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Dipterists Forum Events BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Bulletin No. 73 Spring 2012 Affiliated to the British Entomological and Natural History Society Bulletin No. 73 Spring 2012 ISSN 1358-5029 Editorial panel Bulletin Editor Darwyn Sumner Assistant Editor Judy Webb Dipterists Forum Officers Chairman Martin Drake Vice Chairman Stuart Ball Secretary John Kramer Meetings Treasurer Howard Bentley Please use the Booking Form included in this Bulletin or downloaded from our Membership Sec. John Showers website Field Meetings Sec. Roger Morris Field Meetings Indoor Meetings Sec. Malcolm Smart Roger Morris 7 Vine Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1QE Publicity Officer Judy Webb [email protected] Conservation Officer Rob Wolton Workshops & Indoor Meetings Organiser Malcolm Smart Ordinary Members “Southcliffe”, Pattingham Road, Perton, Wolverhampton, WV6 7HD [email protected] Chris Spilling, Duncan Sivell, Barbara Ismay Erica McAlister, John Ismay, Mick Parker Bulletin contributions Unelected Members Please refer to later in this Bulletin for details of how to contribute and send your material to both of the following: Dipterists Digest Editor Peter Chandler Dipterists Bulletin Editor Darwyn Sumner Secretary 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicestershire LE7 7BX. John Kramer Tel. 0116 212 5075 31 Ash Tree Road, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 5TE. [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Editor Treasurer Judy Webb Howard Bentley 2 Dorchester Court, Blenheim Road, Kidlington, Oxon. OX5 2JT. 37, Biddenden Close, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent. ME15 8JP Tel. 01865 377487 Tel. 01622 739452 [email protected] [email protected] Conservation Dipterists Digest contributions Robert Wolton Locks Park Farm, Hatherleigh, Oakhampton, Devon EX20 3LZ Dipterists Digest Editor Tel. 01837 810416 [email protected] Peter Chandler 606B Berryfield Lane, Melksham, Wilts SN12 6EL Tel. 01225-708339 Publicity [email protected] Judy Webb (Judy is stepping down from this post but assists with the Bulletin) Recording Scheme Organisers Annual Subscription See back page for full details Obtainable via subscription to Dipterists Forum, contact John Showers Annual Membership (N.B. Overseas = £20 total) Forum - £6 (includes Dipterists Bulletin) Website Subscription to Dipterists Digest - £9 Web Manager Membership Secretary Stuart Ball John Showers 255 Eastfield Road Peterborough PE1 4BH 103, Desborough Road, Rothwell, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14 [email protected] 6QJ [email protected] Dipterists Forum Website www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/ to whom all enquiries regarding delivery of this Bulletin should be addressed Dipterists Forum Forum www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/index.php Photographs: Front cover (top) Poecilobothrus nobilitatus (Dolichopodidae), pond at Chute Farm, Whipsnade, 2 Jul 2011, det J O’Sullivan Alan Outen, (bottom) Subclytia rotundiventris (Tachinidae) by R. Ivel, Clifton, Beds. 16 Aug 2011 Alan Outen, (above) Cordilura albipes (Scathophagidae) from Flitwick Moor, Beds, 15 Jul 2011, det Stephane Lebrun, Alan Outen. Other photographs as supplied by the authors or the editorial panel who would be pleased to receive illustrations for general purposes - many thanks for those already sent. If you want to catch the next front cover, please note that the orientation must be upright (portrait) BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Contents Editorial 4 Notice board 5 Conservation _______________________________________________________________ 6 Recording flies on RSPB nature reserves ____________________________________ 8 Dipterists Digest: 50 issues _________________________________________________ 8 Members 9 Correspondence 9 Review 12 Meetings 14 Reports ____________________________________________________________________ 14 ANNUAL MEETING _________________________________________________________ 17 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting ___________________________________ 19 Forthcoming _______________________________________________________________ 22 Contents Dipterists Forum Events Diptera Identification Workshops 2012 Preston Montford Field Studies Centre _____________________________________ 22 Friday 2th - Sunday 4th March 2012 Beginner’s Workshop – Introduction to Diptera Advanced workshop – Dolichopodid Flies New Forest ________________________________________________________________ 23 12-13 May 2012 Perivale Wood, Middlesex _________________________________________________ 23 19 May 2012 The Great Fen Project ______________________________________________________ 23 16th - 17th June 2012 Bridlington for soft rock cliffs and chalk wolds _____________________________ 23 29 June – 1 July 2012 Summer Field Meeting Lagganalia