Coleopterists' Day 2008
Coleopterists' Day is on Saturday 16
February 2008, from 11.00 - 16.00,
at the Loddon Room and Pelham Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country
Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading RG10 0GH. Grid reference SU 784718,
turn left off the B3030 driving North from Winnersh. When parking in
the Country Park, those attending the meeting are entitled to free car
parking, just display a BENHS notice inside the windscreen (available
from the desk inside the BENHS Pelham-Clinton Building). The site is
about 15 minutes walk from Winnersh railway station, trains run on a
half hour service from Reading and Waterloo. Lunch and hot or cold
snacks are available from a nearby cafe.
Hosted by the British Entomological & Natural History Society
Open to members and non-members (no
charge)
11.00 - 11.30: Alex Ramsay --
The ecology and recent status of British
and Irish Oil Beetles
11.30 - 12.00: Richard Wright
-- A presentation on the Beetles of
Warwickshire CD, including updates on the changing fauna
12.00 - 12.25: Mystery Photo
Competition! Prepared by Mark Telfer. The
chance to find out how good you are at recognising beetles from photos
-- can be seriously competitive or instructive and fun!
12.25 - 12.40: News and updates
on The Coleopterist, the Coleopterist
website, checklist matters, forthcoming events and publications
Lunch break
13.00 - 16.00: Pemberley Books
will be in attendance with a good
selection of books on Coleoptera (in the Loddon Room).
Throughout the afternoon there will be tables for the display of
exhibits in the Loddon Room, with the opportunity for informal
discussions there and in the BENHS rooms nearby.
The BENHS Pelham-Clinton Building will be open for consulting the
library and referring to the collections (which include the Joy
Collection of British Coleoptera).
Identification advice for problem specimens will be at hand,
particularly for Chrysomelidae (Peter Hodge) and Carabidae (Mark
Telfer).
If you have not been before, this event is intended for anybody with an
interest in British beetles, whether beginner or advanced. It is an
ideal opportunity to meet others with similar interests and to hear
about what is happening in the world of Coleoptera. If you have a
beetle exhibit, whether of specimens, photographs, apparatus or
publications, then please bring this along for display in the afternoon.
This year for the first time we are very pleased to welcome Pemberley
Books, the leading entomological bookseller, with the opportunity to
purchase publications on Coleoptera, from Britain and abroad,
throughout the afternoon.
In order to get an idea of the likely numbers attending, it will help
if you can send an E-mail in advance to: 