Suffolk's Biological Data Centre
We collate, manage and share species and site data to help inform better decisions and actions to benefit Suffolk's wildlife.
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Suffolk Naturalists' autumn meeting21 September 2024 Programme – timings are approximate! Directions: What Three Words ///snips.hatter.airbrush. |
Forthcoming events
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Biological Recording Company: A World of Wasps: Researching the Ichneumonid Wasps Check ticket price on event |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: Green Lane Management
Buntry Lane, Kedington |
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Bat Conservation Trust: Connect Cafe: Dormice and connecting landscapes
For September's Connect Café we’ll be focussing on dormice - the habitats, habits and threats to these small nocturnal mammals |
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Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management: Underwater Ship Noise - Charting a Quieter Course to protect marine mammals. Followed by Marine and Coastal SIG Annual Members Meeting
Member Network Event • Level:
Suitable for all |
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Field Studies Council: Bee Conservation  Location: Virtual, Duration: 12 hours, Price: £10.00, Level: Beginner, Introductory, Tutor: Self Led - No Tutor |
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Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management: Introduction to UK Habitat Classification
Online Training • Level:
Beginner |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Wader Fencing Removal
Shotley |
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Anglian Microscopy Group: Insect wings 
Making slides of insect wings (suitable for BBKA) • Crowfield Village Hall, Stone Street, Crowfield, Suffolk, IP6 9SZ |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Shingle Street and Hollesley Marshes  Outdoor meeting. Leader: Steve Fryett |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Various tasks
Walberswick |
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Field Studies Council: Discovering Lichens  Location: Virtual, Duration: 4 weeks, Price: £60.00, Level: Beginner, Tutor: Petra Vergunst |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: Meadow Management
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Field Studies Council: Discovering Tracks and Signs  Location: Virtual, Duration: 2 weeks, Price: £30.00, Level: Introductory, Tutor: Dan Puplett |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Estonia – A tale of two seasons Talk by Gi Grieco • Hintlesham Community Centre, Timperleys, Hintlesham IP8 3PS • 7.30pm • £3, non-members most welcome; full-time students free. |
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Mammal Society: Getting Involved with the National Harvest Mouse Survey Check ticket price on event |
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Mammal Society: Dormouse Ecology & Conservation - In-person Check ticket price on event |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: Leaky Dam Building
Tiger Hill, Assington |
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Species Recovery Trust: How to Survey and Assess Hedgerows using the Hedgerow Regulations Online Check ticket price on event |
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Biological Recording Company: Sow Wild! and Insect Identification Check ticket price on event |
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Biological Recording Company: Damselflies of the UK Part 1 Check ticket price on event |
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Field Studies Council: Discovering Seabirds: Identification, Ecology, and Conservation  Location: Virtual, Duration: 3 weeks, Price: £45.00, Level: Beginner, Tutor: Jack Lucas |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Blackthorn Hedge Coppicing
Viking Forest, Shotley |
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Field Studies Council: Birdwatching: Autumn Migration  Location: Flatford Mill, Duration: 3 days Price: £205 - £292, Level: Open to all, Tutor: Carl Chapman |
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Biological Recording Company: Seahorses of the UK: Conservation and Research Check ticket price on event |
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Biological Recording Company: Fungi Field Recorder Day Check ticket price on event |
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Species Recovery Trust: Grasses Part Two Online Check ticket price on event |
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Species Recovery Trust: Great Crested Newts - Ecology, Conservation and Survey ONLINE Check ticket price on event |
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Biological Recording Company: Fungi Field Recorder Day Check ticket price on event |
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Royal Entomological Society: Online Talk – Ecological Entomology
