> Received the latest issue - an excellent Newsletter and good to see a picture
of some of our stalwarts at the AES exhibition - but are some of them taking it
too far? It looks as if Mickie is developing antennae ......

Scotty Dodd (I press-ganged him into taking the photo) noticed this unfortunate
juxtaposition straight away and offered to re-take the shot. I said that LNHS
members were serious people above such trivialities. Shows what I know ...

MM.

Received the latest issue - an excellent Newsletter and good to see a picture of
some of our stalwarts at the AES exhibition - but are some of them taking it too
far? It looks as if Mickie is developing antennae ......

--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, "Mick" <mick.massie@...> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen any 'official' announcement, but Mark Burgess has taken over
the LNHS Newsletter and has asked for any contributions to the next (December)
edition. If you have any field trip reports, photos or topical items of interest
please send them to Mark at >
> Cheers, Mick.
>

The Ecology and Conservation Studies Society and Birkbeck Institute of
Environment are pleased to give advance information of their next free
public lecture series in spring 2010, on 'SOIL - a basis for life on earth'



It will be held on six consecutive Friday evenings at 6.30pm in Lecture
Theatre B01, Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck College, University of
London, Torrington Square, London, WC1E 7HX.

All welcome.     Free admission.     Booking not necessary.



This series will explore the immense diversity of soil types, the vital role
of micro and macro organisms, the function of the soil as a medium for plant
growth in natural habitats, modifications to soil fertility for agriculture
and horticulture, and reclamation of damaged soils.

12 Feb.  Professor Dick Godwin, [Cranfield University]

'Managing Soil Physical conditions in Agriculture.'

19 Feb.  Professor Gordon Spoor, [Cranfield University]

'Soil water management in agricultural and environmental situations'

26 Feb.  Dr Martin Bidartondo,  [ Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London
and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]

'Turning the Tables: when fungi host plants.'

5 March  Guy Barter,  [Chief Horticultural Advisor, Royal Horticultural
Society, Wisley]

'Maintaining soil fertility for gardening while protecting the environment'

12 March Professor Keith Goulding,  [Head of Department of Soil Science,
Rothamsted Research]

'Impacts of food production on soils overseas'

19 March Professor Richard Bardgett,  [Professor of Ecology, Lancaster
University]

'The unseen majority: soil biodiversity and ecosystem nutrient cycling.'



Do make a note of these dates.  Please pass this information on to anyone
who may be interested, as it will not be in the January LNHS Newsletter .



Advance information is already on the Society's website.  Full details of
lecturers and their presentations will be circulated in January, and posted
on the website shortly at:

  <http://www.bbk.ac.uk/environment/prospective/ecss>
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/environment/prospective/ecss





Jeremy Wright, Lecture Series Promotion,    [with apologies for any cross
posting]
Ecology and Conservation Studies Society, and Birkbeck - London University,
17 Croftdown Road, London, NW5 1EL, UK
Tel: 020-7485-7903.    Mobile:  07845 900 499







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Dear David,

If there are any changes to journals or subscription rates, could you
please advise Kay Leppard (contact details on page 5 of Programme)
before 6 January so the correct prices are published in the new
Programme?

Thanks,
         Catherine

In message <4B0C347A.1010800@...>, David Howdon
<davidhowdon@...> writes
> 
>
>The subscription form for the LNHS E&E Reading Circle 2010 will be in
>the next edition of the newsletter. People on this list get a chance to
>sign-up early (and so get towards the top of the list and receive the
>journals more quickly). A form is in the folder at:
>
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/
>files/Reading%20Circle/
>
>http://tinyurl.com/LNHS2010EE

--
Catherine M Schmitt

Dear Paul

Your email stirs me to attach a MapMate sync of Essex records of ladybirds.

There is now a sites filter provided by Teknica Ltd for the LNHS
recording area (that I put together last year), which means you should
be able to extract records for the LNHS area easily enough. If you
should feel able to provide anything on Essex ladybirds for next year's
Essex Naturalist or one of the newsletters, that would be very welcome.

best wishes

Peter


Paul wrote:
>
> Me again, begging for your observations of coccinellids during 2009.
> Thanks to those who have already sent to me: this is especially useful
> as these records will go towards the Atlas of Coccinellidae of the UK
> to be published next year. The closing date for records for the Atlas
> is 31st December - the end of this month. All records sent to me over
> the next couple of weeks will be included.
>
> If anyone is hoarding records from previous years *or* if you have
> sent me records and not received an acknowledgement, *plaese* have
> another try: there were, apparently, glitches in my e-mail last
> winter. I have checked all my mail and responded so if you've heard
> nothing, please let me know!
>
> Finally, the London Ladybird Survey has been going for ten years now
> and has accumulated a lot of information: it is about time that I did
> some analysis, particularly to see if we can assess the effects of the
> establishment of Harmonia axyridis on our native species, or not ....
> it would be useful if everyone could make a special effort in 2010 to
> record ladybird activity *regularly* (i.e. every 2 or 4 weeks) at one
> site (their garden, a row of street trees, a park hedgerow) that they
> visit regularly .... this would be very helpful in clarifying the
> relative activity periods of local ladybirds.
>
> Happy New Year, Paul
>
>



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Me again, begging for your observations of coccinellids during 2009. Thanks to
those who have already sent to me: this is especially useful as these records
will go towards the Atlas of Coccinellidae of the UK to be published next year. 
The closing date for records for the Atlas is 31st December - the end of this
month.  All records sent to me over the next couple of weeks will be included.

