10th BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BIRD CLUB / BTO CONFERENCE
SATURDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2008 9.30am to 5.00pm
MEMORIAL HALL, WENDOVER nr AYLESBURY
Open to ANYONE, the Conference, chaired by John Wyatt, provides an opportunity to meet others and learn more about a variety of projects. The day starts at 9.00am with the registration of participants, tea/coffee and an opportunity to view the BTO, Bucks Bird Club and other bird and conservation groups’ STALLS / DISPLAYS and enter the COMPETITIONS. From 10.00am lectures follow, with a short break, until an extended lunchtime during which you can mingle and look around the stalls. The afternoon session has further lectures, a break for tea and the declaration of competition results. Proceedings will end by 5.00pm.
SPEAKERS:
Dawn Balmer (BTO 2007-11 Bird Atlas Co-ordinator)
“Bird Atlas 2007 – 11”
Mike Toms (BTO/CJ Garden Bird Watch Organiser)
“Gardens – an important habitat for birds”
Sally Fisher (RSPB, Bird Conservation Targeting Project) with Mark Grantham (BTO)
“Targeting conservation action for birds”
“Breeding Cranes in Bucks? – the River Ray wetland project”
Moss Taylor (Norfolk Bird Atlas Organiser and Co-ordinator)
“The Norfolk Bird Atlas – an impossible task finished”
TICKETS (including coffee, lunch and tea) MUST BE PREBOOKED
£12.00 per person
(Refunds available for cancellations up to 7 days prior to the Conference – 10% deduction for administration costs)