Join Moseley Bog Friends for their Annual Presentation & AGM, Sunday 2 June!
2:30pm at The Village Hall Room, Moseley B13 9QE.
Including a presentation by Jake Williams Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust -'Flora of Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood'.

Everyone is welcome - booking is essential: [email protected]

Save the date for UK Fungus Day 2024! 🍄What will you be doing on 5th October? Let us know if you're planning an event, preparing some fungus-inspired art work, taking some photos, or anything else... ukfungusday.co.uk

On Wednesday, hear from Lukas Large about fungi in the West Midlands, a heavily urbanised area of England. Plus what it's like to start and run a new fungus group. All welcome; free to attend. Online at 7:30pm, 22 May.
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Our DNA sequencing of specimens collected in Aberdeenshire last autumn has confirmed 3 species new to Britain, including the webcap Cortinarius oreoborealis and the woodwax Hygrophorus agathosmoides. #FungiFriday

We now have a Bat Walk with Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust and Moth Trapping with West Midlands Butterfly Conservation TOMORROW NIGHT!! 🦇

Meeting by St Leonards Church, Frankley at 8.30pm.

Please come along and spread the word 😄🙏

Taking place TOMORROW at BOM. Glenbrook's Public Open Session. Hear about their proposal for Station Street and have your say on its future. This is a drop-in event.

📆 Thurs 16th May 2024
⏰ 12pm - 7pm
📍 BOM

Find out more via Southside District Birmingham: bit.ly/3K0kfdc

📢 Job Alert 📢 I'm looking for an Archives Manager to join #coventryarchives . You will be passionate about archives & local history & enjoy delivering excellent customer service. Role is permanent, full time, closes Tues 21 May. cvlife.co.uk/job-vacancie/a…

The Bartley Bioblitz is back NEXT WEEKEND!! 🐛🦋🐜🐝🐞🪲

Please come and help us record as many species around Bartley Reservoir as possible 🔍

Sat 18th May:
10.30 - Botany Blitz with the North Worcs Flora Group @ St Leonards Church
2.30pm - Bug Hunt @ St Leonards Church
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Join us and many others for a FREE family-friendly community day along the river Cole at Heybarnes Recreation Ground on 29th May!
Learn all about the river Cole and maybe even take part in our litter picking competition! Severn Trent Environment Agency Trent Rivers Trust Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Tyseley Energy Park

Glenbrook have announced drop-in session for their Station Street plans on Thu 16th May between 12-7pm @ Birmingham Open Media, 12 Dudley Street, B'ham, B5 4EA. We encourage everyone concerned about future of The Electric & Station St to attend!

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Sadly, in the early hours of Tuesday 7 May, Ely Museum was broken into. Thieves stole the East Cambridgeshire gold torc and a gold bracelet, both dating from the Bronze Age.

The police are currently investigating the theft. We will be closed to the public on Wednesday 8 May.

Save the date for UK Fungus Day 2024! What will you be doing on 5th October? Let us know if you're planning an event, preparing some fungus-inspired art work, taking some photos, or anything else! ukfungusday.co.uk

In the latest issue of 'Field Mycology':
🔸Above- and below-ground detection of Phellodon secretus, a tooth fungus new to Britain.
🔸Russula lapponica: first British records.
🔸A new host for stripe smut Ustilago striiformis in Britain.
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🍃Exciting news!

We are launching a new partnership between Harper Adams University and Field Studies Council with our MSc in Biological Recording and Analysis!🌿Transform your passion into impact with hands-on training in field skills, identification and data analysis🌍

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'Microscopy and fungi' by Marcel Lecomte. My first impressions are that it is excellent. It seems to cover everything you might need to know on the subject from equipment and techniques to the different cell types and tissues

Learn about the surprising diversity of fungi to be found in the West Midlands, a heavily urbanised area of England, plus what it's like to start and run a new fungus group from Lukas Large.
Online and free, taking place on 22 May at 19:30, book now: britmycolsoc.org.uk

I came across a really good free and #opensource focus-stacking program, and gave it a test.

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