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Wisley, Woking
Monday 24th June 2024, 10:30 to Saturday 29th June 2024, 12:00
Hilltop Live is a series of free daily talks, demonstrations and interactive sessions that take place in our magnificent RHS Hilltop building. Get expert gardening advice, see how-to demonstrations to try at home and learn about fascinating scientific discoveries, plus much more. Join RHS entomologists at RHS Hilltop in…
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Thursday 20th June 2024, 10:00 to 13:00
Species ID Skills Virtual Symposium Join for a knowledge-sharing event about developing species ID skills for professional and non-professional audiences. Species identification skills are essential for taxonomists, museum collection managers, biological recorders, conservationists and ecologists. The ability to accurately determine plants, animals and fungi to species level ranges from relatively…
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Thursday 5th September 2024, 13:00 to 14:00
Bees and Beyond: Ecosystem Services at a Garden Scale Free webinar with Dr Linda Birkin exploring the importance of gardens for the wider environment in which they are nestled. Gardening success and invertebrate activity are deeply intertwined, for better or worse! Demonstrating that the beneficial side of this relationship vastly…
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Monday 16th December 2024, 13:00 to 14:00
Tiny Midges, Devastating Diseases Join Dr Marion England to hear about her research into the impact of diseases spread by biting midges on livestock. Some biting midges are able to transmit viruses that cause diseases in animals, particularly livestock. This talk will describe the ecology of these midges and how…
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Tuesday 3rd December 2024, 19:00 to 20:00
Plants for Pollinators: Using DNA to Explore Relationships in Gardens Join Dr Abgail Lowe to hear about her research using DNA to explore the intricate relationships between organisms in gardens. Many “plants for pollinators” recommendation lists exist; however they often rely on anecdotal evidence, show inconsistencies between lists, and cater…
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Monday 25th November 2024, 19:00 to 20:00
Glowing, Glowing, Gone? The Plight of the Glow-worm in Essex Join Dr Tim Gardiner to hear about his research into the decline of one of Britain’s most iconic beetles. The glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) is thought to be declining in the United Kingdom. Yet, much of the evidence for this is…
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Monday 28th October 2024, 13:00 to 14:00
Biodiversity Net Gain: What Could BNG Mean For Pollinators? Join Dr Jeff Ollerton for an exploration of what Biodiversity Net Gain could mean for pollinators in England. Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) promises to transform the way that we approach nature conservation in the UK. At the moment the focus of…
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Tuesday 15th October 2024, 13:00 to 14:00
Cave Spiders: Behavioural Adaptations in Webs, Foraging and Dispersal Free webinar with Dr Thomas Hesselberg exploring behavioural adaptations in cave spiders. Web-building spiders are excellent model organisms to study the behavioural adaptations to novel habitats such as the dark and food-limited subterranean cave habitat. Cave-dwelling orb spiders in the genus Meta show…
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Tuesday 1st October 2024, 13:00 to 14:00
Sow Wild! and Insect Identification Free webinar investigating the success of ‘mini meadows’ and testing the ability of citizen scientists to sample and identify insects. Habitat loss and fragmentation are considered the foremost threats in pollinator decline, and in England and Wales, 97% of wildflower meadows were lost by 1984.
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Wednesday 18th September 2024, 19:00 to 20:00
A World of Wasps: Researching the Ichneumonid Wasps Free webinar with Dr Gavin Broad exploring the understudied world of Ichneumonid wasps. Huge numbers of insects are hosts to parasitoid wasps, and one of the most successful groups of wasps is the Ichneumonoidea, or Darwin Wasps. Despite the ubiquity of Darwin…
