Events
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AES Bug Club and Berkshire Moth Group Joint meeting
Dinton Pastures Country ParkJoint AES Bug Club meeting on the Saturday, preceded on Friday night with moth trapping, jointly with the Amateur Entomologist’s Society and Berkshire Moth Group. There will be our usual "meet a moth" event on the Saturday morning. Arrangements for meeting place and times (main car park 21.00 hours on the Friday, 10.00 hours on […]
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Field meeting at Oldlands Copse, Surrey
Oldlands CopseField MeetingOldlands Copse, near Burntcommon, Surrey, GU23 7BB Meet at 2PM car park off Tithebarns Lane. Map ref TQ044543, What3words year.radio.ends. Good site for Diptera, aculeate Hymenoptera and other orders. Oldlands Copse is former agricultural land, now managed as a Site of Alternative Natural Greenspace. In addition to the copse, there are extensive meadows with wildflowers. […]
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2026 special field meeting at Portland Bill
Portland Bird Observatory and Field CentreField MeetingJoin us on our BENHS special field meeting at Portland Bill, from 3rd to 5th July 2026. We have booked all the accommodation and facilities at the Portland Bird Observatory for the weekend, which consists of 11 rooms. Each room has two beds (more in some). The price is £19 per person per night, self-catering. Please let […]
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Members Open Day
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomPlease note: We are reverting back to a 10:30 opening time permanently. The Pelham Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures, Reading. The Society’s Headquarters Building is the venue for regular Open Days for members. We encourage and welcome members to come along and use the facilities; our comprehensive library, the incredible collection and our recently installed suite […]
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An introduction to leafhoppers and allied groups – Newcomer level – Alan Stewart (Sussex)
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomIdentification Workshop1st August: An introduction to leafhoppers and allied groups: A workshop on the identification of leafhoppers, planthoppers, froghoppers and treehoppers (collectively known as Auchenorrhyncha) designed to initiate newcomers into identifying this group of insects. The workshop will start with a short presentation on the main families, diagnostic characters used in identification, and other general study […]
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An introduction to leafhoppers and allied groups – Intermediate level – Alan Stewart (Sussex)
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomIdentification Workshop8th August: Identification of leafhoppers and allied groups: intermediate level A workshop on the identification of leafhoppers, planthoppers, froghoppers and treehoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) for those with some prior experience in identifying this group of insects and who want to build up their experience (N.B. there is an introductory workshop on 1stAugust for newcomers). The workshop will […]
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Field meeting at Lords Woods, Pensford, Bath & North East Somerset
Lords WoodsField Meeting7.45pm light-trapping at Lords Woods, Pensford, Bath & North East Somerset ST6308 6321. A privately owned mixed woodland of 150 acres but with public access agreement in place. One of the few sites close to Bristol with White Admiral in the summer months. Also known for the variety of dragonflies on the large pond, glow-worm […]
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Members Open Day
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomPlease note: We are reverting back to a 10:30 opening time permanently. The Pelham Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures, Reading. The Society’s Headquarters Building is the venue for regular Open Days for members. We encourage and welcome members to come along and use the facilities; our comprehensive library, the incredible collection and our recently installed suite […]
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Members Open Day
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomPlease note: We are reverting back to a 10:30 opening time permanently. The Pelham Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures, Reading. The Society’s Headquarters Building is the venue for regular Open Days for members. We encourage and welcome members to come along and use the facilities; our comprehensive library, the incredible collection and our recently installed suite […]
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Members Open Day
BENHS Headquarters The Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomPlease note: We are reverting back to a 10:30 opening time permanently. The Pelham Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures, Reading. The Society’s Headquarters Building is the venue for regular Open Days for members. We encourage and welcome members to come along and use the facilities; our comprehensive library, the incredible collection and our recently installed suite […]