The Biological Recording Company provide a range of events focused on educating and training biological recorders and biodiversity professionals in the United Kingdom.
- entoLIVE Webinars are free 1-hour virtual events exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates. Each webinar will feature an invertebrate scientist and are suitable for adults of all abilities – a passion for invertebrates is all that’s required!
- Virtual Symposiums explore a subject in more detail through a series of talks from subject experts. These longer events have a small charge and are often available with an ‘earlybird’ discount.
- Field Recorder Days are 1-day events where experienced and novice recorders come together to record the wildlife of a site. Records are generally collated through iRecord and shared with the site manager, Local Environmental Record Centre and relevant National Recording Schemes/Societies.
- Earthworm Training Courses cover topics such as biology, ecology, sampling techniques and identification.
The Royal Entomological Society sponsors the entoLIVE webinar series.
The entoLIVE webinar series is a programme of FREE virtual talks exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates. All events are free to attend and are suitable for adults of all abilities – a passion for invertebrates is all that’s required!
The entoLIVE programme consists of interactive entoLIVE webinars that link invertebrate scientists with non-academic audiences – including biological recorders, amateur naturalists, conservation practitioners and ecological consultants. Each 1-hour webinar is delivered over Zoom, with an interactive presentation of around 40 minutes followed by a live Q&A where the participants can put their questions to the guest speaker. The presentations are recorded andpublished as entoLIVE YouTube videos, as well as written up as entoLIVE blogs alongside a transcript of the live Q&A and any useful links and references.
entoLIVE webinars take place throughout the year, during either a lunchtime (13:00 – 14:00) or evening (19:00 – 20:00) slot. All entoLIVE webinars are completely free to attend and the blogs and videos are all publicly available.
Upcoming Webinars
- Wed, 18 Sep, at 19:00 BST – A World of Wasps: Researching the Ichneumonid Wasps – Book now
- Tue, 1 Oct, 13:00 BST – Sow Wild! and Insect Identification – Book now
- Tue, 15 Oct, 13:00 BST – Cave Spiders: Behavioural Adaptations in Webs, Foraging and Dispersal – Book now
- Mon, 28 Oct, 13:00 GMT – Biodiversity Net Gain: What Could BNG Mean For Pollinators? – Book now
- Mon, 25 Nov, 19:00 GMT – Glowing, Glowing, Gone? The Plight of the Glow-worm in Essex – Book now
- Tue, 3 Dec, 19:00 GMT – Plants for Pollinators: Using DNA to Explore Relationships in Gardens – Book now
- Mon, 16 Dec, 13:00 GMT – Tiny Midges, Devastating Diseases – Book now
- Tue, 7 Jan, 13:00 GMT – How Many Moths and Butterflies? The Importance of Taxonomy – Book now
- Tue, 21 Jan, 19:00 GMT – Molluscs on the March: Engaging the Public with Mollusc Collections – Book now
- Tue, 4 Feb, 13:00 GMT – Using Bioturbation Behaviour To Create New Functional Groups for Earthworms – Book now
- Tue, 18 Feb, 19:00 GMT – The Mind of a Bee: An Exploration of the Intelligence of Bees – Book now
- Mon, 3 Mar, 19:00 GMT – Insect Dogfights: How Aerial Combat Shapes the Patterns of Insect Flight – Book now
- Mon, 24 Mar, 19:00 GMT – Earthworm Watch: Insights Into Urban Earthworm Communities – Book now
- Tue, 22 Apr, 13:00 BST – Improving Bee Hotel Design: The Big Bee Hotel Experiment – Book now
- Tue, 20 May, 19:00 BST – Insect Welfare: What Benefits Bugs? – Book now
What subjects does entoLIVE cover?
The entoLIVE webinar programme is about shining a light on invertebrate science. Talks from any scientific field are welcome – ecology, taxonomy, genomics, anatomy, ethology… the list goes on! Each talk should interpret a scientific output, such as a research paper, technical report or dataset. The programme should be mutually beneficial for the speakers and the audience, with the audience expanding their invertebrate knowledge and the speaker increasing engagement with their work (and hopefully leading to more use of their scientific output).
2023 included talks on earthworms, jellyfish, flies, mayflies, squids, grasshoppers, bristle worms, beetles, crustaceans, bees, wasps, dragonflies, slugs and freshwater mussels – check out more upcoming and past entoLIVE webinars on the booking page.
The entoLIVE programme is only possible due to the financial support received from partners and the donations that have been generously given by webinar attendees.
The entoLIVE partnership currently consists of the following organisations:
In addition, the programme is supported by Buglife, the Field Studies Council and the NBN Trust.
More information is available for potential speakers in the entoLIVE Information for Speakers pack. Applications are open all year round and can be submitted via the online entoLIVE Speaker Application Form.
