Improvers lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 21st July 2025 

Time: 19.00-20.30

This ‘Improvers’ microscopy group on Zoom is open to anyone who has some experience of microscopy with lichens. It is fine to just attend one or two sessions. We meet monthly to share short presentations and have informal discussion about techniques and the interpretation of what we have been looking at under the microscope.

Questions and contributions especially welcome if you are lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire): 
zoom-microscopy@britishlichensociety.org.uk

If you have only recently started using a microscope, you might prefer the basics microscopy group.
Read more here:

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

Improvers lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 23rd June 2025 

Time: 19.00-20.30

This ‘Improvers’ microscopy group on Zoom is open to anyone who has some experience of microscopy with lichens. It is fine to just attend one or two sessions. We meet monthly to share short presentations and have informal discussion about techniques and the interpretation of what we have been looking at under the microscope.

Questions and contributions especially welcome if you are lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire): 
zoom-microscopy@britishlichensociety.org.uk

If you have only recently started using a microscope, you might prefer the basics microscopy group.
Read more here:

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

Improvers lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 19th May 2025 

Time: 19.00-20.30

This ‘Improvers’ microscopy group on Zoom is open to anyone who has some experience of microscopy with lichens. It is fine to just attend one or two sessions. We meet monthly to share short presentations and have informal discussion about techniques and the interpretation of what we have been looking at under the microscope.

Questions and contributions especially welcome if you are lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire): 
zoom-microscopy@britishlichensociety.org.uk

If you have only recently started using a microscope, you might prefer the basics microscopy group.
Read more here:

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

Improvers lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 7th April 2025 

Time: 19.00-20.30

This ‘Improvers’ microscopy group on Zoom is open to anyone who has some experience of microscopy with lichens. It is fine to just attend one or two sessions. We meet monthly to share short presentations and have informal discussion about techniques and the interpretation of what we have been looking at under the microscope.

Questions and contributions especially welcome if you are lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire): 
zoom-microscopy@britishlichensociety.org.uk

If you have only recently started using a microscope, you might prefer the basics microscopy group.
Read more here:

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

Improvers lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 3rd March 2025 

Time: 19.00-20.30

This ‘Improvers’ microscopy group on Zoom is open to anyone who has some experience of microscopy with lichens. It is fine to just attend one or two sessions. We meet monthly to share short presentations and have informal discussion about techniques and the interpretation of what we have been looking at under the microscope.

Questions and contributions especially welcome if you are lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire): 
zoom-microscopy@britishlichensociety.org.uk

If you have only recently started using a microscope, you might prefer the basics microscopy group.
Read more here:

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

Improvers lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 3rd February 2025 

Time: 19.00-20.30

This ‘Improvers’ microscopy group on Zoom is open to anyone who has some experience of microscopy with lichens. It is fine to just attend one or two sessions. We meet monthly to share short presentations and have informal discussion about techniques and the interpretation of what we have been looking at under the microscope.

Questions and contributions especially welcome if you are lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire): 
zoom-microscopy@britishlichensciety.org.uk

If you have only recently started using a microscope, you might prefer the basics microscopy group.
Read more here:

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

Beginners lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 10th March 2025 

Time: 19:00 – 20:30

This ‘Basics' lichen microscopy group on Zoom meets monthly. It is open to recent beginners who have already had some practical experience of lichen microscopy. You will have your own microscopes (dissecting low-power and a high-power microscope). We mostly focus on interpreting what you can see, and sharing your progress towards cutting thinner sections.

Questions and contributions especially welcome from anyone lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire):

 zoom-microscopy@britishlichensociety.org.uk

There is also an improvers microscopy group for when you feel a bit more confident. Read more here:
https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

Beginners lichen microscopy on Zoom

Date: Monday 10th February 2025 

Time: 19:00 – 20:30

This ‘Basics' lichen microscopy group on Zoom meets monthly. It is open to recent beginners who have already had some practical experience of lichen microscopy. You will have your own microscopes (dissecting low-power and a high-power microscope). We mostly focus on interpreting what you can see, and sharing your progress towards cutting thinner sections.

Questions and contributions especially welcome from anyone lacking confidence. We’re all learning.  If you haven’t shared photos in a Zoom session before, don’t be put off, we can help you with that.

Contact: To join this session, or for more information, contact Di Napier (Warwickshire):

 zoom-microscopy@britishlichensciety.org.uk

There is also an improvers microscopy group for when you feel a bit more confident. Read more here:
https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/online-zoom#MICROSCOPE

BLS Summer Meeting based in the Isle of Man

Lichens are one of the most under-recorded groups on the Island hence the need for another meeting; the last meeting was held in 2010. Weather permitting a visit to the Calf of Man will be arranged.

A large number of sites are under consideration, including woodland, coastal, upland, historic buildings, and mine sites. There is a variety of substrate within these sites.

Local Contact: David Bellamy, Manx Wildlife Trust

Date: Arrival Monday 14th July, departure Friday 18th July 2025

Meeting Base

The meeting is hosted by Manx Wildlife Trust which is providing full board accommodation at King William College, Castletown. Accommodation comprises single and twin rooms along with breakfast, a packed lunch and evening meals.

Cost

A £50 deposit is payable to book the meeting and is likely to cover the cost of the field meeting.

Booking

Attendees should book their rooms with the field meeting secretary, Graham Boswell, email togooutdoors@hotmail.com and once you have a confirmed place, please pay the £50 direct to the British Lichen Society (not the BLS) Bank Account, CAF Bank sort code 40-52-40 Account No. 00012363.

Microscope Work

Meeting rooms have been reserved for microscope work and presentations. 

Maps

OS map 95 covers the whole Island.

Sorby Natural History Society (Sheffield)

Lichen Meeting to Sheffield General Cemetery

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Leader: Steve Price, email: lichenrecords@sorby.org.uk

The trees and stone work at the General Cemetery will give us plenty to look at. Currently there are no lichen records on the database for this site – so everything counts!

The plan is for a full day meeting and, time and weather permitting, there will be the option of walking on to record lichens at the nearby Sunnybank Nature Reserve.

Meet at 10.30am by the gatehouse at the end of Cemetery Avenue, Grid Ref SK 34009 85933.

As always beginners are most welcome. Bring along a hand-lens and id. guides if you have them. The plan is for a full-day meeting so do bring along a drink and lunch.