Talk at OSME, Norfolk on illegal hunting in Batumi (4th July)
Talk by Oliver Reville: Addressing illegal hunting at Batumi through education and awareness raising.
4 July at 14.30
The OSME Summer Meeting and 37th AGM at BTO Headquarters
The OSME Summer Meeting and 37th AGM will be held at BTO Headquarters, Thetford, Norfolk on Saturday 4 July. Doors open 10.00 and talks start at 11.00. Come for coffee and meet old and new friends! Non-members welcome. No attendance charge. The Meeting theme is: Illegal bird killing in the OSME Region
http://www.osme.org/content/osme-summer-meeting-and-37th-agm
We have again arranged a meal at the Mulberry restaurant in Thetford after the meeting. We hope you will be able to join us. Please contact Nick Moran via email nick.moran@bto.org or mobile 07778 601996 – from whom further details can also be obtained.
The detailed Programme is as follows.
11.00 Introduction & welcome - Rob Sheldon, OSME Chairman
11.15 The value of bird monitoring - Andy Clements, BTO
12.00 A review of illegal bird killing in The Mediterranean - Anne-Laure Brochet, BirdLife International
12.45 Birds of The Middle East, Arabic Edition - Richard Porter
13.00 Lunch break A range of sandwiches and drinks will be available.
14.00 37th Annual General Meeting
14.30 Addressing illegal hunting at Batumi through education and awareness raising – Oliver Reville
15.15 Short break
15.30 Trapping of falcons and other species in Saudi Arabia - Mohammed Shobrak
16.15 Long running campaign to halt bird killing in Cyprus - Bob Elliot, RSPB
17.00 Drawing of raffle and closing remarks.
17.15 Close of meeting
http://www.osme.org/content/osme-summer-meeting-and-37th-agm
Talk in Murcia on Batumi migration (30th May)
Spanish talk on migration spectacle of Batumi, in Murcia, Spain. Attend and listen the talk of Blanca Perez sharing her experience as a count coordinator in 2014!
Saturday 30th May
Join our lectures
If you want to hear more about the BRC, there are several opportunities to catch up with one of the team members in the next days.
This evening 20th of march at 19:00 in Málaga, Rafa Benjumea will talk about raptor migration in Batumi.
On saturday 21st of March, we'll have a stall at the Dutch Birding Day, where you will find plenty of information how to volunteer or visit Batumi.
Next week, Wouter Vansteelant is on tour in the UK, and will deliver two talks.
On tuesday 24th of March, he will talk about our Raptor Migration Project for the British Georgian Society in London. Georgian wine will be served!
On Thursday 26th March Wouter will give a Spotlight Talk at RSPB headquarters, the Lodge (Potton Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire), House Meeting Room + VMR 3 between 15.00 – 16.00hrs.
We hope to welcome some of you at these events!
