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The Earthworm Society of Britain |
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Watch our first exciting video on Worm Charming at our annual event in Lullingstone, Kent and we take you through the steps to involved in charming earthworms out the soil. The video also features information about our Recording schemes, ID courses and great activities for all the family!
Naturalist Nick Baker, presenter of Channel Five's Weird Creatures and Patron of our society brings his new show Weird Creatures Live to Dorking Hall, Surrey on Wednesday 24th October at 8pm.
In this exciting show he will be sharing his fascinating and often humorous adventures with his favourite weird creatures! From the high elevations of the Andes to observe the baggy frogs of Lake Titicaca, to the darkest, dingiest depths of Slovenias caves to meet the olm, possibly the source of the original dragon.
Would you like to conduct you MSc project on earthworms?
If so, there is a fantastic opportunity now available. North Wyke Research and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust are looking for a MSc student for their project on 'the effect of agri-environment measures on earthworms'.
The project will be based at North Wyke Research at Okehampton in Devon and will use the existing Wide-scale Enhancement of Biodiversity (WEB) platform. This is a great opportunity for a student to collect data from large, fully replicated trial and to work with experts at North Wyke.
On Thursday 18th March the BBC will be broadcasting the first episode of its new behind-the-scenes documentary about the Natural History Museum.
The Earthworm Society of Britain features in this series. Emma Sherlock, ESB President, was filmed for the programme and the film crew also came along to film the Society's worm charming launch event. You'll be able to see all the fun that was had at our launch event and find out a bit more about earthworms.
The first programme will be broadcast at 8 pm, BBC2 on Thursday 18th March.
Scientists from the Natural History Museum find earthworms not previously recorded in Britain in Kew Gardens
The Earthworm Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland aims to promote and support scientific research so that earthworms and their environment can be better understood. Through its work the society aims to encourage the conservation of earthworms and their habitats and to educate and inspire people so that these fascinating creatures may continue to be enjoyed in the future
To launch the Society we will be holding a public event to find out what is the best method for worm charming.
The Worm Charming Experiment
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