If anyone is hoarding records from previous years *or* if you have sent me
records and not received an acknowledgement, *plaese* have another try: there
were, apparently, glitches in my e-mail last winter. I have checked all my mail
and responded so if you've heard nothing, please let me know!

Finally, the London Ladybird Survey has been going for ten years now and has
accumulated a lot of information: it is about time that I did some analysis,
particularly to see if we can assess the effects of the establishment of
Harmonia axyridis on our native species, or not .... it would be useful if
everyone could make a special effort in 2010 to record ladybird activity
*regularly* (i.e. every 2 or 4 weeks) at one site (their garden, a row of street
trees, a park hedgerow) that they visit regularly .... this would be very
helpful in clarifying the relative activity periods of local ladybirds.

Happy New Year,   Paul

The subscription form for the LNHS E&E Reading Circle 2010 will be in
the next edition of the newsletter.  People on this list get a chance to
sign-up early (and so get towards the top of the list and receive the
journals more quickly).  A form is in the folder at:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/files/Reading%20Circ\
le/

http://tinyurl.com/LNHS2010EE

--
David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)

Hello Mick,
Yes, join me up for Flickr please!
Hope you're well.
Cheers,    Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mick" <mick.massie@...>
To: <London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 05 November 2009 22:24
Subject: [London-nhs-invertebrates] LNHS Newsletter and E&E photo gallery


>I haven't seen any 'official' announcement, but Mark Burgess has taken over
>the LNHS Newsletter and has asked for any contributions to the next
>(December) edition. If you have any field trip reports, photos or topical
>items of interest please send them to Mark at edlnhsnews@... or his
>address at fwalgae@...
> Mark will do an excellent job I know, but he needs our help. The
> Newsletter should be a vital part of the society, and is a great showcase.
>
> As we now have a very busy programme of field trips, we have started a
> photo gallery for all E&E field trips and indoor meetings(and Bookham
> Common meetings) on Flickr. Anyone can contribute, although you'll need a
> Flickr account. Anyone can view it, but contributions are allowed from
> approved members only.
>
> The idea is that it forms a record and a showcase of the E&E field trips
> and will supplement the Newsletter and this message board. It is not for
> holiday snaps and id queries, but of course you can use Flickr for that
> too.
>
> It is a 'Group Pool' in Flickr terms, nattily entitled 'LNHS Ecology &
> Entomology'. Send me a pm email if you want to join, or send me a Flickr
> mail if you are aready on Flickr. My Flickr account is cunningly disguised
> as 'mickmassie'.
>
> I hope to see many of you at the AGM next week.
>
> Cheers, Mick.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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Hi Dave & Mick

Thanks Guys for pointing me in the right direction.


Malcolm

--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, "Mick" <mick.massie@...> wrote:
>
> As David says, there is a limit to what you can do from photos. However
> ......
>
> There is a brilliant book now available 'British Moths and Butterflies -
> a photographic guide' by Chris Manley. It has superb, natural
> photographs of 500 micro moths and 850 macro moths. There are 8 species
> of Longhorn (Adelidae) micro moths in there, including Nematopogon.
>
> The UK Moths website ukmoths.org.uk is also very useful.
>
> Mick.
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

As David says, there is a limit to what you can do from photos. However
......

There is a brilliant book now available 'British Moths and Butterflies -
a photographic guide' by Chris Manley. It has superb, natural
photographs of 500 micro moths and 850 macro moths. There are 8 species
of Longhorn (Adelidae) micro moths in there, including Nematopogon.

The UK Moths website ukmoths.org.uk is also very useful.

Mick.



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Probably Nematopogon swammerdamella but I'd not be confident IDing it
just from a photo.

Malcolm Riddler wrote:
> I have been having trouble with the ID  of a micro mouth. So I have uploaded
it on to the groups page....Could I ask a big favour .. any chance of ID ing it
for me...
>
> It is pretty distinctive exceptionally long Antenna. I have had this picture
for two years and surprisingly I am no where near ID -ing it  now as I was then.
So I would be a real help. This is the only one of these I have ever seen like
this. Absolutely amazing it is : )
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)