Riverfly Partnership - official partner to Royal Entomological Society National Insect Week
The Riverfly Partnership is an official partner to the Royal Entomological Society's National Insect Week 2008. The event was launched by Chris Packham on Monday 23 June. One of the core themes is aquatic insects. See www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/.
The Riverfly Partnership initiatives include:
Enter your riverfly photographs into the Riverfly Competition, with prizes for the best photographs of riverflies sponsored by the Riverfly Partnership and the Environment Agency. The competition runs between 23 June 2008 and 12 noon on Friday 31 October 2008. Media partner BBC Wildlife magazine. Click here for information on how to enter.
Prizes will be:
1st - £500
2nd - £250
3rd x 2 – Life in the Undergrowth book, by David Attenborough. Signed by the author
Runners up x 3 - Life in the Undergrowth book by David Attenborough
Dr Cyril Bennett, mayfly expert, photographer and fly-fisherman, founder member of the Riverfly Partnership; Peter Lapsley, fly-fisherman, well-known angling journalist, author and photographer; and Prof. Chris Haines, NIW Coordinator for the Royal Entomological Society will judge the entries with winners announced on Friday 5 December.
- Nature Live event & tour of the riverfly collections, Natural History Museum, London Wednesday 25 June 14.30hrs.
Join Entomologist Adrian Hine who will be discussing the use of riverflies as bioindicators of water quality citing the Riverfly Partnership Anglers Monitoring Initiative. Tours of the Natural History Museum riverfly collections will follow. The talk is open to the public but places on the tours are strictly limited and must be booked in advance. To book places contact Stuart Hine by email s.hine@nhm.ac.uk or telephone 0207 942 5124.
- Behind the scenes tours of the Entomology Department at the Natural History Museum, London
Join museum entomologists for tours of the collections. For further information contact Stuart Hine by email s.hine@nhm.ac.uk or telephone 0207 942 5124.
- Angler's Monitoring Initiative demonstration River Wandle – Thursday 26 June, 10.00hrs
A demonstration of the anglers monitoring initiative will be given on the River Wandle on the morning of Thursday 26 June, byWilliam Tall, Coordinator of the Wandle Piscators Monitoring Group to Royal Entomological Society President Professor Lin Field, championing the work of anglers and their monitoring of riverflies as bioindicators of the river water quality. For further information contact Amy Sutherland, Cicada Communications Limited, tel. 01423 567111 / 07984 914473, email amy@cicada-comms.com.
- Caddis walk at Whixall, nr Whitchurch, Shropshire – Sunday 29 June, 13.00 – 16.00hrs
The walk, led by Dr Ian Wallace of Liverpool Museums, gives a chance to see one of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful caddisflies, Hagenella clathrata.
This large day-flying caddis is the flagship species for caddis conservation in England.
For further details contact Caroline Evans, Natural England, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, SY4 4TW, tel. 01743 282000
Conservation status for British riverflies Oct 07
The Riverfly Recording Scheme Coordinators, Craig Macadam , David Pryce and Ian Wallace have worked with Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservaton Trust to ensure that eight species of riverfy qualify for conservation status on the new Biodiversity Action Plan Species list. Inclusion on the list means that there is government committment to support conservation measures for these species. The riverfly species included are:
Ephemeroptera Nigrobaetis niger Iron blue, Potamanthus luteus Yellow mayflyPlecoptera Brachyptera putata Northern February Red, Isogenus nubecula Rare medium stonefly
Trichoptera Glossosoma intermedium Small Grey Sedge, Hagenella clathrata Window Winged Sedge, Hydropsyche bulgaromanorum Grey Flag, Ironoquia dubia Scarce Brown Sedge
BBC 1 Nature of Britain Series - BBC Wales Oct 07
The monitoring work being carried out by the Rhymney & Sirhowy Monitoring Group - part of the Riverfly Partnership Anglers Monitoring Initiative - was highlighted in Freshwater Britian on Wednesday 31st October.
Ephemera danica in Freshwater Forum Sept 07
‘A seven year study of the life cycle of the mayfly Ephemera danica’ by
Contact Karen Rouen from Freshwater Biological Association by email KRouen@fba.org.uk for further information / copies.
Salmon and Trout Association River Fly Survey Report - 2006 Season
» S&TA River Fly Survey Report - 2006 Season – PDF-File, 1.5 MB
