BTO North East England Conference

All members and surveyors should have received information about the conference at Bishop Burton on 10th April. If you haven't seen it, here are some details:

From the Humber to the Tees

Venue - Bishop Burton College, York Road, Bishop Burton, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8QG
Date - Saturday 10 April 2010
Time - 0930 to 1645
Tickets - £12 includes lunch & refreshments - in advance from the BTO

All welcome

Talks on:

• Bird Atlas 2007-11 - Dawn Balmer, BTO Atlas Co-ordinator
• Monitoring Forest Birds - Tony Lewis, North York Moors & Forest Bird Study Group
• RSPB Volunteer & Farmer Alliance - Blanaid O'Connell, RSPB
• Raptors & Owls of the North York Moors, Wilf Norman, North York Moors Merlin and Forest Bird Study Groups
• Breeding Bird Survey - Kate Risley, BTO BBS National Organiser
• History of Spurn Bird Observatory - Dr Ian Glaves, Spurn BO
• Breeding Biology of the Goshawk - Garry Marchant, North York Moors & Forest Bird Study Group
• Birds of the Lower Derwent Valley - Terry Weston, Wildlife Consultant
• Notes from a BTO Regional Representative - Mike Denton, BTO RR for Yorkshire (Bradford)

A great chance to get together with other BTO members and fieldworkers from across Yorkshire and beyond, local Regional Reps and BTO staff.

I think the last similar event was in 2003 but was not as local as this.

Drop me an email if you want further information or a booking form.