Conchological Society research grants 2018: closing date 1 November 2018
Each year, the Society offers grants of up to £1000 for research into any mollusc-related question, including taxonomy, conservation, distribution, ecology, and behaviour.
Saturday 20th January 2018: INDOOR MEETING: Lecture and exhibits.
Type
Indoor meeting
Guest Speaker: Robert Cameron: ‘Death and Resurrection on the Desertas: a minor molluscan catastrophe?’.
Organiser
Peter Topley (01462 615 499; president@conchsoc.org).
Organisation
Conchological Society
Saturday 9th December 2017: INDOOR MEETING: A Christmas miscellany
Type
Indoor meeting
14:00-17:30: Angela Marmont Centre, Natural History Museum.
Organiser
Peter Topley (01462 615 499; president@conchsoc.org).
Organisation
Conchological Society
Saturday 25th November 2017: WORKSHOP MEETING : Woking, Surrey.
Type
Workshop
10:00 - 17:00: by kind invitation of Judith Nelson at Hilbre House, Pembroke Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 7ED.
Organiser
Judith Nelson (01483 761210 - no e-mail)
Organisation
Conchological Society
Saturday 11th November 2017: REGIONAL INDOOR MEETING: Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.
Type
Indoor meeting
A day of talks, exhibits, and discussion, including a tour of the mollusc collection.
Organiser
Richard Preece (rcp1001@cam.ac.uk).
Organisation
Conchological Society
Saturday 21st October 2017: INDOOR MEETING: Demonstrations, exhibits, and lecture.
Type
Indoor meeting
Guest Speaker: Bernard Picton, National Museums Northern Ireland: "Nudibranchs of Britain and Ireland, their discovery and recording from Linnae
Organiser
Bas Payne (01647 24515; bas.payne@gmail.com)
Organisation
Conchological Society
Friday 6th October 2017 – Thursday 12th October 2017: FIELD MEETING (marine): Gower Peninsula, S. Wales.
Type
Field meeting
The Gower is a beautiful peninsula with spectacular beaches and rocky shores, and interesting marine and terrestrial mollusc faunas - over 250 species have been reported.
Organiser
Rosemary Hill (0795 207 6781, only when signal allows).
Organisation
Conchological Society
Onchidoris sparsa and spawn on the food organism; the colonial bryozoan, Cellepora pumicosa. Possibly, first recorded spawn of the species. Sublittoral, 6 to 10m depth, Macduff, N.E. Scotland. 19th August 2017. Leg. Chris Rickard.
Photographer / copyright holder
Chris Rickard
Thompson & Brown (1984) stated, “Details of the reproductive cycle are unknown.” This image may be of the first recorded spawn of the species.
Saturday 14th October – Sunday 15th October 2017: FIELD MEETING (non-marine): Knepp Castle Estate, Horsham, Sussex.
Type
Field meeting
Start Time & Location: 10 am at The Cow Barn, Knepp Safaris, New Barn Farm, Swallows Lane, Dial Post, West Sussex RH13 8NN (OS Grid Ref: TQ 150 204
Organiser
Martin Willing (martinjwilling@gmail.com; 01730 814790)
Organisation
Conchological Society
Sunday 8th October 2017: SLUG IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP: Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley South Yorkshire.
Type
Workshop
Sorby Invertebrate Group / Dearne Valley Landscape Partnership event.
From 10:30 - 16:00.
Organiser
Robert Cameron