1430-1500 Lou Pickersgill (Somerset Bat Group & Somerset Wildlife Trust) ‘Butterflies, bats and other wildlife in our gardens’ A presentation about the wildlife that we can find in our gardens and how to encourage it. Hedges with native species linked to the wider countryside are vitally important for wildlife to move between refuge areas. Lou is Secretary of Somerset Bat Group and Chair of Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Yeovil & District Area Group. BTO/SOS 1500-1530 Coffee and biscuits, plus book signing with ominicD Couzens & Stephen Moss Garden Wildlife 1530-1600 Stephen Moss Conference ‘There’s a hummingbird on the butterfly bush! A Somerset garden and its wildlife’ Since moving down to the Somerset Levels with his young family five years ago, naturalist, author and TV producer, Stephen Moss, has discovered a whole new world of wildlife – in his garden! British Trust for Ornithology and Somerset Ornithological Society Stephen’s TV work includes , Birding with and . He has written many books, including This Birding Life, and A Sky Full of Starlings. His most recent book is Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: the Natural Saturday 19th November 2011 History of an English Village, an account of the wildlife of his home parish. A Londoner by birth and upbringing, he now lives in the village of Mark on the Somerset Levels; and is Vice-President of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. at Richard Huish College, South Road, 1600-1615 Questions and close, followed by book signings with Dominic & Stephen Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3DZ

How to get there: Programme and Booking Form Venue: Richard Huish College, South Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3DZ Free parking is available at the venue

For further details contact the BTO Garden Ecology Team on 01842 750050 or email [email protected] Robin by Robert Gillmor Featuring talks from authors

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1430-1500 Lou Pickersgill (Somerset Bat Group & Somerset Wildlife Trust) ‘Butterflies, bats and other wildlife in our gardens’ A presentation about the wildlife that we can find in our gardens and how to encourage it. Hedges with native species linked to the wider countryside are vitally important for wildlife to move between refuge areas. Lou is Secretary of Somerset Bat Group and Chair of Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Yeovil & District Area Group. BTO/SOS 1500-1530 Coffee and biscuits, plus book signing with Dominic Couzens & Stephen Moss Garden Wildlife 1530-1600 Stephen Moss Conference ‘There’s a hummingbird on the butterfly bush! A Somerset garden and its wildlife’ Since moving down to the Somerset Levels with his young family five years ago, naturalist, author and TV producer, Stephen Moss, has discovered a whole new world of wildlife – in his garden! British Trust for Ornithology and Somerset Ornithological Society Stephen’s TV work includes Springwatch, and Birds Britannia. He has written many books, including This Birding Life, and A Sky Full of Starlings. His most recent book is Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: the Natural Saturday 19th November 2011 History of an English Village, an account of the wildlife of his home parish. A Londoner by birth and upbringing, he now lives in the village of Mark on the Somerset Levels; and is Vice-President of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. at Richard Huish College, South Road, 1600-1615 Questions and close, followed by book signings with Dominic & Stephen Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3DZ

How to get there: Programme and Booking Form Venue: Richard Huish College, South Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3DZ Free parking is available at the venue

For further details contact the BTO Garden Ecology Team on 01842 750050 or email [email protected] Robin by Robert Gillmor Featuring talks from authors

Stephen Moss & Dominic Couzens Booking Form Conference Programme - Saturday 19th November 2011 Saturday 19th November 2011 Arrival at 0930 hrs and Introduction Talk at 1000 hrs If you would like tickets for this conference at a cost of £10.00 per person, including lunch th 1010-1040 Tim Harrison (BTO Garden BirdWatch) and other refreshments, please complete and return by 11 November 2011 to: Garden ‘Why gardens and local garden birdwatchers matter’ Ecology Team, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU. The ticket price covers Gardens support important wildlife populations and, in our increasingly urbanising the costs of refreshments and speaker travel expenses. Tickets will be allocated on a first landscape, form an important link between people and the natural world. Tim come first served basis. Harrison explores this subject and uses BTO Garden BirdWatch data to present exciting findings from Somerset gardens.

Name(s):...... 1040-1110 Eve Tigwell (BTO, SOS & Somerset Wildlife Trust) ‘Which birds do you see in your garden?’ ...... Test your your ID skills on birds that you are likely to see in a Somerset garden and learn how to attract more of those that you like with Eve Tigwell, BTO Regional Address:...... Representative for Somerset, Committee Member for SOS and Chairman of Somerset Wildlife Trust...... 1110-1140 Coffee and biscuits

Postcode: ...... GBW No: ...... (if applicable) 1140-1210 Penny Richards (Somerset Wildlife Trust) ‘Biodiversity and the garden’ Penny will cover research which illustrates the importance of gardens in relation to Telephone No: ...... Email: ...... biodiversity, including work done by Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Gardening for Wildlife Group highlighting the vital role of pollinators in gardens. Penny will also discuss Please specify any special dietary requirements?...... how gardens fit into the Wildlife Trust’s ‘Living Landscapes’ vision. Please specify any special access requirements?...... 1210-1240 Dominic Couzens ‘Birds behaving badly’ Number of tickets required: ...... Total: £...... A light-hearted look at the real lives that birds live away from the bird table, the Christmas cards and our wishful thinking. Dominic is a full-time writer and speaker on birds and other wildlife. His books include Garden Bird Confidential I enclose a cheque for £...... made payable to ‘British Trust for Ornithology’ or and The Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife. He also writes for magazines including Please charge my credit/debit* card with £ ...... *Please delete as appropriate BBC Countryfile and BBC Gardeners’ World, and leads birdwatching field trips at home and abroad. He lives in . Card Details: Visa/Mastercard/Switch/Maestro* 1240-1330 Lunch with tea and coffee, plus book signing with Dominic Couzens No: 1330-1400 Richard Bland (BTO) ‘Sparrows - where next?’ Start Date: Expiry Date Issue No: Richard will look at the local evidence from gardens for House Sparrow decline (If applicable) from the 1970s on, examine a recent four-year study in , outline the 3-digit security code: current situation shown by the Atlas and BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), and will ponder what the future holds. Signed: ...... 1400-1430 David Balance (SOS) ‘The Somerset Bird Atlas’ David will discuss the exciting bird Atlas work in Somerset and across the UK. As For further details contact the BTO Garden Ecology Team on 01842 750050 the Atlas enters its final year, there have been many notable achievements and there are still some challenges ahead. David will outline how your observations are A BTO Shop will be at the conference important both within and beyond gardens.

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