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RachelMC
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British Dragonfly Society Spring Meeting

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British Dragonfly Society Spring Meeting
Knutsford Methodist Church, Princess St, Knutsford WA16 6BY, UK
9:30 - 16:30
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A day of Dragonfly talks from the impacts of climate change to Dragonflies in bio-engineering.

Programme

9:30 - Arrival and registration
10:00 - Welcome
10:10 - Problems and possibilities in freshwater invertebrate conservation. Professor Steve Ormerod (Cardiff University professor, and Buglife Chairman)
10:40 - Body size responses of British Odonata and Chironomidae to latitude and warming temperature (Rungtip Wonglersak, London Natural History Museum)

11:10 - Break

11:40 - Butterfly Brothers
12:10 - Saving Species- getting the word out (Fiona Mckenna, BDS)

12:40 - Lunch

13:30 - Start of County Dragonfly Recorder breakout meeting (runs until 14.30)
14:00 - BDS Project Updates (Ellie Colver, BDS)
14:30 - County Dragonfly Recorders re-join main talk
14:40 - Beyond aerofoils: mechanosensation of the dragonfly wings (Dr Huai-Ti Lin, Imperial College London)

15:10 - Break

15:40 - Wrexham Industrial Estate Living Landscape Scheme (North Wales Wildlife Trust)
16:10 - Q&A and Summary
16:30 - End

Shops Attending Event:
The British Dragonfly Society Shop
Pemberley Books, Specialist Natural History Booksellers
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