10 Jun

Conservation Officer

10/06/2017

Our Conservation Officer, Genevieve Dalley, has accepted a job as Monitoring Officer at Whixall Moss.  This will be a great new opportunity for Gen and we wish her well in the role. The new job is a part-time role, so Gen will now work part-time for the BDS until the end of November, so that her full-time replacement – that we're currently seeking – can transition smoothly into the post. 
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Hopes flying high for seeing rare dragonflies in north Cumbria

An exciting conservation project is introducing one of Britain’s rarest dragonflies to Drumburgh Moss. The white-faced darter, a small, dark dragonfly with a distinctive white head, is currently only found in a handful of sites across England. Cumbria Wildlife Trust, the British Dragonfly Society and Natural England have launched a programme to introduce this rare species at Drumburgh Moss National … Continued
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Assistance Needed with Specimen Collection for Portuguese Research Project

Ricardo Bessa is needs the help of British entomologists to complete his PhD at the Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, in Portugal. The objective of his PhD is to explore the bactericidal properties of insect wings’ nanotopographies from a broad range of insect species and attempt to synthetically replicate those structures. This work builds … Continued
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