Avocet Lecture Stage

930

Dominic Couzens

July - A dull Birding Month?

1000  

Steve Lovell 

From Clowns to Cuckoos

A personal account of Nature living in a Covid world

1030   

Mark Sisson

The Nature of the Falklands - Wild Islands

The joys and experiences of photographing wildlife in the Falkland Islands

Mark will be signing copies of his book on the Falklands Islands Holidays stand R66,67 in Robin Marquee after his talk

1100    

Siobhan Vye, RSPB

Albatross, Rockhopper Penguins and Blue Whales

Marine Conservation on the world's most remote inhabited island - Tristan da Cunha

1130    

Aaron Russ

Birding the Remote islands of Melanesia

Set sail on a journey of discovery through a world of tropical islands and rare endemics

1200    

Carles Carboneras, RSPB

Turtle Dove.  Evidence for a Hunting Moratorium in 2022

Unsustainable hunting of 1 million Turtle Doves every year is known to have contributed to   its population decline in the Western Flyway

1230  

Ed & James Harrison, Under the Skin

Soaring into Extinction: The Endangered Albatross

Albatross' are threatened with extinction. As brothers & wildlife artists, we are on a mission to protect this seabird with The Albatross Task Force. 

1300    

Mark Thomas

Birds of Buckton

There’s more to the patch than a Green Warbler!

1330  

Jeremy Purseglove

Rockingham Forest Vision

Rockingham Forest Vision is a conservation initiative in Northants, re-establishing links between ancient woods

1400   

Chris Bowden, RSPB

Have we saved Asian Vultures Yet?

Hear how 25 partners of "Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction" (SAVE) are helping to achieve exactly that

1430   

David Tipling

Wild Britain in Mono

The art of photographing Britain's wildlife in black & white Courtesy OM Digital Solutions GMBH

1500   

Wenceslas Gatarabirwa, RSPB

Protecting a Global Migration Highway from Iceland to South Africa

The Uk sits at the heart of the East Atlantic Flyway  welcoming both winter and summer visitors.

1530   

Jonathan C Eames - Rising Phoenix, Main Conservation Sponsor

 Conserving Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary

 A globally irreplaceable site where Rising Phoenix is pioneering new approaches to conservation.

1600   

Georgina Bray & Richard Winspear, RSPB

Simple recipe to restore Lowland Farmland bird populations in the UK

Hear how 9 wildlife NGOs have devised a 6 point plan to restore biodiversity on lowland farmland

1630   

Rob Willams

Chaparri - 20 years of community conservation

The first private conservation area in Peru celebrates 20 years of community-owned conservation and ecotourism

1700  

Kerrie Porteous, Naturetrek

Slovenia – birds, bears and botany

Kerrie Porteous talks us through a summertime visit to this beautiful country nestled in central Europe

1000  

Fay Smith

Eyebrook Wild Bird Feed

A look at bird life and conservation work at the award winning Rectory Farm

1030  

Ed and James Harrison

Shining a Light on Extinction

Species across the globe are disappearing. As brothers & creative collaborators we are on a mission to protect endangered animals through our interactive art.

1100  

Vanessa Amaral-Rogers, RSPB

How our science is helping conservation at the RSPB

Around 60 scientists in the RSPB Centre of Conservation Science working on the most pressing issues across the UK and abroad

1130  

Antonio Navarro 

Iberian Lynx Conservation through Photography in Penalajo

How to protect the Iberian Lynx in Sierra Morena

1200  

Wynona Legg, RSPB

Plovers in Peril

RSPB's Plovers in Peril partnership, funded by the Borough Council of Kings Lynn & West Norfolk, supported by Natural England

1230  

Dr Charles Anderson

Komodo: Dragons, Dolphins and Volcanoes

Marinelife, Komodo Dragons, volcanic scenery, and plenty of birds, around Indonesia’s Komodo National Park

1300  

Martin Beaton

Not only Penguins!  

A lively illustration of the diversity of bird life in the Falkland Islands - and Penguin pictures!

1330   

Jenny Shelton RSPB

Investigation - RSPB recent work on bird crime

1400  

Sara Frost

St Kilda

A voyage to one of the most breath-taking corners of the British Isles with Sara Frost from Naturetrek

1430  

Jeremy Purseglove

Rockingham Forest Vision

Rockingham Forest Vision is a conservation initiative in Northants, re-establishing links between ancient woods

1500  

Jan Stannard

How rewilding helps birds

Rewilding and birds: stories, facts and fiction

1530   

Kieran Lawrence

Low Carbon Birding, The Spurn Edition

Summarising climate change impacts on migration and spurn as an alternative holiday destination