Earthworm Society AGM 2024

The 2024 Annual General Meeting for the Earthworm Society of Britain took place on 27 October 2024 virtually via Zoom (hosted by the Biological Recording Company). Full meeting minutes will be disseminated to all members and below is a summary of some of the highlights.

Download the full meeting minutes here.

1. Chair's Report

Emma Sherlock

2. Treasurer Report

Gino Brignoli

3. Earthworms 2024: A Year in Review

Keiron Derek Brown

2024 has been a busy year for earthworm recording, with projects focused on conservation, agriculture, park management and hay meadow restoration. Keiron Brown, Recording Officer for the Earthworm Society of Britain, will discuss what we have learned from these projects, present the latest stats for the National Earthworm Recording Scheme and let you know what the Earthworm Society has coming up.


4. European Earthworms in Agricultural Environments

Emma Sherlock

Producing a key to unlock meaningful earthworm surveys in disturbed/agricultural areas across Europe. Whilst there are hundreds of species recorded in Europe- most of the diversity is to be found in mountainous or undisturbed environments. This project hopes to encourage surveys across Europe to be carried out to species level, so providing much more meaningful data and generating greater earthworm knowledge, whilst still being accessible to all.


5. Freshwater Leech Recording Scheme

Rachel Davies

An introduction to the freshly launched freshwater leech recording scheme.