Woodbury Common, Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve, EAST DEVON
This is located south of Colaton Raleigh Common, largely to the east of the B3280 and to the north of the minor road from Four Firs to Yettington.with Uplands Plantation forming the eastern boundary (exact meeting details, nearer the time). Leader: Gareth King sterrhinae@gmail.com This will be an afternoon/dusk session (4.00pm start) with a focus […]
Alpi Marittime National Park, Cuneo, ITALY
31st July, 2024 approx. Alpi Marittime National Park, Cuneo, ITALY. Permission is in the process of being granted. I have been here many times* since 2008. Please approach leader: Gareth King: sterrhinae@gmail.com for further details. Turin is the nearest airport as is Milan with two-hour fleccia rosa trains to Turin (Borgo San Dalmazzo is the […]
Rimetea, western ROMANIA
August 2024: Rimetea, western ROMANIA, European Lepidopterists Society (SEL) study site. I have obtained permission already. This is a long-term project. It is a sub-Mediterranean, Euro-Asiatic site with little data available to date. Please approach leader: Gareth King: sterrhinae@gmail.com for further details.
Bees and Beyond: Ecosystem Services at a Garden Scale
ZoomFree webinar with Dr Linda Birkin exploring the importance of gardens for the wider environment in which they are nestled. Gardening success and invertebrate activity are deeply intertwined, for better or worse! Demonstrating that the beneficial side of this relationship vastly outweighs the negative is hugely important for maximising the ecological value of gardens - […]
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.
A World of Wasps: Researching the Ichneumonid Wasps
ZoomFree webinar delving into the understudied world of Ichneumonid wasps. Huge numbers of insects are hosts to parasitoid wasps, and one of the most successful groups of wasps is the Ichneumonoidea, or Darwin Wasps. Despite the ubiquity of Darwin Wasps, they are comparatively neglected by researchers and naturalists. Dr Gavin Broad looks at research on […]
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.
Sow Wild! and Insect Identification
ZoomFree webinar investigating the success of 'mini meadows' and testing the ability of citizen scientists to sample and identify insects. Habitat loss and fragmentation are considered the foremost threats in pollinator decline, and in England and Wales, 97% of wildflower meadows were lost by 1984. Gardens have considerable potential for supporting pollinators, covering large areas […]
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.
Cave Spiders: Behavioural Adaptations in Webs, Foraging and Dispersal
ZoomFree webinar with Dr Thomas Hesselberg exploring behavioural adaptations in cave spiders. Web-building spiders are excellent model organisms to study the behavioural adaptations to novel habitats such as the dark and food-limited subterranean cave habitat. Cave-dwelling orb spiders in the genus Meta show several potential behavioural adaptations in both their webs (which do not have […]