Join us for our October online talk given by the Royal Entomological Society\\'s President Elect, Jane Stout of Trinity College Dublin. In association with our journal Ecological Entomology and free for members. |
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Bat Conservation Trust: Introduction to Sound Analysis Workshop, online via Zoom
This session provides an introduction to bat call analysis using sound analysis software. We will use Wildlife Acoustics Kaleidoscope software as this can be downloaded free of charge, but the analysis techniques covered will be applicable to a range of different programs. As well as species ID we will look at the links between species’ ecology and call characteristics. Attendees will be given a library of recordings of bat calls to work through which they can keep afterwards for their own use. |
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London Natural History Society: Research in Rewilding: the Good, the Bad and the Boaring by Connor Lovell Check ticket price on event |
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Mammal Society: Grey Long-eared Bats: Ecology, roosts and survey techniques Check ticket price on event |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: Rhododendron / Snowberry Control
Polstead |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Landguard Bird Observatory  Outdoor meeting. Leader: Nigel Odin |
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Biological Recording Company: Can Earthworms Be Identified Using Photos and AI? Check ticket price on event |
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Biological Recording Company: Cave Spiders: Behavioural Adaptations in Webs, Foraging and Dispersal Check ticket price on event |
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Field Studies Council: Discovering Water Voles: Biology, Ecology and Surveying  Location: Virtual, Duration: 3 weeks, Price: £45.00, Level: Beginner, Tutor: Vivien Kent |
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Species Recovery Trust: Heathlands and Acid Grassland - Species and Habitat Survey Online Check ticket price on event |
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Field Studies Council: Discovering Bryophytes  Location: Virtual, Duration: 4 weeks, Price: £60.00, Level: Beginner, Tutor: Diego Sánchez-Ganfornina |
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Suffolk Bird Group: East Anglia’s Rivers and Coasts: From river snorkelling to world heritage Talk by Nicola Crockford, RSPB • Woodbridge Community Hall, Station Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4AU • 7.30pm • £3, non-members most welcome; full-time students free. |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Heathland Management
Bixley |
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Mammal Society: Wild boar ecology and survey skills (2-day course) Check ticket price on event |
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Butterfly Conservation, Suffolk: Suffolk Butterfly Conservation A.G.M & Members Afternoon 2024
Suffolk Butterfly Conservation A.G.M & Members Afternoon 2024 |
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Field Studies Council: Autumn Fungi: Introduction and Beginner Identification  Location: Flatford Mill, Duration: 2 days Price: £160, Level: Beginner, Tutor: Chris Ford |
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Anglian Microscopy Group: Marine Plankton 
Guest speaker Elizabeth Beston - SUNDAY MEETING! • Crowfield Village Hall, Stone Street, Crowfield, Suffolk, IP6 9SZ |
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Species Recovery Trust: Aquatic Plant ID Online Check ticket price on event |
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Biological Recording Company: Natural History Online Training Virtual Symposium Check ticket price on event |
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Mammal Society: Dormouse and Development Check ticket price on event |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: Rhododendron Control
East Bergholt |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Walton on the Naze Outdoor meeting. Leader: Ashley Gooding |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Birding in Sichuan, China and the Kruger Challenge, South Africa Talk by Sarah Glyde • Hintlesham Community Centre, Timperleys, Hintlesham IP8 3PS • 7.30pm • £3, non-members most welcome; full-time students free. |
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Bat Conservation Trust: BatFest: Bats vs Beetles
A fun, interactive event where both teams share fun facts to try and prove their animal is the best - but ultimately the final vote is by the audience - who will you vote for?
Already joining Team Beetle this year we have Suzanne Burgess, Ashleigh Whiffen and Sally Morris from Buglife as well as author and beetle enthusiast MG Leonard.
And assembling for Team Bat, we have Naomi Webster, Philip Briggs from BCT and Gail Armstrong and her bats from North Lancashire Bat Group.
