TWIC Autumn Conference: The Circle of Life

TWIC is the Local Environmental Records Centre for south east and part of central Scotland that collects, collates and disseminates information about the wildlife in our area. The Centre is a not-for-profit company with charitable status and provides objective, independent wildlife information for people and organisations.TWIC is the focal point for biological recording in our area and is working to increase our knowledge of the land, freshwater and marine wildlife throughout our region. The Centre provides a wide range of data services; we routinely supply data to local authorities for screening planning applications, to consultants for preparing environmental assessments and to students and academics for research.The ongoing development of TWIC and its services is funded by grant aid from NatureScot, service level agreements with local authorities and income from contract work, projects and voluntary contributions.TWIC is a company registered in Scotland (No SC234339) and a registered Scottish Charity SC034113.

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The Wildlife Information Centre's Autumn Conference and AGM will include a series of talks around the theme of 'The Circle of Life'

The Autumn Conference will be on the theme of “The Circle of Life”, and talks will focus on life cycles and the importance of recording different life stages. The event will include TWIC’s AGM and the presentation of the Bob Saville award. If you would like a 5 minutes slot during the open mike session to promote your own local recording initiative or wish to contribute a slide(s) to the digital display that will run over the breaks, please sign up accordingly on the registration form.This event will be hosted on Zoom and we will send out joining instructions the day before the event.Booking deadline: Friday 19 November at 16:00.--Programme (may be subject to change) SATURDAY09:45: Delegates arrive10:00: Welcome and Introduction - Rob Briers (TWIC Director)10:05: Cynipid Galls on Oak – Sex and Violence in a Nutshell – Peter Shirley (British Plant Gall Society)10:35: Ancient and Veteran Trees - Keith Knight (Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory Lead Verifier)11:05: Comfort break &amp; digital displays11:20: Around the Year in Eighty Roosts – Natalie Todman (Lothians Bat Group) 11:50: Safely Monitoring Garden Bird Nests with Nesting Neighbours – Ben Darvill (British Trust for Ornithology Head of Development and Engagement)12:20: Presentation of the Bob Saville Award12:30: TWIC AGM - All welcome, but only TWIC members can vote on any resolutions. 12:50: Closing remarks - Rob Briers (TWIC Director)13:00: End--SUNDAY09:45: Delegates arrive10:00: Welcome and Introduction - Guy Harewood (Stirling Council)10:05: Ova, Larva, Pupa, Imago – Iain Cowe (Butterfly Conservation Scottish Borders Butterfly Recorder)10:45: An Introduction to Leaf Mines – Nigel Voaden (Butterfly Conservation National Moth Recording Scheme VC85 (Fife &amp; Kinross) Moth Recorder)11:20: Comfort break &amp; digital displays11:35: No Dragonflies on the wing? No Problem! Using Dragonfly Larvae and Exuviae Identification to Record Proof of Breeding - Jonathan Willet (British Dragonfly Society)12:05: In Search of the Pine Hoverfly: The Power of Recording Larvae - Genevieve Tompkins (Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms Project Officer)12:35: Open Mike Session – 5 minutes speed talks (please sign up for a slot on the registration form. These slots will be allocated on a first-come first serve basis.)<ul><li>Cathal O’Riordan – The Shoreline Meadows Project in Edinburgh</li><li>Michelle Stamp – A year of wildlife recording with Borders Forest Trust</li><li>Andy Griffiths – Darwin Tree of Life: Sequence Everything!</li></ul>12:50: Closing remarks - Catherine Cumming (East Lothian Council) 13:00: End--Tickets: You can choose to attend one or both days - please select the appropriate tickets on registering.Cost: Choose either the free ticket type or the donation ticket type for the day(s) you wish to attend (minimum donation £1). Donations to TWIC will support our work in organising biological recording training workshops and events.Digital displays: If you wish to promote your local wildlife group or recording project or initiative as part of the digital display please register your interest on the booking form. A poster in PowerPoint (widescreen slide) format should be submitted to admin@wildlifeinformation.co.uk by 17/11/21. Contributions will be shown during the break as a rolling PowerPoint presentation. Note that text should be kept to a minimum.Scottish Charity SC034113. This project is supported by NatureScot.

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