British Dragonfly Society Annual Meeting

Anyone with an interest in dragonflies and wetland conservation is welcome to join the British Dragonfly Society’s Annual Meeting online (via Zoom)

This event is free but donations are welcome.

Registration is essential.

Programme

9:30 Welcome

9:45 Reshaping the Coastline for our Future ~ Alys Laver, Steart Marshes Site Manager

10:15 Urban Wetlands for Wellbeing ~ Andy Graham (WWT Senior Project Manager)

10:45 Dragonflies of Llangorse Lake ~ Keith Noble (BDS County Dragonfly Recorder for Breconshire)

11:15 Break

11:30 Q&A with morning speakers

12:00 BDS Staff Update

12:30 Meet our new Conservation Outreach Officer, Lauren Kennedy

13:00 AGM

13:30 Lunch

14:15 A common endosymbiotic bacterium led to reduced genetic diversity in the Common Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) ~ Junchen Deng (Lund University)

14:45 Willow Emeralds in the Winter – Extending Dragonfly Recording To Every Season! ~ Ian Merrill (BDS County Dragonfly Recorder for Leicestershire with Rutland)

15:15 Break

15:30 Biological control of Floating pennywort using the South American weevil, Listronotus elongatus ~ Djami Djeddour, senior research scientist, CABI

16:00 Q&A with afternoon speakers

16:30 Finish (the meeting will be left live for a chance to socialise with other attendees).

Please note the programme may be updated.