At the Biological Recording Company, one of our 4 primary aims is to increase our knowledge of earthworms by delivering training courses and recording events across the UK. Most of these are free to attend due to funding from partners (or just our own goodwill), and all of them are components of the Earthworm IDContinue reading “Spring 2023: Earthworm Courses & Events”
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Crawfish: Trending in South-west Britain
Delve into the mysterious reappearance of the Crawfish is the southwest of England with Dr Angus Jackson from Seasearch.
Celebrating Ladybirds: Developing Our Knowledge Through Citizen Science
Prof Helen Roy (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) explains how our understanding of the ecology of these beautiful beetles is partly due to an army of citizen scientists.
Weird But Wonderful World of Worms: Tales From The Museum Collections
Emma Sherlock (Natural History Museum) provides a tour of some of the weirder worms from the museum’s collections.
The Wildlife Trusts Habitat Banking Investment
Martin Varley goes over the Wildlife Trusts Habitat Banking Investment project and how it aims to meet near-term demand for BNG credits.
Biodiversity Net Gain: The Wiltshire Council Perspective
Rachel Jones gives a county council perspective on Biodiversity Net Gain based on the pilot work being conducted in Wiltshire.
Delivering Biodiversity Net Gain for Infrastructure Projects
Julia Baker discusses her work with Biodiversity Net Gain for infrastructure projects, detailing some of the lessons learned and challenges with these large projects.
Biodiversity Net Gain: A Policy and Metric Update
Nick White provides an update from Natural England n the forthcoming mandatory approach to biodiversity net gain and the biodiversity metric that will be used.
The Earthworm Invasion of North America
Earthworms are well-known ecosystem engineers, profoundly affecting soil processes. They are generally considered beneficial organisms that improve soil quality. But what happens when earthworms are introduced to ecosystems that have evolved with no or very different kinds of earthworms? Prof Katalin Szlávecz discusses the impacts of non-native earthworms in the Atlantic region of North America.
The Giant Wetland Worms of South America
The Orinoco Llanos of Columbia and Venezuela were home to a mystery. These tropical wetlands are home to a landscape dominated by densely packed, regularly spaced mounds of soil. These Surales can be up to 5 m in diameter and 2 m tall and cover an area almost the size of Scotland! Rumsaïs Blatrix takes us on a journey to South America to discover how the mystery of the Surales was solved by her research team.
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