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Cofnod is one of four Local Environmental Records Centres (LERCs) in Wales and forms part of the first national network of LERCs anywhere in the UK. Its name, which means ‘a record’ in Welsh, was chosen to reflect the importance of observing and recording wildlife. Cofnod's task is to bring together all individual records into a centralised database, allowing us to have better knowledge of the environment in which we live.
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Shropshire: Intermediate level lichen course (INT-1)
Event Type :Training event
Start date : Thursday 10/09/2026 - 09:00
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North Devon: intermediate to advanced course on coastal lichens, St. George’s House, Georgeham
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PhD position - epiphytic lichens on retention trees (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
A PhD position in a project focusing on epiphytic lichens on retention trees, at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology in Uppsala.
Project title: The ecological function of green tree retention.
Supervisors: Thomas Ranius, Malin Tälle, Aino Hämäläinen, Hanna Staland, and David Lindenmayer.
Application deadline: September 21st
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Trainee Lichenologist - Scotland
An excellent opportunity for a budding lichenologist!!! The National Trust and Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh are offering a paid lichen traineeship in Scotland. Here, you will be learning from the experts, conducting fieldwork in some of the country’s top sites, with access to the RBGE library and herbarium. This is an unparalleled means of developing your knowledge and skill set in field and lab based lichenology. Deadline: 3/10/2025
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The British Lichen Society (BLS) has set aside a fund of £20k (in the first instance) to provide grants for travel to the IAL 10th Symposium in Trieste, July 26th to 31st 2026.
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To celebrate World Rainforest Day , Sunday 22nd June, April Windle has produced a short video for the BLS, highlighting the lichens of the temperate rainforests of south west England. Watch the video on the BLS Youtube channel, or through the link:
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Lichen course specialising in Rhizocarpon
16th Sept ( 9.00am )-18th Sept.( 4.00pm) 2025, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
Tutors: Erik Möller (expert from Oslo), John Douglass. Co-ordinator : Rebecca Yahr
This is an exciting opportunity to learn from the experts this September. Further details will be available shortly.
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Photo Competition Winners
Congratulations to our three photo competition winners: Bob Kemp, Judith Allinson and Chris Cant.
This year, entries for the 2025 AGM Photo Competition were shared online with all members and also with all guests who had booked to attend any of the AGM weekend events. An online voting system was put in place.
Eighty-three people voted for their favourites.
Bob’s photo Just Beautiful (number A15) won the ‘Close encounter’ class with 18% of the votes.