Workshops
Ladybird Larvae Workshop
Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve Moat Lane, Rixton, Cheshire, United KingdomBook here - tickets are £7.50 (The booking link will take you through the National Museums Liverpool website. Please note you do not need to 'become a member' in order to make a booking). This... Read more »
£7.50
Dragonflies & Damselflies in the Field Workshop
chester zoo Cedar HouseBook here (The booking link will take you through the National Museums Liverpool website. Please note you do not need to 'become a member' in order to make a booking). This workshop based at Chester... Read more »
£7.50
Snail-killing flies (Sciomyzidae) Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here - tickets are £7.50 (The booking link will take you through the National Museums Liverpool website. Please note you do not need to 'become a member' in order to make a booking). Stuart... Read more »
£7.50
Slugs Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here - tickets are £7.50 (The booking link will take you through the National Museums Liverpool website. Please note you do not need to 'become a member' in order to make a booking). A... Read more »
£7.50
Fly Families Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here - tickets are £15 (The booking link will take you through the National Museums Liverpool website. Please note you do not need to 'become a member' in order to make a booking). This... Read more »
£15
Apoid Wasps (with one sub-marginal cell) Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here This one-day workshop with Mike Edwards will cover the identification of Apoid wasps with a single sub-marginal cell. Not necessarily a closely related group of species, but a useful way of splitting the... Read more »
Amara Beetles Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here This workshop will focus on the ground beetle genus Amara. This is a challenging group of 27 species in Britain, many of which are very similar in their external morphology and often confused... Read more »
Ichneumonidae: Sawfly Parasitoids Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here This workshop will focus on the ichneumonid subfamily Ctenopelmatinae, which are almost all parasitoids of sawfly larvae. This is a morphologically diverse group and there are more than 50 genera in Europe and... Read more »
Leafhoppers & Allies Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here This one-day workshop will be an introduction to those members of the plant-feeding Hemiptera (bugs) that are leafhoppers, planthoppers, froghoppers and treehoppers (collectively known as Auchenorrhyncha). There are over 400 species in this... Read more »
Introduction to Bees Workshop
Ness Botanic Gardens NessBook here This one-day workshop at Ness Gardens will give an introduction to identifying and recording bees and will focus on the common and distinctive species found in the North-West. The day will start with... Read more »
Soldierflies & Allies Spotlight Session
Paradise Enterprise Centre 14 The Parade, Blacon, ChesterFor our next Spotlight Session with RECORD LRC we're focussing on Soldierflies and allies. When? 20 June, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Where? Community Hall, Parade Enterprise Centre, 14 The Parade, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5HN The 'Soldierflies and Allies'... Read more »
Dragonflies and Damselflies Weekend Workshop
Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve Moat Lane, Rixton, Cheshire, United KingdomBook here This 2-day workshop at Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve Warrington will cover the identification of dragonflies and damselflies as adults and larvae. The workshop will be a mix of indoor and outdoor sessions and... Read more »
£15
Entomology techniques workshop – Beetles
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here During this workshop, we'll be focussing on the field and lab based techniques used for finding and identifying beetles. Local beetle expert Clive Washington, along with staff from RECORD and the Tanyptera Project... Read more »
Free
An introduction to Invertebrate Identification Workshop
Ness Botanic Gardens NessBook here 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 some of the... Read more »
Free
Leeches in the Field
Book here - tickets are £7.50 This event will be held at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve, Wirral. Join like-minded people with an interest in recording wildlife observations for a day surveying freshwater leeches. Sampling leeches involves... Read more »
Leech Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here - tickets are £7.50 There are 17 species of freshwater leeches in the UK. This one-day workshop will give an introduction to identifying and recording leeches and will focus on the common and... Read more »
£7.50
Moth Dissection Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomAn introduction to the process of dissecting moths for the purpose of identification. The workshop will be practically based and will concentrate on the methods and processes needed to obtain accurate identifications. There will be... Read more »
Introduction to Water Mites Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here. Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) belong to one of the most species-rich group of aquatic invertebrates. They can be found in almost every water type, from streams, springs, lakes and pools to subterranean habitats.... Read more »
Tachinid Flies Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here Chris Raper and Matt Smith who organise the Tachinid Recording Scheme will be delivering this one-day workshop on Tachinid Flies. Working with the recording scheme's and museum's specimens, you will be using a... Read more »
Assassin Bugs & Damsel Bugs Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here This Assassin bug and Damsel bug workshop led by Jim Flanagan will cover the identification, biology and current distribution of 23 species. These two important groups of predatory terrestrial bugs play an important... Read more »
