Next 'in-person' Talk:
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Feeding the birds at
Holy Loch Nature Reserve: with Neil Hammatt Monday 4th November 2024 7pm (note new time) Joint meeting with RSPB Glasgow |
Little Egret © David Palmar
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Our next in-person meeting of the 2024/25 season will be held in Partick Burgh Hall, 9 Burgh Hall Street, Partick, Glasgow G11 5LW at 7pm. See below for further details about the venue.
Feeding the birds at Holy Loch Nature Reserve: with Neil Hammatt
There will be an admittance charge of £3 min. (£1 students) which covers our venue rental fee and the cost of refreshments and nibbles.
Feeding the birds at Holy Loch Nature Reserve: with Neil Hammatt
There will be an admittance charge of £3 min. (£1 students) which covers our venue rental fee and the cost of refreshments and nibbles.
Subject - Feeding the birds at Holy Loch Nature Reserve
Given the ongoing biodiversity crisis, Neil Hammatt is working on a novel, bespoke management plan for the Holy Loch Nature Reserve which is based on sound knowledge of its biodiversity and ecology. Understanding why 120 species of bird have been seen on, over or in the Holy Loch, and the timing of their visits, will help us to ensure the reserve remains able to give these species sanctuary in an alien, artificial mountain landscape cloaked in Sitka plantations, sheep pasture, over-grazed hilltops, roads and gardens. Although the reserve has been completely undisturbed by any significant human activity for many decades, the natural behaviour and evolution of many of its bird species are affected by certain, specific, necessary human activities around about, one of which has already ceased, resulting in ecosystem restoration. The talk will look at many of the reserve’s bird species and the 2000 plus other species supporting them, including some amazing invertebrates. Neil will finish by looking at hi-tech research at the reserve that it is hoped will speed up the monitoring of insects at the reserve and across the UK, and possibly explain why some bird species are doing better in Scotland than further south.
Speaker - Neil Hammatt is the Warden ecologist at Holy Loch Nature Reserve, Sandbank, Argyll as well as Special Lecturer at University of Nottingham. He has chaired various EU Scientific committees and is qualified in Botany and Plant physiology.
Given the ongoing biodiversity crisis, Neil Hammatt is working on a novel, bespoke management plan for the Holy Loch Nature Reserve which is based on sound knowledge of its biodiversity and ecology. Understanding why 120 species of bird have been seen on, over or in the Holy Loch, and the timing of their visits, will help us to ensure the reserve remains able to give these species sanctuary in an alien, artificial mountain landscape cloaked in Sitka plantations, sheep pasture, over-grazed hilltops, roads and gardens. Although the reserve has been completely undisturbed by any significant human activity for many decades, the natural behaviour and evolution of many of its bird species are affected by certain, specific, necessary human activities around about, one of which has already ceased, resulting in ecosystem restoration. The talk will look at many of the reserve’s bird species and the 2000 plus other species supporting them, including some amazing invertebrates. Neil will finish by looking at hi-tech research at the reserve that it is hoped will speed up the monitoring of insects at the reserve and across the UK, and possibly explain why some bird species are doing better in Scotland than further south.
Speaker - Neil Hammatt is the Warden ecologist at Holy Loch Nature Reserve, Sandbank, Argyll as well as Special Lecturer at University of Nottingham. He has chaired various EU Scientific committees and is qualified in Botany and Plant physiology.
The Venue - Partick Burgh Hall.
This is near Partick bus, underground and train station (see link for map). Car parking should be available in the adjacent streets e.g. Burgh Hall Street, Peel Street and Fortrose Street once the parking regulation hours have passed (currently after 6pm).
To cover the hall hire, we charge an entrance fee of £3 min. There will be no additional charge for the tea, coffee, and biscuits. The fee will be reduced to £1 for students and for others at the discretion of the committee. It would be very helpful if you could bring with you the exact change. We do not have any debit card handling facility.
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Rebecca Dickson
Clyde Branch Secretary
[email protected]
This is near Partick bus, underground and train station (see link for map). Car parking should be available in the adjacent streets e.g. Burgh Hall Street, Peel Street and Fortrose Street once the parking regulation hours have passed (currently after 6pm).
To cover the hall hire, we charge an entrance fee of £3 min. There will be no additional charge for the tea, coffee, and biscuits. The fee will be reduced to £1 for students and for others at the discretion of the committee. It would be very helpful if you could bring with you the exact change. We do not have any debit card handling facility.
If you know you do not receive branch notices but would like to, you can sign up here. Click to join the SOC .
Rebecca Dickson
Clyde Branch Secretary
[email protected]