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IMPORTANT! 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 […]
Free 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 […]
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 - 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 […]
Free webinar with Aaron Bhambra looking at the potential reasons behind the range expansion of the Noble Jewel-wasp. The Noble Jewel-wasp (Hedychrum nobile) is a recent colonist to Great Britain, recorded for the first time in 1998. This brood parasite has experienced a rapid range expansion throughout England over the past 20 years, following the […]
Hoverfly identification - Martin Harvey BENHS Dinton Pastures - June 15 - 2024, 10:30 - 16:00. This workshop will mostly focus on the identification of hoverfly specimens using keys and microscopes. If the weather is suitable we will also include a short field session within the grounds at Dinton Pastures, and we'll cover the use […]
Balfour-Browne Club field meeting 20th-24th June 2024 in Calabria national park (ITALY) open to BENHS members. Those coleopterists interested in attending please get in touch with Garth Foster lastissimus@btinternet.com You’ll need a permesso di recercatore to collect any beetles!
SU708658. An approximately 50 acre site consisting of unimproved grassland and deciduous woodland. It is believed that this site has never been worked before, so it's not known what one can expect. Joint meeting with Berkshire Moth Group. Meet 3.00pm for day work (e.g. clearwings (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) pheromoning), and at 7.00pm for an on-site barbeque […]
Car park at ST479653 behind a locked gate. Day time meeting for general invertebrates from 1.30pm until 3.30/4.00pm and then light trapping in the evening from 8.30pm. The site has a rich remnant area of limestone heath surrounded by woodland with much of the latter recently added to the area managed by the Wildlife Trust. […]
Joint Amateur Entomologist’s Society Bug Club meeting this on Saturday, preceded by Friday night session moth trapping, also with Berkshire Moth Group at SU784718. There will be the usual "meet a moth" event on Saturday morning. This event coincides with National Insect Week (24th – 30th June’24). Leader: Ian Sims (ian.sims57@hotmail.com).
Moth traps envisaged both nights. Habitat is varied and includes wet and dry meadow (well off the beaten track), and broad-leaved woodland. Leader: Glenda Orledge: bssgmo@bath.ac.uk