Earthworm Sampling Day

T﻿he Biological Recording Company provide a range of events focused on educating and training biological recorders and biodiversity professionals in the United Kingdom.entoLIVE Webinarsare 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 Symposiumsexplore 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 Daysare 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 Coursescover topics such as biology, ecology, sampling techniques and identification.

The Biological Recording Company

Join us on a sampling day to photograph earthworms and collect specimens for the Earthworm Image Recognition Project. No experience required

Rothwell Country Park

Field Recorder Days

Field Recorder Days involve visiting a site to make field observations and collect specimens for identification at a later date. Beginners through to experts are welcome. Individual events may cover a broad range of species or focus on a specific group.

Worms

Worm events include the familiar earthworms, but also their segmented worm relatives leeches and bristle worms, as well as non-segmented worms such as flatworms, nematodes and ribbon worms.

Join like-minded people interested in recording wildlife observations for a day surveying earthworms. The specimens collected will help us to build up a library of images for the Earthworm Image Recognition Project and generate an earthworm species list for the site. All records will be added to the National Earthworm Recording Scheme database. Sampling earthworms involves conducting microhabitat searches and hand-sorting soil pit samples to collect specimens for identification by our trained earthworm recorders at a later date. Participants will also be asked to take photographs of the earthworms that they collect and submit these to the Earthworm Image Recognition Project - an exciting collaboration with the UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology to create and test an app that will attempt to identify earthworms using AI.

What will the day involve?<ul><li>Practical experience using a variety of methods to survey and sample earthworms.</li><li>Practical experience in collecting and preserving earthworm specimens.</li><li>Contributing to an innovative project involving smartphone photography and AI</li><li>A chance to meet fellow like-minded people from a range of different disciplines.</li></ul>

Earthworm Specialist: Keiron Derek BrownKeiron has been running the National Earthworm Recording Scheme since it was launched in 2014. He has run over 100 earthworm training courses and events since 20214, covering a wide range of subjects including biology, ecology, surveying, identification and recording. He is currently authoring a Provisional Earthworm Conservation Status Assessment for the UK on behalf of Natural England.

Recording the UK's earthwormsAll records collected will be submitted to iRecord in order to share our findings with the site managers, the Local Environmental Record Centre and the National Earthworm Recording Scheme.The photos generated will be shared with the UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology and used to train an image recognition AI to assist farmers with earthworm identification.

Rothwell Country Park (West Yorkshire)Rothwell Country Park has a mosaic of habitats: wetland, woodland, meadow and bare ground, scrub and hedgerows. The park lies in the southeastern corner of the Leeds district, nestled between the northern flank of Rothwell town and the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal, making it easily accessible from the Trans-Pennine Cycle Way and other public footpaths.T﻿his event is delivered by the Biological Recording Company and supported by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, the Earthworm Society of Britain and the UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology as part of the Earthworm Image Recognition project.

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