BENHS Regional Meeting at University of Cambridge - Fenland Insects
Saturday 17th April 2010
BRITISH ENTOMOLOGICAL & NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY REGIONAL MEETING AT THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
FENLAND INSECTS
This one-day meeting has the theme of Fenland Insects, including a summary of some of the changes over the past 300 years and documenting our changing insect fauna today, the habitat requirements of some fenland moths and a look at the benefits for insects of future fenland restoration initiated by the Great Fen Project. The county BRC is keen to increase contact with local recorders and there are fresh opportunities to get involved with recording insects on fenland nature reserves, as well as many gaps to fill in the known distribution of insects on intensively-managed agricultural areas where many interesting species can still be found. The extensive insect collections of the University Museum of Zoology will be available for inspection; the museum has good facilities for visiting entomologists to study the collections and welcomes visitors as well as donations of insect material.
The meeting will be held in the University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge (via Main Entrance to the Zoology Department on the map below). The railway station has a regular bus service to the centre taking about 10 minutes (alight in St Andrews Street) and Drummer Street Bus Station is 10 minutes walk away. There is nearby car parking in the Lion Yard multi-storey car park, although this is expensive and often crowded on Saturdays. For those coming by car the Park and Ride option is good, with free car parking at five sites (see: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/parkandride/)
Programme
ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
FENLAND INSECTS
Saturday 17th April 2010, University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ
10.30 Onwards: arrival and coffee. Please arrive promptly in good time for the start of the meeting at 11.00.
Morning session: chair Brian Elliott
11.00 Introduction and welcome: Brian Elliott (BENHS Vice-President)
11.05 Our Changing Fenland Insect Fauna: Ian McLean (Brampton) & Peter Kirby (Peterborough)
11.40 Habitat Requirements of Fenland Moths: Paul Waring (Peterborough)
12.15 The Great Fen Project: New Opportunities for Fenland Insects (title tbc): Brian Eversham (Chief Executive, The Wildlife Trust)
12.50 Lunch (bring your own sandwiches to eat in the museum, or eat out)
Afternoon session: chair Brian Eversham
14.00 Local Biological records centres and you: how and why we need local naturalists and what is the gain for them: Louise Bacon (Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Biological Records Centre)
14.35 Discussion on future recording in Fenland: Speakers Panel and audience; opportunities for field meetings, site survey projects, collecting and identifying material
14.45 Tour of insect collections in the University Museum of Zoology: Farnon Ellwood and Russell Stebbings
15.45 Tea
16.00 Meeting closes