Events
Cleaver Heath Invertebrate Recording Day
Cleaver Heath Nature Reserve Oldfield Road, Heswall, United KingdomA general invertebrate recording day at Cleaver Heath Nature Reserve Cleaver Heath is manged by Cheshire Wildlife Trust and is a small, 7 acre island of lowland heath fringed with birch and oak woodland on... Read more »
Bumblebees in the field: In-person Workshop
Ness Botanic Gardens NessThis workshop will cover the identification and ecology of bumblebees, focusing on those found in the North West. The day will start with an indoor session followed by finding and identifying bumblebees around Ness Botanic... Read more »
Far Greenbank Farm Invertebrate Recording Day
Far Greenbank Farm LancasterA general invertebrate recording day at Far Greenbank Farm This recording day will take place at the privately owned Far Greenbank Farm, a remote upland shooting estate at c.250m asl. The main habitat interest on... Read more »
Chester Zoo Estate Invertebrate Recording Day
chester zoo Cedar HouseA general invertebrate recording day on Chester Zoo Estate We will visit a site on the Chester Zoo estate which is a mosaic of habitats in a narrow strip bordering the Shropshire Union Canal. It is... Read more »
Dragonfly ID Weekend
Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve Moat Lane, Rixton, Cheshire, United KingdomBooking via World Museum events page - tickets are £15. Dragonfly & Damselfly Identification in the Field This 2-day workshop at Rixton Clay Pits Nature Reserve will cover the identification of dragonflies and damselflies as... Read more »
£15
Ladybirds Spotlight Session
chester zoo Cedar HouseDid you know... that we have 46 species of ladybird in the UK?! These colourful Coccinellids are actually a family within the Coleoptera (or beetle) order of insects. The group includes easily spotted garden favourites... Read more »
Free
Yarrow Valley Country Park Invertebrate Recording Day
Yarrow Valley Country Park ChorleyA general invertebrate recording day at Yarrow Valley Country Park Yarrow Valley Country Park was first established in 1987 on land previously used for bleaching, dyeing, calico printing and mining. The park is now an... Read more »
Search for the Sea Aster Mining Bee / Invertebrate Recording Day
This is a joint recording day with the Cheshire Bee Group who will be looking for the Sea Aster Mining Bee (Colletes halophilus) on and around the coastal path in Heswall (near the Sheldrakes restaurant).... Read more »
Plant Galls Webinar
An introduction to plant galls in Britain. Peter Shirley will cover what galls are, where on plants they occur, examples of galls caused by different groups of causers (such as wasps, midges and mites) and... Read more »
Heyden Valley – Invertebrate Recording Day
For this recording day we will join Sorby Invertebrate Group at Heyden Valley. The site is a mixture of moorland, streams and flushes. Please note, the paths at this site are uneven so will be... Read more »
Plant Galls Workshop
Marbury Country Park NorthwichBookings via the World Museum events page - tickets are £7.50. The aim of this workshop is to introduce participants to the discovery of plant galls and their diversity of types on a range of... Read more »
£7.50
Smithills Invertebrate Recording Day
Smithalls Smithills Dean Road, BoltonA general invertebrate recording day at Smithills Estate 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... Read more »
Ants Webinar
As a consequence of their often high numbers, ants are amongst the most conspicuous of insects. In the UK however, due to our northerly location, they are not very diverse. The up-side of this is... Read more »
Ant Identification Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBooking via World Museum events page - tickets are £7.50. As a consequence of their often high numbers, ants are amongst the most conspicuous of insects. In the UK however, due to our northerly location,... Read more »
£7.50
Plant Bugs and Ground Bugs ID Weekend
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBooking via World Museum events page – tickets are £15. Day 1 - Ground Bugs - The first day of this workshop presents an opportunity to look into detail at the second largest group of terrestrial bugs... Read more »
£15
Flesh flies (Sarcophagidae) Weekend
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBooking via World Museum events page – tickets are £15 The principal aim of this two-day workshop is to help participants learn how to identify Flesh flies Sarcophagidae. The British Sarcophagidae fauna is a medium sized family,... Read more »
£15
Money Spiders Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here – tickets are £7.50 Richard Gallon from the British Arachnological Society will lead this one-day workshop covering British Money Spiders (Linyphiidae). Money Spiders have an unwarranted reputation for being difficult to identify. They... Read more »
£7.50
Braconid Wasps Weekend Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here - tickets are £15 The Braconidae is a large family of parasitoid wasps, with about 1,500 species in Britain. Some are very well-known to anybody who rears caterpillars and aphids, but they are... Read more »
£15
Lacewings Workshop
World Museum William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United KingdomBook here – tickets are £7.50 Identifying the Lacewings and allies of the British Isles The aim of the one-day workshop is to help participants with the identification of Lacewings (Neuroptera), Snakeflies (Raphidioptera), Alderflies (Megaloptera), and... Read more »
£7.50
Mayflies Webinar
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 ‘mayfly’ is slightly misleading, as... Read more »
