Hilbre Island Invertebrate Recording Day
Hilbre Island West Kirby, WirralBook here. The Hilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve is contained within the Dee Estuary, off the Wirral Coast near West Kirby and Hoylake. It is an internationally important site for wading birds, and a great... Read more »
Smithills Invertebrate Recording Day
Smithalls Smithills Dean Road, BoltonBook here. A Woodland Trust site with 1,700 acres of open countryside, featuring mixed woodland with streams, rough grassland and heather moorland. The day will be focused in the Walker Fold area. Smithills has been... 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 »
Swallows Wood and Holybank Quarry Invertebrate Recording Day
Swallow's Wood TintwistleBook here. Swallow’s Wood is a 60-acre nature reserve, which contains semi-natural woodlands, meadows, ponds and marsh areas, and is owned by United Utilities who are also responsible for its management. Arnfield Reservoir is between... Read more »
Ribble Estuary Invertebrate Recording Day
Ribble Estuary NNR Banks, SouthportBook here. Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve (NNR) includes extensive areas of mud and sand flats and is one of the largest saltmarsh habitats in England. For this recording day we will be visiting the... 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 »
Artle Dale Invertebrate Recording Day
Artle Dale Caton, LancasterBook here. A 26 ha privately owned wooded gorge, 7km East of Lancaster. It is designated a SSSI as one of the best valleys in Lancashire for it’s bryophyte communities, including some approaching their extreme... Read more »
Colliers Moss Invertebrate Recording Day
Colliers Moss Saint HelensBook here Colliers Moss was created on the spoil and waste from the Bold Colliery and Power Station. The remnants of mossland around the fringes of the site have been restored and areas of sphagnum... 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 »
Witton Lime Beds and Ashton’s Flash Invertebrate Recording Day
Witton Lime Beds Wincham, NorthwichBook here. Both sites are part of the extensive ‘Northwich Woodlands’ complex, and are owned and managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council. Witton Lime Beds is a SSSI, having been selected to represent a... 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 »
Slugs Webinar
Slugs are commonly encountered in gardens, but also occur in wild environments. Despite their reputation for feeding on plants, many species have diverse diets, exhibit unusual behaviours and perform a wide range of functions in... Read more »
Introduction to Wasps Webinar
This webinar will introduce the different families of UK aculeate wasps and explore their identification, including examples of some of the more commonly encountered and iconic species. Dr Liam Crowley is a postdoctoral researcher at... 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 »
Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society (LCES) Autumn/Winter Meeting 2023
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, EnglandBook Here 10:00 to 13:30 – Entomology collection and library access Upon request, attendees will be able to use the museum's collection and library. They will be able to bring a packed lunch and eat... Read more »
Lacewings & Allies Webinar (Part 1)
These two webinars will give participants the confidence to be able to start identifying Lacewings and their allies and information on how to submit their records to the British Isles Lacewings and Allies Recording Scheme.... Read more »
Lacewings & Allies Webinar (Part 2)
These two webinars will give participants the confidence to be able to start identifying Lacewings and their allies and information on how to submit their records to the British Isles Lacewings and Allies Recording Scheme.... Read more »
