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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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