This free online event is open to all ages. There is an optional donation which will be split between BCT and Buglife. |
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Royal Entomological Society: New Scientist Live 2024 – External Event
New Scientist Live 2024 Sat 12 - Sun 13 Oct | Schools\\' Day Mon 14 Oct ExCeL Centre London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL Come and see the RES at New Scientist… |
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Royal Entomological Society: Insects as Food and Feed: Delivering insect proteins in the UK
We are delighted to welcome back our annual Insects as Food and Feed (IAFF) conference in partnership with Michelmores. Join us to hear the latest information and take part in discussions outlining new developments and challenges that face the IAFF sector. |
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Field Studies Council: Identifying Broadleaf Trees in Winter  Location: Virtual, Duration: 3 weeks, Price: £45.00, Level: Beginner, Tutor: Gini Morandi |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Cut & Rake
Sizewell |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Orfordness weekend trip Outdoor meeting. Leaders: Gi Grieco and Eddie Bathgate |
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Royal Entomological Society: An afternoon at Manchester Museum
Join Barbara Tigar, RES Northern England Representative, and Diana Arzuzas Buelvas, Curator of Entomology, Manchester Museum, for an opportunity to go behind the scenes and visit the Museum’s Entomology Collection. |
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Royal Entomological Society: Orthoptera Special Interest Group (SIG) 2024
Join our Orthoptera Special Interest Group event on the conservation of grasshoppers, crickets and related insects. |
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Bat Conservation Trust: British bats, their ecology and conservation - 6 session course
Online course with 6 live, weekly workshops lasting 60-90 minutes online with opportunities to interact with the tutors on Zoom and ask your questions. Recordings of each session will be available afterwards for 1 month. You can book individual sessions if you are particularly interested in one or two topics, or book all six for a full overview of British bats. |
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London Natural History Society: How Big is a Buttercup? by John Warren and Botany Section AGM Check ticket price on event |
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Field Studies Council: Seal Field Skills to Inform Conservation  Location: Virtual, Duration: 4 weeks, Price: £75.00, Level: Intermediate, Tutor: Sue Sayer |
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Royal Entomological Society: Sustainable Agriculture: Innovations in research and practice
Join our Sustainable Agriculture Special Interest Group (SIG) for a day delving into the latest innovations in research and practice across agricultural entomology. |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: Rhododendron Control
East Bergholt |
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Mammal Society: Introduction to bat ecology and bat surveys Check ticket price on event |
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Mammal Society: Mammal Society Local Groups Conference Check ticket price on event |
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Field Studies Council: Bee Nesting Ecology  Location: Virtual, Duration: 2 weeks, Price: £30.00, Level: Intermediate, Tutor: Aaron Bhambra |
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London Natural History Society: Urban Garden Wildlife: Culture and Practice by Neil Brock and Hampstead AGM
Check ticket price on event |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Plantation Thinning
Trimley Marshes |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Dunwich Outdoor meeting. Leader: David Walsh |
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Mammal Society: Skull and Bone Identification of British Mammals (2-day course) Check ticket price on event |
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Anglian Microscopy Group: Owl pellets 
Owl pellet dissection, prey species identification • Crowfield Village Hall, Stone Street, Crowfield, Suffolk, IP6 9SZ |
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London Natural History Society: Rewilding Our Skies: Bringing Back the White Stork and London Bird Club AGM Check ticket price on event |
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Field Studies Council: Native Winter Tree Identification at Flatford Mill  Location: Flatford Mill, Duration: 4 days Price: £299 - £427, Level: Open to all, Tutor: Ros Bennett |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: tbc
Arger Fen |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Plantation Thinning
Trimley Marshes |
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Mammal Society: Malts and Mammals - Online Whisky Tasting Check ticket price on event |
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Suffolk Bird Group: Lynford Arboretum Outdoor meeting. Leader: Val and Ivan Lockwood |
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London Natural History Society: London Natural History Society AGM and Virtual Talk - details tbc
Check ticket price on event |
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London Natural History Society: Notes on Beeing an LNHS Recorder by Tony Madgwick -Ecology & Entomology AGM Check ticket price on event |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: tbc
Arger Fen |
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London Natural History Society: The Missing Musk and the Underground Mosquito by Bob Gilbert and LNHS AGM Check ticket price on event |
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Volunteering with Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape: Hedge Planting & Aftercare
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Suffolk Bird Group: Shotley Gate Outdoor meeting. Leader: Anne Wright |
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Volunteering with Dedham Vale National Landscape: Hedge Planting & Aftercare
tbc |
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Anglian Microscopy Group: Christmas plants 
Making slides from Christmas plant sections & pollen • Crowfield Village Hall, Stone Street, Crowfield, Suffolk, IP6 9SZ |
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Royal Entomological Society: Young Verrall Lecture 2025
Saturday 1 March, 2024 Stoke-on-Trent Join the Amateur Entomologists’ Society and Royal Entomological Society for the Young Verrall Lecture taking place on Saturday 2 March, at 14:30 (GMT) at The Catalyst Building, Staffordshire University. This… |
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Royal Entomological Society: Verrall Lecture 2025
Join us at our 2024 Verrall Lecture given by Professor Iain Couzin, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. This is a public event and free for all to attend. |
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Royal Entomological Society: Insect Week 2025
Insect Week returns for 2025! Insect Week is our annual celebration of the ‘little things that run the world’, dedicated to encouraging people of all ages to learn more about insects. |
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Royal Entomological Society: Ento25
Join entomologists from around the world to present your work, meet new contacts, and build on your career. We are delighted to be holding Ento25 at the University of Strathclyde in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. |
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