Events

BioBlitzes

Richard leading a bug walk on the Oxford BioBlitz 2012.

BioBlitzes are 24-hour or longer events where naturalists and scientists come together with members of the public to attempt to identify and count all the species within a given area. From 2010 onwards, I have attended and contributed to more than 50 national BioBlitz events. I annually attend the Marine Biological Association BioBlitz in Plymouth and the Bristol Natural History Consortium BioBlitzes in particular. In addition to meeting up with friends, exploring new places and contributing to the biological records, something exciting always turns up! 

Training Days

Richard leading training at Southmere Lake. Photo by Karen Sutton.

Since joining the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2013, I have run bumblebee identification courses across the UK, from Newquay all the way up to the Orkney Isles. From these events I have trained up approximately 1000 BBCT volunteers and still counting!

I also run training workshops on ladybird identification, including the more inconspicuous species. I have run these for Wildlife Trusts, the Field Studies Council at Preston Montfort, Shropshire. and for Coleopterist's Day at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Please contact me using the contact form if you are interested in these training workshops.

Speaking engagements

Each year I am invited to speak at half a dozen of local natural history groups (e.g. Bristol Naturalist Society, Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society) and general interest groups (e.g. Womens' Institute) about ladybirds and bumblebees largely.

In addition to research conferences, I have been invited to speak to students at the University of Reading and the University of Worcester on several occasions.

Please contact me using the contact form if you are interested engaging me as a speaker.

Richard speaking at the Oxford University M

useum of Natural History. Photograph taken by Richard Jones.

Media

Richard and Helen Roy recording for The Living World. 

Photo by Heather Lowther.

I have contributed to several episodes of BBC Radio 4's Saving Species and The Living World programmes and appeared on several local radio shows, including BBC Radio Lincolnshire and BBC Radio Devon.