Join us for this virtual event to celebrate the wildlife recording efforts of naturalists in Gwent and Glamorgan. Open to everyone with an interest in nature and recording in south east Wales.

PROGRAMME

10:30 Introduction (Adam Rowe, SEWBReC)

10:35 Woodland Myotis Bats (Jessica Dangerfield, Vale of Glamorgan & Cardiff Bat Groups)

11:15 The “Wild” Leeks of Flat Holm (Tim Rich, BSBI)

11:25 River Thaw (Rob & Linda Nottage, Cardiff Naturalists’ Society)

11:35 Break

11:55 Wales Garden BioBlitz (Elaine Wright, SEWBReC)

12:10 Soapbox Session (5 minute talks)

1 The Alphabet Recording Challenge (David Slade, SEWBReC)

2 Natur Cymru (Lizzie Wilberforce, Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru)

3 Detailed site-based recording (David Barden, Glamorgan Botany Group)

4 SEWBReC Recorders Grant (Rebecca Wright-Davies, SEWBReC)

5 South Wales Otter Trust (Lee Jenkins, SWOT)

6 Late Night Bat Accumulations (Alex Wilson, Cardiff Bat Group)

7 Putting colliery spoil on the map (Liam Olds, Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative)

12:50 Lunch

13:50 Nocturnal Migration (Simon Gillings, BTO)

14:25 SEWBReC Update (Adam Rowe, SEWBReC)

14:45 SEWBReC AGM

14:55 Closing Remarks (Adam Rowe, SEWBReC)

15:00 End