The latest edition of Cladocera News is available to download from the Cladocera Interest Group website: www.cladocera.org.uk. The Cladocera interest group is an informal alliance of naturalists with an interest in small freshwater crustacea, known as Cladocera or water fleas.
The Essex Wildlife Trust River Wardens have been announced as the winners of the inaugural Lynne Farrell Group Award at the National Biodiversity Network Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing!
A recent moth trapping session by Basildon Natural History Society at Essex Wildlife Trust's Marks Hill Nature Reserve uncovered two new species for the reserve, including one which had been searched for since 2009!
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed the first record of the invasive Asian Hornet, Vespa velutina, onthe UK mainland.
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