Online event: An Evening for Wildlife Gardeners Thurs 12th Jan 2023 7.30-9.00PM
The theme is "Resilience; challenges and solutions for today’s wildlife gardeners" with the help of leading author and insect conservationist Dave Goulson and experts Rob Jaques from BTO Garden BirdWatch and Mark Schofield from Plantlife. In the face of global insect declines, weather extremes as climate change kicks in and financial hardship for many, come and discover how our gardens can help hold some of the answers and be a sanctuary for people and nature alike.
 
 
Main speaker Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at Sussex University, specializing in bee ecology. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. He is the author of Bumblebees; Their Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation, published in 2010 by Oxford University Press, and of the Sunday Times bestseller A Sting in the Tale, a popular science book about bumble bees, published in 2013 by Jonathan Cape, and now translated into seventeen languages. This was followed by A Buzz in the Meadow in 2014, Bee Quest in 2017, The Garden Jungle in 2019, and Gardening for Bumblebees in 2021. Silent Earth is published August 2021.
 
Goulson founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, which has grown to 12,000 members.
 
 
Robert Jaques is Supporter Development Officer at the British Trust for Ornithology. He began working at BTO in 2018 on Garden BirdWatch, where he now regularly contributes to Bird Table magazine, reviews quarterly GBW data, and manages the GBW ambassador program as part of his responsibilities. Robert will be showing how weekly garden wildlife records from citizen scientists can shed light on the impacts of extreme weather events.
 
 
 
 
 
Tickets are donation-based so pay what you can afford (suggested donation of £2 per ticket to cover our costs).
 
With places limited to 300 book now to guarantee your place!!
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-for-wildlife-gardeners-tickets-427794554027
 
 
Mark Schofield is Plantlife's new Road Verge Advisor taking over from Kate Petty.  In the Road Verge Campaign  Plantlife is taking a strategic direction and focusing on supporting and building relationships with local authorities as well as increasing everyone's understanding of the importance of road grasslands.  There are many ways in which Mark's work can inspire wildlife gardeners to manage lawns better for biodiversity.
Online event: An Evening for Wildlife Gardeners 
Thurs 12th Jan 2023 7.30-9.00PM
 
 
Robert Jaques is Supporter Development Officer at the British Trust for Ornithology. He began working at BTO in 2018 on Garden BirdWatch, where he now regularly contributes to Bird Table magazine, reviews quarterly GBW data, and manages the GBW ambassador program as part of his responsibilities. Robert will be showing how weekly garden wildlife records from citizen scientists can shed light on the impacts of extreme weather events.
 
 
 
Main speaker Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at Sussex University, specializing in bee ecology. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. He is the author of Bumblebees; Their Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation, published in 2010 by Oxford University Press, and of the Sunday Times bestseller A Sting in the Tale, a popular science book about bumble bees, published in 2013 by Jonathan Cape, and now translated into seventeen languages. This was followed by A Buzz in the Meadow in 2014, Bee Quest in 2017, The Garden Jungle in 2019, and Gardening for Bumblebees in 2021. Silent Earth is published August 2021.
 
Goulson founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, which has grown to 12,000 members.
Main speaker Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at Sussex University, specializing in bee ecology. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. He is the author of Bumblebees; Their Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation, published in 2010 by Oxford University Press, and of the Sunday Times bestseller A Sting in the Tale, a popular science book about bumble bees, published in 2013 by Jonathan Cape, and now translated into seventeen languages. This was followed by A Buzz in the Meadow in 2014, Bee Quest in 2017, The Garden Jungle in 2019, and Gardening for Bumblebees in 2021.
 
Goulson founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, which has grown to 12,000 members.
The theme is "Resilience; challenges and solutions for today’s wildlife gardeners" with the help of leading author and insect conservationist Dave Goulson and experts Rob Jaques from BTO Garden BirdWatch and Mark Schofield from Plantlife. In the face of global insect declines, weather extremes as climate change kicks in and financial hardship for many, come and discover how our gardens can help hold some of the answers and be a sanctuary for people and nature alike.
 
 
The theme is "Resilience; challenges and solutions for today’s wildlife gardeners" with the help of leading author and insect conservationist Dave Goulson and experts Rob Jaques from BTO Garden BirdWatch and Mark Schofield from Plantlife. In the face of global insect declines, weather extremes as climate change kicks in and financial hardship for many, come and discover how our gardens can help hold some of the answers and be a sanctuary for people and nature alike.
 
 
 
 
Tickets are donation-based so pay what you can afford (suggested donation of £2 per ticket to cover our costs).
 
With places limited to 300 book now to guarantee your place!!
 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-for-wildlife-gardeners-tickets-427794554027
 
 
Mark Schofield is Plantlife's new Road Verge Advisor taking over from Kate Petty.  In the Road Verge Campaign  Plantlife is taking a strategic direction and focusing on supporting and building relationships with local authorities as well as increasing everyone's understanding of the importance of road grasslands.  There are many ways in which Mark's work can inspire wildlife gardeners to manage lawns better for biodiversity.
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