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Avocet Lecture Stage

Avocet Lecture Theatre kindly sponsored by RSPB. 

Discover more about what is happening around the world for nature conservation, science, nature tourism & more.  

Please ensure you arrive at the Lecture Marquee in good time: we can't allow entry once the lecture has started.  Thank you

IMAGES BY PETER PARTINGTON

Friday 15 July Avocet Lecture Stage

Friday 15 July


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   

Jan Stannard

How rewilding helps birds

Rewilding and birds: stories, facts and fiction


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

Saturday 16 July Avocet Lecture Stage

Saturday 16 July

930  

Raffaele Di Biase

Birds and wildlife of a rewilding travel experience

The largest area of rewilding on earth: birding in the route of the parks


1000  

Ruth Miller

Birdwatching - not just a man's world!

America, Patagonia to Colombia


.1030  

Carl Downing

Introduction to Wildlife Photography.

What gear you should consider & introduce the basic technical skills you should learn and develop


1100   

Hannah Bourne Taylor

Fledgling 

Discover this amazing story and meet the author afterwards - book signing to follow talk


1130   

John MacKinnon - BirdLife International

Birding in China

The new Oxford University Press edition of A Field Guide to the Birds of China

Copies of the book will be available on the BirdLife International Stand 

Robin Marquee Stands 45, 46 & 47


1200  

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.


1230  

Delphine Morin, LPO France

Birds from the French Overseas Territories

Discover 3 endangered bird species from the French Overseas Territories and how to protect them. 


1300  

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


1330  

Carlos Bethancourt

Panama: A Birding & Nature Paradise 

A small country with over 1,010 bird species, hundreds of mammals, reptiles & amphibians along with 10,000 plant species.


1400  

Lizzie Bruce, RSPB

Transforming TitchwellHow RSPB 

Titchwell Marsh has been restored to improve the fortunes of wetland wildlife 


1430  

Richard Parsons

Ecuador´s cloud forests: the cradle of biodiversity!

Travels down the Northwestern cloud forests through different elevatons with different birds at each elevation


1500 

Dr Gerold Dobler, Zeiss

Hen Harrier ring-tail ageing and sexing simplified

Hen Harrier ID-methods are explained and illustrated, providing a prerequisite for future sociobiological and conservation studies.


1530  

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


1600  

Waldyke Prince

Guyana's Birding Landscape

Birding highlights and their varying amazing landscapes in Guyana


1630  

David Philips

Iceland 

Birds, whales and volcanology; an introduction to Iceland with David Philips from Naturetrek 


1700  

Steve Lovell

Scotland – Its Wildlife, Scenery and Folklore. 

A whistle stop tour around Scotland and its Isles.

Sunday 17 July Avocet Lecture Stage

Sunday 17 July


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   

Sam Wootton, RSPB

Willow Tits - Results from the 1st National Survey

Britain's subspecies of Willow Tit is the fastest declining resident bird in the UK


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

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