STAFFORDSHIRE INVERTEBRATE GROUP
(SIG)
SIG remit
- Survey and record site(s) for invertebrates to
increase understanding
and knowledge of them within the county
- Highlight site(s) which are important for
invertebrates to
relevent organisations via the Staffordshire
Wildlife Trust (SWT) Grading Committee
- Survey one SWT reserve
per year
as a group. This is to include at least one planned day for all SIG
members
who wish to attend. All other visits are at the discretion of the
individuals
and should invlove liason with SIG
Secretary. A SIG reserves report compiler will collate information
gathered in order for SIG to comment on management plans for each SWT
reserves
visited.
- Introduce new members to SIG and encourage them
to
become
involved in recording and serveying
Records
All invertebrate records should go to the Staffordshire
Ecological Record (SER Email: info@staffs-ecology.org.uk)
first and then these can be sent to the County Recorders for
confirmation
via the SIG Record Compiler (C.
Slawson). SER is the county body responsible for collating records
and forwarding them on to the SWT Grading Committee and other relevant
organisations.
SIG officers:
Chairman -Andy
Jukes, (chair@staffs-inverts.org.uk)
- To chair and organise meetings
Secretary - David
Skingsley,
(secretary@staffs-inverts.org.uk)
Department of Biological Sciences, Staffordshire
University,
College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DE Tel: 01782 295757,
- To take and issue meeting minutes
- To act as new members contact
- To compile annual newsletter
- To develop external contacts
Record Compiler - Craig
Slawson, (records@staffs-inverts.org.uk)
20 Queens Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7LJ
- To receive and collate all records annually via
contacy with
SER
- To liase with County Recorders
- To forward records to Grading Committee
- To receive and collate all records from annual
survey site
- To produce site report including habitat
management
recommendations
to SWT via SER
SIG panel members (all have wide natural
history knowledge but specialise in certain families)
Simon Phipps (Lepidoptera), Malcom Smart (Diptera), Dave
Skingsley ( Diptera and Mollusca), Craig Slawson (Arachnids), Eric
Brown (Coleoptera), Mike Bloxham (Diptera), Roy Gillibrand (Mollusca),
John Stanney (Arachnids), Dave Grundy (Lepidoptera), Tim Beynon
(Odonata), Dave Emley (Diptera and Lepidoptera), Neil Collingwood
(Odonata), Richard Tribbeck (Freshwater groups), Phil Smith
(Coleoptera), Peter Dedicoat (Lepidoptera)
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SIG Pages maintained by D.R. Skingsley (d.r.skingsley@staffs.ac.uk)
(DRS)
Last modified March 2004