Sorby Invertebrate Group
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Derek Whiteley, Sorby Invertebrate Group, Beech Cottage, Wardlow, Derbyshire, SK17 8RP |
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The Sorby Invertebrate Group aims to:
- Undertake more recording and surveys and increase our knowledge of the invertebrates of South Yorkshire, north Derbyshire, the Peak National Park, and north Nottinghamshire.
The group appoints Recorders who are responsible for keeping records.
- Co-ordinate the existing recording schemes and stimulate new ones.
- Publish frequent reports and papers in existing publications.
- Promote the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.
- Encourage an interest in and enjoyment of invertebrates by providing facilities for members to meet informally and exchange ideas, help and advice.
- Increase the standard of identification and recording by organising workshops and identification dayschools.
- Publish a review of the Insects of South Yorkshire in 2010.
- Organising field trips to record and enjoy local invertebrates.
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Publish distribution maps of local species. For example, below is a distribution map
of the Slender Groundhopper, produced as a result of our recording efforts in the Sorby Natural
History Society Recording Area from 1990 to 2004:
Slender Groundhopper (
Tetrix subulata), 1990 to 2004.
Butterfly Recording Scheme
To stimulate more recording, we have prepared a draft document containing a series of maps
generated from the Sorby Butterfly database together with some accompanying information on
the recording scheme itself. You can download the document by clicking on the link below.
Download Draft Sorby Butterfly Recording Scheme
(140KB) (zipped Microsoft Word format document).
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