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A project to compile a book on the Moths of Lancashire has been started this spring by Stephen Palmer and Ben Smart of the Lancashire Moth Group, lasting 3 years. The intention is to produce a book (quite a large Read More

Seven years ago, the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Society published “The Dragonflies of Lancashire & North Merseyside” and in the intervening period there has been a notable change in the Odonata fauna.The recent AGM decided that we should update the Read More

The Heysham Observatory report is available to read here. Heysham 2020

Over the last year or so the Tanyptera Project (based at Liverpool World Museum) in association with the Lancashire Moth Group, have been working on the production of a set of distribution maps at Tetrad (2 x 2km) level covering Read More

This year’s AGM will be held via ZOOM in common with most communal events these days. It takes place on Saturday 6th March, 10am. Please contact Dave at sec@lacfs.org.uk if you wish to attend.

The latest publication of the Aculeates has been extremely well received, so much so that I’ve virtually run out of copies though it is still available through NHBS. Post-publication, we regrettably found that a species of mining-bee – Tormentil Mining-bee, Read More

Our new book on Bees, Wasps and Ants of Lancashire, written by Ben Hargreaves of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, will be coming through the post to members shortly. I’m pleased to say that membership is at an all-time high, so Read More

Hot off the presses in record time, the 2019 Lancashire Bird Report will be winging its way to members in the coming days. 160 full-colour pages in the new large format. £8.50 plus £2 postage for non-members – contact the Read More

Brian Hancock has reviewed the Pug records since the publication of the pug book in 2018. There have beed some interesting records including two new Pugs for the region and another two potentially close by. The supplement can be viewed Read More

We have a lot of new contributors to the writing team this year and with virtually all expected submissions received, it’s time to start writing the systematic list sections. A list of the authors can be found below. Section 2019 Read More