By Steve Gregory at Dinton Pastures, Reading (BENHS)

A one day free introductory workshop to the identification of woodlice, millipedes and centipedes. Following a presentation on the characters used to identify these groups, participants will have the chance to name their own material or specimens made available on the day from the BMIG reference collection which is housed at Dinton Pastures.

For further details, including directions, see http://www.benhs.org.uk/site/?q=node/17

Steve Gregory (Dinton Pastures, Reading - BENHS)

A free introductory workshop to the identification of woodlice, millipedes and centipedes. After a presentation on the characters used to identify these groups, participants will have the chance to name their own material or specimens made available on the day from the BMIG reference collection housed at Dinton Pastures.

For full details will be made available in due course: http://www.benhs.org.uk/site/?q=node/17

Paul Richards

(BESS project, Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield & Sorby Natural History Society Myriapod & Isopod recorder)

Date: Saturday, 29th March, 2014.    10:00 – 15:00

JG Graves Woodland Discovery Centre, Ecclesall woods, Sheffield.   

Annual Field Meeting and AGM

Saughy Rigg Farm B&B, Twice Brewed, Haltwhistle, Northumberland

Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th April 2014

Paul Richards (Sheffield – Sorby Natural History Society)

Through a morning indoor session we will learn to recognize the main types of millipede and look closely at the 33 species local to Sheffield.  One of these only occurs in Ecclesall woods, so we will be well placed to search for that and other specimens and then study our finds under microscopes in the afternoon.