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2nd Oct. Ian Baird. The Woodland Trust. Standing up for Trees. Ian is a volunteer with the Woodland Trust in Perth. He is a former warden at Moncreiff Hill and he will tell us about his current role as a woodland creation champion.
30th Oct. Chris de Feu will tell us all about the secret lives of garden slugs. You are welcome to bring some examples to the talk!
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13th Nov Anthony Wetherhill, BTO. Goosanders are relatively common waterfowl that have recently spread from Scotland to most of the UK. How do we track their locations?
4th Dec Dr Richard Milne is an evolutionary botanist from Edinburgh – and he is on a mission to photograph every plant species in Britain
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8th Jan David Tollick is the Conservation Officer for Perth and Kinross Conservation Trust. He will talk about landscape-scale ecosystem recovery.
29th Jan. Kate Holl. Kate is the woodland advisor at NatureScot. What does the abundance and variety of wildflowers tell us about the health of our woodlands?
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19th Feb Dierdre Stewart and Sam Buckland. Dalnacardoch Estate lies between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie. The Durrell Trust has recently embarked on a 100-year rewilding project.
5th Mar Steve Willis, BTO. The Avian flu outbreak of 2023 wrought havoc to our seabird populations. What’s the status now?
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