Slugs Talk & Workshop

We are a small environmental charity, working to collate biodiversity data for Jersey, Channel Islands, and make it available for environmental decision making and research.Biological records are vitally important as they underpin conservation decision making and policy in Jersey.The Jersey Biodiversity Centre’s primary purpose is to collate this data, which is collected by a diverse range of amateur and professional biological recorders, in to a central database where it can be managed, made available, and mobilised, primarily for the purpose of safeguarding the Island’s natural environment for future generations.Through the application of innovative use of technology and science, the JBC works to harness the enthusiasm and knowledge of Jersey’s biological recording community and improve how data is collected, collated, managed and shared.The Jersey Biodiversity Centre works in close partnership with amateur and professional biological recorders and biological recording groups to promote biological recording and citizen science monitoring schemes and to provide training, support and tools to assist with the collection and submission of biological records to the Jersey Biodiversity Centre database.The Jersey Biodiversity Centre database provides researchers and environmental decision makers with a centralised database of high-quality biodiversity data for Jersey.

Jersey Biodiversity Centre

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly! Dive into the secret life of slugs and the vital ecosystem role they play with limacologist Chris du Feu.

Frances Le Sueur Centre

Slugs play an important role in our ecosystem: recycling nutrients and breaking down organic matter, but they are often overlooked and under-recorded. Reporting the slugs you see can contribute to our understanding of them and their rapidly-changing distributions in the face of climate change.Join slug expert (limacologist) Chris du Feu to learn more about the secret lives of slugs. Chris has featured on Springwatch and delivers Field Studies Council courses in the UK.This workshop will include:<ol><li>An Introduction to Slugs</li><li>Identifying the four major groups</li><li>Specimen identification session</li></ol>This workshop is free and open to all; no experience or prior knowledge is required.Participants will be expected to collect their own slug specimens prior to the workshop (preferably from gardens, allotments etc.) and bring them along. Guidelines on collection and keeping will be provided before the event. These specimens will not only provide material for identification but also serve as valuable species records that can be submitted to the Jersey Biodiversity Centre database and the national recording scheme.

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