Centre, Kingussie, Speyside ___________________________________ 23 22-29 July 2012 Autumn Field Meeting Bangor, North Wales ______________________________________________________ 23 13-20 October 2012 Dipterists Day and AGM 2012 Bristol, Princes Wharf ______________________________________________________ 24 24 November 2012 Dipterists Forum Events Events Calendar 2012 Dipterists Forum & selected meetings _____________________________________ 25 The following Newsletters and other special items are incorporated into the package for the printers after comple- tion of the Bulletin. They are not to be found in any pdf version of this Bulletin and they have their own pagina- tion. Please contact the Newsletter editors for full colour pdfs, back issues may also be found on DF website. Hoverfly Newsletter #52 Empid & Dolichopodid Newsletter #17 Cranefly Newsletter #23 Flowers for flies - Judy Webb Booking form for meetings Guidelines for Bulletin contributions Fly Sheets Desktop publishing: Darwyn Sumner Forum News Editorial Biodiversity in the UK Meniscus & trickle midges I’ve been keeping my eye on the activities of the UK All Party Henry Disney is currently scouting around for a new organiser for Parliament Group (APPG) on Biodiversity which I mentioned in the Dixidae & Thaumaleidae recording scheme. See NBN eNews the last Bulletin. for details (request it from [email protected]). The purpose of the All Party Group is to provide a forum for cross party Parliamentarians, senior policy makers, academics, leading Citizen Science cuts industry figures, and other interested parties to have an informed I’m told this term originated in the USA. Sadly we hear the news discussion on all aspects of protecting biodiversity in the UK and that the Federal Government has withdrawn funding for the abroad. "Our primary role is to make best use of this forum to help American equivalent of our NBN, the NBII (National Biological facilitate Parliamentary debate on biodiversity." Information Infrastructure), and it is to close down entirely in In November the APPG launched a members’ inquiry into ‘Plan- February. Read all about it at http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server. ning & Biodiversity’ (that’s “members” as in Members of Par- pt/community/termination_of_nbii_program/2057/termina- liament). Danny Stevens (APPG Secretariat) told us that “The tion_faqs/7650 Government has committed to “retain protection and improvement The University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences has also of the natural environment as core objectives for local planning.” announced that it will cease to host the ‘Biological Recording and It has also stated that the planning system will contribute to the Species Identification’ programmes (UCert, PG Cert, PG Dip, overall objective of no net loss of biodiversity.” and then detailed MSc and day schools). the Inquiry which APPG had initiated and which involved consul- tation with interested parties - that’s us. Dipterists Forum aren’t Biological Recording in Scotland involved directly with this but we are part of a wider network, Strictly speaking there’s no Diptera news in this, but we’ve a trip the NBN. to Scotland planned this year so the BRISC newsletter might be The NBN has made comments to the Inquiry, these were made worth a read to find out what’s going on north of the border: http:// under the following headings: brisc.org.uk/newsletters/Pending/BRISCRecorderNews84.pdf 1. Support the local and national infrastructure that makes ALERC appointment quality assured biodiversity data available to inform planning Financial support for an ALERC National Coordinator has been decisions. provided by ALERC and the NBN Trust. Tom Hunt (of Cheshire’s 2. Provide guidance on best practice regarding the use of biodi- LRC: Ecorecord) was recently appointed and whilst the LRC part versity data in the planning process. of his job will only affect us Dipterists who are involved with their 3. Monitor the use of biodiversity data in the planning process. LRCs, he’s also got to “facilitate the adoption of new biodiversity 4. Enforce existing legislation for the conservation of biodiver- data management technology and encourage exchange of ideas” sity. so this will see him working with online recording initiatives, I guess he’ll bump into our iSpot man Martin Harvey before long. 5. Publish clear objectives and targets for biodiversity conserva- Tom can be contacted at [email protected] tion to inform local action. The paper produced by the NBN is quite substantial and difficult NatureSpot to summarise but here’s an example from #4. above which gives I believe there are a number of these initiatives, like iSpot but at a bit of a flavour of it: a County level. I’ve just had the following from David Nicholls The Localism Act 2011 enables planning permission to be granted (Leicestershire & Rutland)
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