Dr Wil Leo Hawkes(University of Exeter) presents work from his PhD on insect migrations and the pollinator services they provide.
Author Archives: Keiron Derek Brown
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Insects
Climate change is an issue that we are all too familiar with, but what is the impact on our aquatic invertebrates? Craig Macadam (Buglife) presents recent research on riverflies.
No Brain, No Problem? 20 Years of the National Jellyfish Survey
Amy Pilsbury (Marine Conservation Society) discusses the National Jellyfish Survey and what the data can tell us about these weird and wonderful marine invertebrates.
Wriggling Into Recording: 10 Years of the National Earthworm Recording Scheme
Keiron Derek Brown (Earthworm Society) discusses how the data generated by biological recorders and earthworm researchers is improving our understanding of British and Irish earthworms.
2022 National Earthworm Recording Scheme Review
2022 has been a great year for earthworm recording, with 2,185 new earthworm species occurrence records generated! 25 out of the 31 species known to occur in natural environments in the British Isles were recorded, including our first-ever earthworm species records for the Isle of Man. Alongside new and existing earthworm recorders, I’ve been involvedContinue reading “2022 National Earthworm Recording Scheme Review”
Making Invertebrate Science Accessible
entoLIVE is a webinar series that aims to make a difference and open up invertebrate research to new audiences.
Make Your Wildlife Observations Count
We worked with Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Environmental Records Centre to produce the Make Your Wildlife Observations Count webinar series that covered some of the do’s and don’ts of wildlife recording, with the aim of helping naturalists and recorders generate accurate and high-quality biodiversity data.
365 Days of Earthworms
“Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than most persons would at first suppose” Charles Darwin (1881) The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Actions of Worms It’s officially over… 2021 is behind us. As National Recorder for Earthworms it’s my responsibility to process all of the earthworm recordsContinue reading “365 Days of Earthworms”
Sequencing British Earthworms
Understanding the genomes of living organisms helps us to better understand their biology, ecology and behaviour. In this blog Keiron explains how he worked with Oxford University to get more British earthworm species sequenced.
Data-Flow – The journey of a record
By sharing biological records it opens up the potential benefit that a record can have to nature and the environment through analysis, research and the production of resources (such as a distribution atlas). Throughout the years, the number of organisations involved in the collection and dissemination of biodiversity data has increased and diversified, leaving biologicalContinue reading “Data-Flow – The journey of a record”