Raptors, Uplands & Peatlands – Conservation, Land Management
See http://www.sbsg.org/images/PDFS/Raptors ... r-0616.pdf
Friday September 9th & Saturday September 10th 2016
at the Sheffield Showroom & Workstation
This major national conference will bring together key academics and practitioners to examine the ecological and
conservation issues of raptors on uplands generally, and peatlands specifically, from bogs to heather moors.
The first day (9th September) will be a full day of presentations with an optional informal evening meal which needs to
be booked separately. The following day (Saturday 10th September) will have presentations in the morning followed
by an after-lunch discussion in the early afternoon followed by a field visit by coach / own transport to the Ringinglow
area before returning to Sheffield early evening. The conference will be opened by local MP, Angela Smith. Speakers
for Friday include: Mark Avery, Alan Charles, Steve Redpath, Philip Merricks, Pat Thompson, Adrian Jowitt and
Stephen Murphy. And, on Saturday morning there will be presentations by Barry O’Donoghue, Rhodri Thomas, Alan
Fielding, Sonja Ludwig and Tim Baynes.
The full programme and online booking are available from our website http://www.ukeconet.org/raptors.html
Costs start from £15 per day for volunteers [without lunch] to £35 for volunteers etc, including lunch and
refreshments, and £85 per day for academics, agencies, etc. If you wish to offer support, a display or a poster
presentation, please email: info@hallamec.plus.com or telephone 0114 2724227.
