WOS/BTO/RSPB CYMRU CONFERENCE Saturday, 7 November 2009

Do come and enjoy the day in the company of fellow bird-watchers in a friendly atmosphere. Maybe you will win a prize in the raffle.

Conference programme Woodland birds in Wales

09.30 Registration

10.00 Welcome by WOS Chair Derek Moore

10.05 Annual General Meeting of the Welsh Ornithological Society

10.30 COFFEE

Chair: Julian Hughes

10.55 Opening address Iolo Williams

11.00 Introduction Tim Stowe

11.15 What’s happening to our woodland birds? Ken Smith

11.55 Birds and forestry Rod Leslie

12.35 LUNCH

Chair: Ian Spence

13.45 Nightjars in Welsh cloud-forest Tony Cross

14.10 Hawfinches -commoner than you might think Jerry Lewis

14.35 Double trouble for woodland migrants Graham Appleton

15.15 TEA

Chair: Geoff Gibbs

15.45 The Goshawk in Wales Paul Toyne

16.15 BTO issues and developments in Wales Graham Appleton

16.25 Quiz Peter Lansdown

16.55 Raffle and close of conference Derek Moore

There will be sales tables with goods from: the BTO, Subbuteo Natural History Books, Birdguides, Dee Doody (paintings) and John Barnes (second hand books)

The conference will be held at Glasdir, Llanrwst, Gwynedd, LL26 0DF. Details of the location of the venue will be sent to you with the confirmation of your place at the conference. The conference fee is £20 per person, inclusive of coffee, lunch and tea.

Send this form with payment as soon as possible, but no later than Thursday, 29 October 2009, to:

WOS, c/o RSPB, Sutherland House, Castlebridge Cowbridge Road East, CARDIFF, CF11 9AB

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Please print clearly and include your first name(s) so that we can prepare name badges.

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I enclose a cheque for conference fee £......... (please make your cheque payable to ‘Welsh Ornithological Society’).

We have vegetarian and non-vegetarian options for lunch. If you require vegan food, please contact us before the conference.