Winter Programme
All meetings are held in the Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow; unless otherwise stated.
2008September
Tuesday 16th Exhibition meeting: wine and nibbles. Zoology Museum, 7.30 pm
October
Tuesday 14th Geology for Biologists: lecture plus practical.
John Faithfull. Venue: Hunterian Museum Annexe, Thurso Street, 7.00pm. Numbers are limited: to book a place, contact Mary Child
Wednesday 8th BLB Lecture: A brush with foxes, and some other carnivore tales David MacDonald. 5.00pm
Note time and day!
November
Tuesday 11th Tutorial: Wildlife Photography: David Palmar. 6.30pm
Lecture: Bat conservation in man-made environments: Kirsty Park. 7.30 pm
Thursday 27th Year of the frog lecture: 'Seven amphibians, six reptiles, a pink ape and a cold-blooded killer': Jules Howard. 6.00pm
Jointly with University of Glasgow Zoological Society
Note time and day!
December
Monday 8th Machair Conservation: Successes and Challenges
Full day conference: click here or see newsletter for details and booking form.
Tuesday 16th Christmas Dinner. Zoology Museum 7.30pm
Speaker: Conserving the world's most threatened bird family: curassows in Peru and Bolivia: Ross MacLeod
2009
January
Tuesday 13th Lecture: Plant collecting in the Himalayas: Mark Watson, 7.30pm
February
Tuesday 10th Tutorial: The Glasgow Naturalists: How to write an article for the journal. Dominic McCafferty, 6.30pm
Lecture: Thirty years as Plant Recorder for Lanarkshire: the pearls and perils. Peter Macpherson, 7.30 pm
Saturday 14th Darwin study day: to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species. All day meeting; jointly with University of Glasgow Department of Adult and Continuing Education, and the Glasgow Science Festival.
Details and booking form on website (soon) and in newsletter
Tuesday 24th AGM, 7.00pm, followed by lecture: Conservation and community in Ecuador - six years of the Payamino Project: Stewart White
March
Tuesday 10th Tutorial: Spiders: Mike Rutherford, 6.30pm
Members photographic night 7.30pm. Your slides or digital slide shows. Contact David Palmar
April
Tuesday 14th Lecture: Bird nests in museum collections - why?: Mike Hansell, 7.30pm
May
Tuesday 12th Tutorial: Dragonflies: Jeanne Robinson, 6.30pm
Lecture: Ben Lawers - the peak of plant conservation: Helen Cole7.30 pm
June
Tuesday 9th Summer Social: details in newsletter
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