Tello Neckheim

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​Tello Neckheim was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and still lives there! As a boy his wish was to study biology, but due to personal circumstances it was not possible. However, his interest in nature remained and birding became his hobby. In addition, he was interested in almost all plant and animal groups. As an amateur malacologist, he started by making an inventory of terrestrial and freshwater molluscs in Amsterdam. 

 

Tello then went on to study land snails in Belgium, France and Spain and published dozens of articles. Later, he also published on land snails of Canada and the Caribbean. Over the past decades, Tello has contributed to several books on malacology or nature and management and now has almost fifty publications to his name.

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He is always working voluntarily as a nature protector. He was chairman of the board of an Amsterdam nature association for 30 years. He is currently working as an advisory member to try to protect a nature reserve in the North of Amsterdam.

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In the last 20 years he has been monitoring the Narrow-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo angustior and Little Whirlpool Ram’s-horn Anisus vorticulus, both habitat directive species in Europe. He has also given several presentations and led excursions while working part-time as a scientific researcher for Stichting Anemoon. At this moment he is, as a volunteer, working at Naturalis Biodiversity Centre as a scientific researcher in malacology and is still working for Stichting Anemoon. 

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Tello is involved in the study of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of St. Martin and Saba. With the help of other scientists, he has been able to describe a subspecies new to science on St. Martin along with publishing a number of articles about snails of the Caribbean. ​

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​We will be updating our calendar with activity dates and times as we continue to coordinate our event. Stay tuned!

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