Spider project

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Introduction

Garden spider on web. Photo: Rich Burkmar

This project, based on a partnership with the Shropshire Spider Group (SSG), explores the utility of providing high levels of support to a local recording group and providing a suite of differentiated courses to aid progressive learning. This builds upon and continues the good work of other recent FSC projects, especially Invertebrate Challenge and the work done by Nigel Cane-Honeysett (Shropshire County Recorder for Spiders) and Rich Burkmar in 2014 to strengthen the SSG and develop training courses to encourage new recorders.

We work in partnership with the SSG to develop a stronger group and, in so doing, strengthen spider and harvestman recording in Shropshire. Because we have good access to expertise, we can explore the utility of providing very high levels of technical support and mentoring to a local group at relatively low cost. 

One of the main aims of this project is to explore integrated training programmes and moving people through the skills & engagement pyramid.

We will be aiming to strengthen the SSG, increasing membership and raising the expertise of members so that they make a greater contribution to local and national recording and surveillance.

We explore the utility of locally tailored, tightly targeted identification resources and novel ways of delivering them.

2015 activities

2016 activities

2017 activities