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Notice of 17th Annual General Meeting ~ 2017

AGM notice

All BMIG members are invited to attend the AGM to be held at 8.30pm on Friday, 31st March 2017. The venue will be The Berkeley Guesthouse, 39 Marine Road West, Morecambe, LA3 1BZ.   The present committee welcomes nominations for vacant officer roles from any BMIG member. Ideally nominations would be communicated to the secretary beforehand but they can also be made from the floor at the AGM. Officers to be elected during the AGM are:   Secretary Vicky Burton is currently taking minutes of those meetings she can attend.
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Soil Biology ~ Special Interest Group

A Soil Biology Special Interest Group is being established by the Association of Applied Biologists to promote and coordinate study and understanding of soil life and the fundamental role it plays in delivering the functions that keep us all alive. Many of BMIG's species, such as geophilid centipedes and trichoniscid woodlice are important components of the soil fauna.

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Introduction to the identification of UK centipedes & millipedes

It may be a year away, but these courses have a habit of filling up, so here is advance notification of a subsidised training day at Preston Montford, in November 2017!   Book now to avoid disappointment.  Details of venue and booking can be found on the FSC website.  Led by BMIG's Paul Richards.   In this introduction to the identification of UK centipedes & millipedes you will learn the techniques of identification for the frequently
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BMIG Newsletter 33 (Autumn 2016)

Contents: Annual Field Meeting and AGM 2017; Look out for Lamyctes africanus; A new site for Metatrichoniscoides leydigii; Porcellio laevis from Surrey; ‘Border Collies’ and other colour variations in Porcellio scaber; Cylindroiulus appeninorum on the Isle of White; Some thoughts on centipede data from John Lewis; Book review – historical interest; Centipede hunting with cats; Upcoming events of interest.

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An introduction to woodlice, millipedes and centipedes

  Held at the BENHS buildings at Dinton Pastures, near Reading.   Details of venue and booking can be found at http://www.benhs.org.uk/about/meetings/   This introductory workshop will be led by Steve Gregory (Organiser of BMIG Woodlouse Recording Scheme) and covers the identification of British woodlice, millipedes and centipedes; about 150 species, many of which can be identified in the field.
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