Please join us for a day of sorting through invertebrates – no prior knowledge or experience necessary!
We are putting on two workshops with Kathy Meakin of Evidence Nature to go through our invertebrate samples from this summer using a technique called “para-taxonomy”.
Kathy will guide us through how to sort the invertebrates into groups that look alike. Participation in this workshop will give you the opportunity to learn about invertebrates, as well as helping the Sapperton Wilder team see what types of invertebrates we have on the farm. This information will influence our farming and land management decisions.
This is our second year using this method. The first year was just looking at herbal leys, whereas this year we sampled in herbal leys with cattle grazing, in the agroforestry, and in our conventional control field of spring barley.
Workshop Information:
- 10am – 4pm Thursday 29 October
- 10am – 4pm Thursday 5 November
Sapperton Village Hall, GL7 6LE
Free parking outside Village Hall and in front of Sapperton Church
Tea and cake provided.
Spaces are limited to 12 people per workshop (due to number of microscopes) – Book your free place here.