Below are some of the events taking place during Invasive Species Week 2024 that you can take part in, including our series of daily webinars. If you are hosting an event that isn't shown here, please contact us. 

Images from Invasive Species Week 2023: New Forest Non-native Plants Project, Bristol Zoological Society, Angling Trust, Scottish Invasive Species Initiative

Monday 20th May

• NNSS webinar: 13:00-13:45. Introduction to Invasive Species Week. With Professor Helen Roy (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and Lucy Cornwell (NNSS). Find out more and register to attend. 
• Volunteering event: 09:30-15:00. Floating pennywort removal at Stonebridge lock, N17 0XD. Paddle UK, Angling Trust and Canal & River Trust. Find out more and register to attend. 
• Engagement event: All day. Langsett Reservoir, South Yorkshire, S36 4GY. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Booking not required. 

Tuesday 21st May

• NNSS webinar: 12:00-12:45. Using eDNA to detect invasive non-native species. With Dr Lori Lawson-Handley, University of Hull. Find out more and register to attend. 
• NNSS webinar: 13:00-13:45. INNS surveillance and rapid eradication in Scotland. With Stan Whitaker, NatureScot. Find out more and register to attend. 
• Webinar: 12:00-13:00. Progress towards eradication in Aberdeen; successes to date and challenges ahead. Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels. Find out more and register to attend. 

Wednesday 22nd May

• NNSS webinar: 13:00-13:45. Non-native Species Inspectorate update. With Courtney Graham and Zoe Golding, Non-native Species Inspectorate, APHA. Find out more and register to attend. 
• Engagement event: All day. Adel Dam Nature Reserve and Golden Acre Park, Leeds. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Booking not required.

Thursday 23rd May

• NNSS webinar: 15:00-16:00. Invasive non-native species impacts and response on the island of Anguilla. With Anguilla Government and Anguilla National Trust. Find out more and register to attend.

Friday 24th May

• NNSS webinar: 13:00-13:45. Supporting local action on invasive non-native species: INNS Mapper and the Floating Pennywort Strategy. With Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the Environment Agency. Find out more and register to attend. 
• Volunteering event: 09:30-15:00. Floating pennywort removal at the Fossdyke Navigation & Catchwater Drain, Lincoln, LN1 2BG. Paddle UK, Angling Trust, East Mercia Rivers Trust and Rivercare. Find out more and register to attend. 

Saturday 25th May 

• Event: from 09:00. Pop up awareness raising stand at York Museum Gardens. NNSS. Registration not required. 

Sunday 26th May 

• Volunteering event: 09:30-15:30. Floating pennywort removal at Leaside Trust, E5 9HQ. Paddle UK, Angling Trust and Canal & River Trust. Find out more and register to attend. 
• Event: 09:30-15:00. Invasive non-native species tour - learn to identify common terrestrial species. Outwood Nature Trail, Bury, Greater Manchester. Angling Trust. Find out more and register to attend.