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Programme

9:30 Welcome

9:45 Nathistcam project – Duncan Mackay (President of the Cambridge Natural History Society)

10:15 Great Fen dragonflies; past, present and future – Henry Stanier (Wildlife Trust Great Fen Ecology & Monitoring Officer)

10:45 Break

11:00 Ken Hill Estate

11:30 Panel discussion with morning speakers

12:00 Break

12:15 BDS update – BDS staff

12:45 Lunch break

13:45 How hot is that butterfly? Understanding the impacts of temperature on British butterflies – Dr Andrew Bladon (Research Associate, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

14:15 Using Museum Collections to Track Changes Into the Past – Matthew Hayes (Research Assistant at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge)

14:45 Break

15:00 Panel discussion with afternoon speakers

15:30 County Dragonfly Recorder meeting/ Meet and greet (chat to fellow attendees in breakout rooms)

Programme details may be updated.

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Speaker profiles

Duncan Mackay  –  Duncan Mackay is an Ironmonger living in Cambridge. Running a business with his brother supplying tools and metals to the people of Cambridge. President of the Cambridge Natural History Society he is passionately involved in conservation and is voluntary warden of a woodland reserve for BCNWT. He was infected with enthusiasm for Dragonflies on a BDS course at Wicken 10 years ago by Ruary Mackenzie Dodds!

Matthew Hayes  –  “I am interested in studying the ecology, behaviour and habitat requirements of invertebrates in the UK so that appropriate management can be implemented to maintain biodiversity on our fragmented reserves. More recently I have been looking at historical museum specimens, investigating how losses from the past can help guide conservation of the future.”

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Title image by University of Cambridge / Chris Green (Biochemistry)