Mayflies Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here – tickets are £7.50 Mayflies can be seen emerging from the water, resting in nearby vegetation, and most commonly ‘dancing’ above head height, along the shores of stillwaters and rivers. Of course, the word... Read more »
Dragonflies and Damselflies Weekend Workshop
Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve Moat Lane, Rixton, CheshireBook here – tickets are £15 Tony Parker is our tutor for this 2-day workshop at Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve where we will cover the identification of dragonflies and damselflies as adults and larvae, as... Read more »
Solitary Wasp Workshop
Book here – tickets are £15 This 2-day workshop led by Ian Cheeseborough is for anyone who would like to learn about the identification and ecology of solitary wasps. Day 1 will be based at... Read more »
Beetle Families Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here – tickets are £15 Beetles represent a diverse and ecologically important group of invertebrates and include ecological roles such as pollinators, plant pests, decomposers and active hunters. Dispite being popular within entomologists and... Read more »
Shieldbug, Grasshopper and Cricket Field Identification
Ainsdale Discovery Centre Southport, MerseysideBook here – tickets are £7.50 Our tutor for the day, Phil Smith, will introduce you to some of the shieldbugs, grasshoppers and crickets that can be identified on the Sefton Coast. The adults and most... Read more »
Freshwater Snails Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBooking here - tickets are £7.50 Freshwater snails play a vital role in food webs and water purification. Some indicate unspoilt or very specialised habitats, while others host unwelcome parasites, or are nuisance invaders. Some... Read more »
Woodlice Workshop
Leighton Moss Storrs Lane, CarnforthBook here – tickets are £7.50 This workshop will cover: General life histories and ecology of woodlice Identification of the common and distinctive species. This workshop is on location at Leighton Moss, North Lancashire. It will include... Read more »
Harvestmen Workshop
Leighton Moss Storrs Lane, CarnforthBook here – tickets are £7.50 You may know the group of arachnids, ‘Opiliones’ as Harvestmen or daddy-long-legs spiders. This course will offer insight into how these fascinating animals are very much not spiders and... Read more »
Millipedes Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here – tickets are £7.50 Millipedes (Diplopoda) are an easily overlooked group of animals because of their secretive lifestyles in soil or under bark. There are over 60 species in Britain, so offer good... Read more »
Flowerbugs & Lacebugs Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here - tickets are £7.50 With just over 30 species of Flowerbug and 27 Lacebugs occurring in Britain and Ireland, these under-recorded groups are a manageable size to add to your invertebrate recording. This... Read more »
Spider Families Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here - tickets are £7.50 Richard Gallon from the British Arachnological Society’s Spider Recording Scheme will lead this workshop on identifying UK spider families. The workshop will use preserved specimens to help understand the... Read more »
Earthworm Sampling Day
Sefton Park Sefton Park Drive, LiverpoolThis event will be held at Sefton Park in Liverpool. Book here. Join like-minded people with an interest in recording wildlife observations for a day surveying earthworms. The specimens collected will help us to build... Read more »
Earthworm Identification Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here - tickets are £15 includes a copy of the Key to the Earthworms of the UK & Ireland There are 31 species of earthworm living freely in soils in the UK. They are... Read more »
Introduction to Bees Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here - tickets are £7.50 This one-day workshop 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... Read more »
Land Snails Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here - tickets are £7.50 A one-day workshop with land snail expert Robert Cameron where participants will learn how to identify different species by examining their shells. There are around 100 different species of... Read more »
Spider-hunting Wasps Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook here - tickets are £15 This two-day workshop will look at the habitats, nesting and identification of the many genera of spider hunting wasps (Pompilidae) - found in Britain. Day 1 will concentrate on... Read more »
Micro-ladybirds Workshop
Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve Moat Lane, Rixton, CheshireBook 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 »
Ladybird Larvae Workshop
Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve Moat Lane, Rixton, CheshireBook 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 »
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 »
Snail-killing flies (Sciomyzidae) Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook 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 »
