• Arts & Literature
  • Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture
  • Marsh Biography Award
  • Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation
  • Marsh Fountain of the Year Award
• Conservation & Ecology
  • Marsh Award for Conservation Biology
  • Marsh Award for Conservation Leadership
  • Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation
  • Marsh Award for Conservation in Genetic Bio-Diversity
  • Marsh Lepidoptera Awards
  • Marsh European Lepidoptera Awards
  • Marsh Ecology Award
  • Marsh Ecology Book of the Year Award
  • Marsh Award for Climate Change Research
  • Marsh Botany Award
  • Marsh Award for Insect Conservation
  • Marsh Award for International Bird Conservation
  • Marsh Nature Conservation Award (Kent)
  • Marsh Horticultural Research Award
  • Marsh International Animal Welfare Award
  • Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh Prize
  • Prince Philip Award and Marsh Prize
  • Marsh Palaeontology Award
  • Marsh Award for Wetland Conservation
  • Charles Darwin Award and Marsh Prize
• Heritage
  • Marsh Award for Traditional Building Skills
  • Marsh Award for Community Archaeology
• Voluntary & Vocational
  • Marsh Volunteer of the Year Award for Work with Children
  • Marsh Refugee Volunteer Award
  • Marsh Award for Volunteering in Support of Older People
  • Marsh Heritage Volunteer Award
  • Marsh Award for Mental Health Work
  • Marsh Award for the Benefit of Rural England
  • Marsh Volunteers for Museum Learning Award
  • Marsh Award for Innovation and Dedication
  • Marsh Young Volunteer of the Year Award

Marsh Award for Insect Conservation

The Award recognises an outstanding contribution to the field of insect conservation and is run in partnership with the Royal Entomological Society. The Award has been running since 2002 and is awarded annually.

In 2007 an additional Award was made to Prof Lincoln Brower in recognition of his lifetime's work in insect conservation.

The 2009 winner is Dr David Lonsdale

David Lonsdale spent most of his career as a tree pathologist working for what was then the Forestry Commission at its Alice Holt Research Station near Farnham (now their separate research arm, Forest Research). Much of his professional work brought him in contact with insect specialists in the Entomology Department.

David has had a lifelong interest in insects and especially their conservation. He has been a long-standing and major figure within the Amateur Entomologists Society, serving on their council, and really being responsible for their initial engagement with the field of insect conservation. He initiated, and continues to be the editor of, their newsletter Insect Conservation News which has long been a source of information and inspiration for entomologists and practical conservationists in the field.

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Previous Winners:

2008 - Professor Garth Foster

2007 - Prof Lincoln Brower (lifetime contribution) & Dr Martin Speight

2006 - Dr Martin Warren

2005 - Dr Keith Alexander

2004 - Alan Stubbs

2003 - Dr Tim New

2002 - Dr Norman W Moore