshop with Steve Compton will cover the identification of chalcid wasps, one of the most species-rich groups of insects in the UK. An introductory lecture will outline the ecology and anatomy... Read more »
£10
Picture-winged Flies Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here. This two-day workshop with David Clements will cover the identification and biology of flies in the families Tephritidae, Ulidiidae, Platystomatidae, Pallopteridae and Opomyzidae – the main families of the so-called ‘picture-winged flies’. The... Read more »
£20
Introduction to ‘Proctos’ Parasitoid Wasps Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here Introduction to ‘Proctos’: Parasitoid wasps of the superfamilies Diaprioidea, Platygastroidea, Proctotrupoidea and Ceraphronoidea Small parasitoid wasps are among the most diverse and numerous insects in terrestrial ecosystems where they exploit other insects and spiders as food for their young. This one-day workshop will be... Read more »
£10
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