Saturday 18 October 2014
Grimond Lecture Theatre 1
University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
Organised by the Kent Field Club (Kent’s natural history society).
Having been to a couple of these events in the past, they are well worth attending if there’s something on the agenda you’re particularly interested in, and since Bexley shares a long border with Kent, quite a lot of the wildlife and issues are the same.
For the booking form see here:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwSOsG-5h3_UX1NwMWxVTTQxY19ZYWRtYVc3UnJkWkNQMnhN/edit?pli=1
Cost is £20 per person, to include refreshments and lunch (with vegetarian option).
Programme
9.50 Welcome and introduction. John Badmin, Kent Field Club.
10.00 Alien pests and diseases, and biosecurity measures.
Andrew Gaunt, The Food and Environment Research Agency.
10.25 Change in abundance of large brown seaweeds in the British Isles: is this happening in Kent? Prof. Juliet Brodie, Dr Chris Yesson, Natural History Museum
10.50 The Kent Breeding Bird Atlas 2008-11 – changes in Kent’s
avifauna. Stephen Wood, Kent Ornithological Society.
11:15 – 11:35 Coffee and poster session
11.35 The Robert Pocock Herbarium Project. Pauline Heathcote, North West Kent Local Group of Kent Wildlife Trust
12.00 Kent plants today. Geoffrey Kitchener, Kent Botanical Recording Group.
12.25 Spider behaviour. Greg Hitchcock, British Arachnological Society.
12:50 – 2.00 Lunch and poster session
2.00 The Kent Heritage Tree Project: involving the community in finding Heritage Trees. Jadie Baker, The Conservation Volunteers.
2.25 The national importance of the Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill SSSI for nightingales. Phil Williams, Natural England.
2.50 Crassula helmsii in Kent: do the effects on biodiversity justify control? Tim Smith, Canterbury Christ Church University.
3.15 The use of pheromones as a sampling tool for the ecological study of burnet moths. Dr Joe Burman, Canterbury Christ Church
University.
3.40 Discussion. This session will conclude the conference and also provide an opportunity for people to flag up new projects and record requests before the conference close.
4.00 Close. Refreshments will be available in the foyer after the close of conference for those who wish to have some time to chat and have a catch up.
Please note that the programme may be subject to change.
