Wildlife Recorders Conference

Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley

This event will be held on Sunday 28th February 2016, at the Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley, Leicestershire (close to the village centre). The programme allows for long tea and lunch breaks so that those attending have plenty of time to view the various stands and talk to others. Lunch is NOT provided, so please bring your own. Unfortunately the venue is not available on Saturdays in 2016 and presumably there will be few local shops open on a Sunday. The event is FREE, but those wishing to attend MUST book a place. Contact Nathalie Cossa at the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust either by email ncossa@lrwt.org.uk or telephone 0116 248 7362.

10.00am

 

Welcome

Michael Jeeves, LRWT

10.05am

 

Wildlife recording in the Heart of The National Forest

Ben Devine, Black to Green Project Officer, LRWT

10.35am

Mammal recording in Rutland

 

Linda Biddle, Rutland Natural History Society Mammal Recorder

11.05am

 

Tea/coffee

 

11.30am

 

Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society woodland bird surveys

Peter Williams, LROS

 

12.00noon

 

Tomorrow’s Biodiversity, a Field Studies Council project that is helping to identify gaps in biodiversity monitoring and barriers to wider participation by recorders

Rich Burkmar, Field Studies Council

12.35pm

 

Lunch (bring your own)

 

2.00pm

 

Ticks in Leicestershire and Rutland

Ivan Pedley, County Coordinator for Ticks

2.30pm

 

Recent discoveries in the Charnwood Forest Living Landscape

Uta Hamzaoui, Conservation Officer, LRWT

3.00pm

 

Seventy years of the Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society

Peter Williams, LROS

3.30pm

 

Final discussion

 

4.00pm

 

Finish