We attended a fascinating Natural History Museum talk on earthworms where we were gladdened to learn there is an Earthworm Society Of Britain.
We'd wondered that there seemed to be more types of earthworm than the brandling and the blackbird's early worm, how many UK species are there? We were pointed in the direction of the free pdf earthworm identification guide available for download, published by the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) network to identify presumably the 13 most common of the 27 UK species of earthworm. A more comprehensive guide to identifying all 27 species is published by the Field Studies Council. We've set ourselves a challenge to identify the Plot57b species we come across in 2016.
05/04/16 Update: It is now possible to survey your garden or allotment worms for the Earthworm Watch citizen science project.
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