The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland | Helping to understand, identify, record, and conserve molluscs

Saturday 13th October 2018: FIELD MEETING (non-marine): Hawkbatch, Wyre Forest, Shropshire.

Type

Field meeting

Joint meeting with Wyre Forest Study Group.

Further distribution mapping of Malacolimax tenellus, and a look at some of the calcareous flushes in the woods.

Organiser

Rosemary Winnall (01299 266489, mob 07732 203393, rosemary@wyreforest.net) and Rosemary Hill (0118 966 5160, rosemaryhi@lineone.net)

Organisation

Conchological Society

Saturday 6th October 2018: FIELD MEETING (non-marine and marine): Orfordness, Suffolk.

Type

Field meeting

Organiser

Toby Abrehart (toby@abrehartecology.com).

Organisation

Conchological Society

* NOW RESCHEDULED** Saturday 27th October 2018 10:00 â€“ 16:00: SNAIL IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP. Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8HJ.

Type

Workshop

Organiser

Leader: Robert Cameron. Contact Derek Whiteley (invertebrates@sorby.org.uk)

Organisation

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Saturday 22nd September: FIELD MEETING (non-marine): Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire.

Type

Field meeting

Organiser

Terry Oâ€™Connor (0779 4040684, osteoconnor@gmail.com).

Organisation

Conchological Society

Saturday 8th â€“ Saturday 15th September 2018: FIELD MEETING (marine): Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo, Ireland.

Type

Field meeting

Organiser

Julia Nunn (jdn@cherrycottage.myzen.co.uk).

Organisation

Conchological Society

Saturday 11th August 2018: FIELD MEETING (non-marine): The Devilâ€™s Punchbowl, Hindhead, Surrey.

Type

Field meeting

Organiser

June Chatfield (01420 82214).

Organisation

Conchological Society

SNH consultation on Gaelic names for marine molluscs

Read more about SNH consultation on Gaelic names for marine molluscs

A public consultation on recommended Gaelic names for the most common shellfish in Scotland’s seas was launched on the 8th May by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

Papers for AGM now available

Read more about Papers for AGM now available

The reports from the Society Officers are now available ahead of the AGM on the 14th April 2018

Heath snail in the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland. Vulnerable on the Irish Red List

Species

Helicella itala

Photographer / copyright holder

Aidan O'Hanlon

Heath snail in the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland. Vulnerable on the Irish Red List

Saturday 29th September 2018: FIELD MEETING (non-marine): Cotswold Commons & Beechwoods NNR, Glos.

Type

Field meeting

Joint meeting with Gloucestershire Naturalists Society and Gloucestershire Invertebrate Group, as a tribute to the memory of David Long, the county mollusc recorder who died earlier this year.&nbsp

Organiser

Leaders: Keith Alexander (01392 413092; keith.alexander@waitrose.com) and John Fleming (01452 813659; johnfleming2012@hotmail.co.uk).

Organisation

Conchological Society

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