Kindling Farm Invertebrate Recording Day
This will be a joint event with Merseyside Biobank. Kindling Farm is an organic, community-led 78-acre farm in Merseyside. Owned collectively by over 800 members through the Kindling Trust, the farm is developing an agroforestry... Read more »
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 »
What we know, and don’t know, about humane insect collection Webinar
Book here. This webinar has been jointly organised with the Insect Welfare Research Society For many reasons, we may want to lethally collect insects (and other arthropods). But increasing evidence suggests there's cause to consider... Read more »
Crag Bank Nature Reserve & Lords Lot Bog Invertebrate Recording Day
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 have been... 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 »
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 »
£10.00
Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society (LCES) Spring Meeting 2026
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook Here This is a free bi-annual meeting open to all - you do not need to be a society member. Talks will include - 'The Highs and Lows of Looking for Rare Spiders in Lancashire', 'Kickstarting... Read more »
Spider Identification Training: From Field to Microscope
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here It’s often difficult to pack everything into a one-day identification workshop, so this series is designed to let you learn at a comfortable pace over four days: three practical workshops plus an optional... Read more »
£30
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 »
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