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
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
Sunday 17th September: FIELD MEETING (non-marine): East Devon.
Type
Field meeting
Looking for Malacolimax tenellus.
Meet at 10.30 in Car Park for Blackbury Camp (SY188923), in Blackdown Hills AONB between Honiton and Sidmouth.
Organiser
Keith Alexander (keith.alexander@waitrose.com; 01392 413092)
Organisation
Conchological Society