Please find details below for this year's Herts Bird Club & BTO Conference:

Saturday 2nd March 2019, 2pm - 5:30pm

Affinity Water Office, Tamblin Way, Hatfield, AL10 9EZ?

As usual there is a packed programme of presentations and talks as well as the usual stalls, raffle, bird ID and Herts bird photo competitions. Admission is ?5 on the door 

Warm thanks go to Affinity Water for once again hosting this popular event. Click Directions to download a map.

2:00  Welcome – Peter Delaloye, Chairman, Herts Bird Club

Affinity Water Update on the water situation in Hertfordshire  ? Alister Leggatt?

2:05  Swifts – Vicky Duxbury

2:25  Whinchats – Martin Ketcher

Martin Ketcher is a life-long birder and currently the BTO representative for Hertfordshire. Since 2011 he has combined working part-time for HMWT as Water Vole Conservation (and Invasive Non-native Species) Officer with residential volunteering for the RSPB in Northern England with a special focus on a RAS on Whinchat

3:05  BTO Update – Murray Orchard/Martin Ketcher

3:15  Break

4:00  Review of the Year, including the finding of the pallid harrier at Therfield Heath ? Graham Knight and Stuart Cossey

4:30  Owls – Secrets of the Night –Hugh Hanmer, BTO

Hugh Hanmer is a BTO Research Ecologist and the coordinator for Project Owl. In addition to owls, Hugh works primarily on urban, demography and agri-environment scheme research projects. A bird ringer from a young age, he did a PhD at the University of Reading on urban birds prior to joining BTO.

5:05  Competition results and raffle draw

5:30  Finish