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 »
Fly Pupa Webinar
Book here. Diptera comprise some of the most ecologically important animal species playing key roles in pollination, nutrient recycling and decomposition. But it is not just the adult flies we should be thinking about but... Read more »
Hightown Dunes & Meadows Invertebrate Recording Day
The Hightown Dunes and Meadows nature reserve stretches from Hall Road Coastguard Station to the mouth of the River Alt. The site consists of sand dunes, a small saltmarsh, freshwater ponds, willow and poplar scrub and... Read more »
Heswall Fields and Shore Invertebrate Recording Day
Heswall fields contains wildflower meadows fronting the Dee estuary/Heswall shore. The sandy banks leading up to the fields contain perfect nesting opportunities for a variety of wasp and bee species. In past years the Nationally... Read more »
Trowbarrow and Hawes Water Invertebrate Recording Day
Trowbarrow Local Nature Reserve is managed by Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This former quarry holds a supports a mosaic of grassland habitats with limestone plants, bare ground, shallow ponds and a broad-leaved hazel... Read more »
Starr Hills Invertebrate Recording Day
Starr Hills, Lytham St Annes is owned by Flyde Council and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It covers 23.6 ha of sand dune. The northern section of the coastal dunes at Starr... 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 »
Peel Park and The Coppice Invertebrate Recording Day
Peel Park and the CoppicePeel Park is the largest Local Nature Reserve in Lancashire and currently the subject of a Prospects Foundation project to protect and improve pollinator populations and their habitats. Over 20 broad habitat have been recorded, including heathland,... 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
Prenton Dell Claypit Invertebrate Recording Day
Prenton Dell Claypit on the Wirral consists of species-rich meadows, ponds, ditches, a small area of ancient woodland and marsh. The site is owned by National Grid who lease it to a local community group... Read more »
Bagmere and Brereton Heath Invertebrate Recording Day
Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve is a 50 acre mosaic of mixed woodland, a lake, grassland, including some semi-improved, marsh and a few acres of heathland that are closed to the public. We will focus our... Read more »
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 »
Macclesfield Forest Invertebrate Recording Day
This is a joint recording day with the Sorby Invertebrate Group. United Utilities owned Macclesfield Forest covers an area of approximately 400 hectares (990 acres), dominated by woodland or plantation. Most of the woodland is... 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
Freshwater Sponges Webinar
Book here. This webinar will outline what freshwater sponges are, their biology and life cycle, and the difficulties of identification. It will also discuss the distribution and biology of obligate feeders, particularly the spongeflies and... Read more »
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 »
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