Aug
01
2018
Trouble with sepals and petals; styles and stigmas? Using identification keys and explanations of plant features, this introductory workshop aims to help you recognise wildflowers. With World Museum’s botany curator Wendy Atkinson.
Get to grips with grass identification. Learn to recognise some common grasses with local botanist Peter Gateley. In association with the Liverpool Botanical Society.
Members are advised to contact leaders or Wendy Atkinson for further information, and the possibility of car sharing. Please wear suitable footwear, waterproof clothing and bring a packed lunch.
Leader - Robert French
Meet at Dee Lane slipway (SJ210867). Plants of sand dunes, saltmarsh and the 'Wirral' Horsetail (Equisetum x meridionale).
Become familiar with this fascinating group of long-legged flies. Tutor Pete Boardman will guide you though what it takes to identify a species from over 300 different UK possibilities.
For further information and booking please see our website http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/natural-world-listings.aspx
Members are advised to contact leaders or Wendy Atkinson for further information, and the possibility of car sharing. Please wear suitable footwear, waterproof clothing and bring a packed lunch.
Leader - Eric Greenwood
Meet at Birkenhead North car park SJ29789025
Urban and waste lane, alien species.
Familiarise yourself with ferns. Learn how to recognise some common species, using fresh material and museum specimens. With fern specialist Alison Evans and World Museum’s botany curator Wendy Atkinson in association with the British Pteridological Society.
For further information and booking please see our website http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/natural-world-listings.aspx
Members are advised to contact leaders or Wendy Atkinson for further information, and the possibility of car sharing. Please wear suitable footwear, waterproof clothing and bring a packed lunch.
Leader - John Crowder
Meet at car park off Telegraph Road (SJ2462884584). Nearest post code CH61 0HJ. Heathland plants.
From shrews to seals, using skins and skulls, this workshop will provide an introduction to the identification of Britain’s wild mammal fauna.
For further information and booking please see our website http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/natural-world-listings.aspx
The Natural World British Wildlife Identification workshops at World Museum focus on using natural science collections to connect with the environment and promote biological recording.
Members are advised to contact leaders or Wendy Atkinson for further information, and the possibility of car sharing. Please wear suitable footwear, waterproof clothing and bring a packed lunch.
Leader - Steve Cross
Meet at Eastham Country Park Visitor Centre
Autumn Fungus Foray.
Using microscopes, keys and museum specimens this workshop will provide an introduction to the biology and identification of this often over-looked group of insect predators.
For further information and booking please see our website http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/natural-world-listings.aspx
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