Winterdune
Well-known member
Hi all,
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I will be retiring within the next few years and I have been thinking about getting into some specific niche of nature study and really becoming proficient in the area. I'm a lifelong birder with a passing interest in other fauna and flora, and have enjoyed learning a little more over the years about the usual groups - moths, bees, dragonflies, orchids, fungi etc.
However what I'd really like to do is a bit more than just learn how to identify stuff, and to have a chance to contribute to scientific understanding of a particular group. A friend's retirement project has been mosses, and after a couple of years he's really starting to understand and contribute to knowledge of species distribution etc. I'd like to do the same, ideally but not essentially with an animal group, but not to have to kill them/extrude genitalia etc. Suggestions so far have been bats, fungi, small mammal trapping and liverworts (guess who suggested that...).
Further suggestions and reasons for them would be very welcome!
Thanks
Sean
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I will be retiring within the next few years and I have been thinking about getting into some specific niche of nature study and really becoming proficient in the area. I'm a lifelong birder with a passing interest in other fauna and flora, and have enjoyed learning a little more over the years about the usual groups - moths, bees, dragonflies, orchids, fungi etc.
However what I'd really like to do is a bit more than just learn how to identify stuff, and to have a chance to contribute to scientific understanding of a particular group. A friend's retirement project has been mosses, and after a couple of years he's really starting to understand and contribute to knowledge of species distribution etc. I'd like to do the same, ideally but not essentially with an animal group, but not to have to kill them/extrude genitalia etc. Suggestions so far have been bats, fungi, small mammal trapping and liverworts (guess who suggested that...).
Further suggestions and reasons for them would be very welcome!
Thanks
Sean