Freshwater Leech Survey Day

This event will be held at Rixton Clay Pits

Join like-minded people with an interest in recording wildlife observations for a day surveying freshwater leeches. Sampling leeches involves pond dipping and hand searches and we will identify specimens to species-level in the field where possible. Any species that cannot be identified in the field will be preserved for identification at the 'Freshwater Leech Workshop' in September at the World Museum, Liverpool - book a place on this workshop here

What will the day involve?

Practical experience using a variety of methods to survey and sample leeches.

Practical experience in collecting and preserving leeches.

A chance to meet fellow like-minded people from a range of different disciplines.

Please note that this event will involve individuals collecting, preserving and killing leech specimens for identification purposes.

Leech Tutor: Rachel Davies

Rachel runs the brand new Freshwater Leech Recording Scheme alongside Craig Macadam, launched in 2024. She has also co-authored the 'Guide to the Freshwater Leeches of Britain and Ireland' field guide, published by the Field Studies Council.

Recording Freshwater Leeches

All records generated through this event will be submitted to iRecord in order to share our findings with the site managers, the Local Environmental Record Centre and the Freshwater Leech Recording Scheme.

This event is in partnership with the Freshwater Leech Recording Scheme.

Events will be subject to cancellation if there is severe weather forecast.

Booking essential: Further details regarding meeting place etc. will be circulated before the day.

Host or Publisher Tanyptera Trust