

RSPB Reserves Conference 2014
THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
0700 - 0830 BREAKFAST in the Arts Brasserie
0845 - 1015 WORKSHOPS (SESSION B) in the seminar rooms
Workshop 1 Biosecurity: keeping rodent-free islands rodent-free - Sophie Thomas
Workshop 2 What ideas do you have for increasing income from our reserves? Simon Busuttil
Workshop 3 Creating the "keen birder" experience - Richard Bashford
Workshop 4 Managing predation - Mark Smart, Lucy Mason and Graham Hirons
Workshop 5 Field vole: a two year pilot testing new ways of working with volunteers on our reserves - David Chandler
Workshop 6 Introduction to fungi - Mark Gurney
1020 - 1050 COFFEE AND TEA BREAK in the Club Bar
1100 - 1105 Presentation of quiz prizes in the Ballroom
SESSION 6 RESERVES AND BEYOND in the Ballroom
1110 - 1115 Chair's introduction - Gwyn Williams
1120 - 1150 No reserve is an island: developing a strategic approach to island restoration - Sophie Thomas
1155 - 1215 Crossing continents: the challenge of conserving Afro-Palearctic migrants - Malcolm Burgess
1220 - 1240 Closing remarks - Mike Clarke
1245 - 1300 PACKED LUNCHES AVAILABLE
1300 - 1700 SITE VISITS
Old Moor, St Aidan's, Fairburn Ings and Bowland (United Utilities estate)