Members Open Day
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomThe Pelham Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures, Reading. The Society’s Headquarters Building is the venue for regular Open Days for members.
Butterflies Through Time: Climate Change, Conservation & Historic Specimens
ZoomFree webinar with Matthew Hayes discussing how historical specimens and modern-day research allow wildlife of the past to inform conservation of the future. Combining historical specimens and modern-day research allows wildlife of the past to inform conservation of the future. In this talk, Matt Hayes (Cambridge University) discusses research currently being carried out on Wildlife […]
Members Open Day
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomThe Pelham Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures, Reading. The Society’s Headquarters Building is the venue for regular Open Days for members.
The Sheepleas, SURREY
Daytime meeting at The Sheepleas (permission granted) meet at 10.30am in the car park behind St Mary’s church on the A246 Epsom Rd, near West Horsley, map ref TQ088525; what3words brief.shared.indoor and then Great Ridings Wood (permission pending), West Horsley, Surrey, 2.00pm start in Orestan Lane, Effingham, KT24 5SJ at TQ107538, what3words sage.bared.stress. Good sites […]
Shouldham Warren, NORFOLK
Thurs. 23rd May 2024: Shouldham Warren, Norfolk (Forestry Commission likely to confirm with permission granted as per last season). See the British Journal of Entomology and Natural History for further details.
An introduction to finding and recording insects – Indoor and Outdoor Workshop
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomAn introduction to finding and recording insects - Martin Harvey BENHS Dinton Pastures - May 25 - 2024, 10:30 - 16:00. This workshop will help you gain experience finding insects in the field, exploring the habitats at Dinton Pastures, and provide a chance to try out identifying and recording insects. This will include both photographic […]
Special BENHS Field Meeting at the Knepp Estate, West Sussex
Knepp Estate, West Sussex Knepp Castle, Horsham, West Sussex, United KingdomIMPORTANT! Special BENHS field meeting at Knepp Estate, West Sussex for weekend of 1st-2nd June, 2024 Leaders: Ray Barnett: ray.barnett@hotmail.co.uk, Keith Alexander keith.n.a.alexander@outlook.com & Ian Masters iandavidmasters@yahoo.com Additionally, Keith Alexander has stated that this will be in effect the BENHS Saproxylic Group meeting for this year. Given the size and complexity of the estate and events over two days and […]
Bees and Heatwaves: Preparing For A Warming World
ZoomFree webinar with Yanet Sepulveda and Isobel Sexton about a project investigating the impacts of extreme weather on bee populations. As heatwaves become more frequent and intense, it is essential to understand how pollinators respond to such extreme conditions. The Buzz Club's Bees and Heatwaves project involves volunteers from all over the UK to help […]
Laughton Greenwood, SUSSEX
10:00am meet at the Keepers Gate entrance in Park Lane, TQ51551449 (Turn south off the A22 London to Eastbourne Road at TQ516147). Leader: Peter Hodge (Tel. 01273 812047) peter.hodge@mypostoffice.co.uk). Formerly known as Vert Wood, the former site for the Lewes Wave (Scopula immorata) now extinct in Britain. This is a daytime meeting but it is […]
An Introduction to the Identification of UK Spiders
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomAn Introduction to the Identification of UK Spiders - Michael Davis BENHS Dinton Pastures – June 8 – 2024, 10:30 – 16:00 During this workshop participants will gain the knowledge to identify many of the common spider families and species encountered in homes and gardens as well as the wider countryside. In addition, participants will […]