Next Level Recording: NFBR Conference 2024

Next Level Recording: NFBR Conference 2024

Join a range of speakers from across the biological recording community about how they are taking recording to the next level.

By The Biological Recording Company

Location

YMa Pontypridd

Taff Street Pontypridd CF37 4TH United Kingdom

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

The National Forum for Biological Recording's annual conference will take place in person at the YMa Pontypridd in south Wales (near Cardiff) on Thu 09 May 2024 until Sat 11 May 2024.

The conference will consist of two days at YMa Pontypridd hearing from a range of biodiversity professionals and volunteers about how they have been involved in taking recording to the "next level". Sessions will cover themes such as recorder development, extreme geography, novel technology and the discovery of new species. Sat 11 May 2024 will be an optional field trip to a nearby site to undertake some next-level recording of our very own. Recorders of all abilities are welcome.

Event Programme


Thursday 9th May Programme

11:00 In-person registration (plus refreshments)

11:25 Welcome

11:30 Unearthing Diversity: Surveying Invertebrates in Extreme Colliery Spoil

Environments (Liam Olds, Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative)

12:00 LERC Wales: supporting the recording community in Wales (Jo Milborrow, BIS)

12:30 Lunch (not provided)

13:30 Darwin Tree of Life Project (Inez Januszczak, Darwin Tree of Life)

14:00 Extreme mothing: adventures with caterpillars that live in awkward places (George Tordoff, Butterfly Conservation)

14:30 New Millipedes in South Wales (Steve Gregory, British Myriapod and Isopod Group)

15:00 Break (plus refreshments)

15:30 BioLinks: Structured ID Training Pathways for Invertebrates (Keiron Derek Brown, Biological Recording Company)

16:00 eDNA in detection of waxcaps and other CHEGD grassland fungi (Gareth Griffiths, Aberystwyth University)

16:30 Non-marine mollusc distribution mapping by the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: a citizen science project in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries (Ben Rowson, National Museum of Wales)

16:40 Closing Remarks

17:00 Close of Day One


Friday 10th May Programme

09:30 In person registration (plus refreshments)

09:55 Welcome

10:00 Magnificent Marine Life: Biodiversity, Health and Conservation of Our Local Sea (Matthew Green, Seasearch)

10:30 Martens on the Move: establishing a national monitoring programme for a recovering carnivore (Lucy Nord, Vincent Wildlife Trust)

11:00 Break (plus refreshments)

11:30 Nest Recording (talk title TBC) (Tara Okon, Fledgemore Nest Recording Group)

12:00 Life in the Dark: The Challenges of Monitoring and Recording the Invertebrate Biology Deep in the Caves of South Wales (Julian Carter, National Museum of Wales)

12:30 NFBR AGM

13:00 Lunch (not provided)

14:00 Panel discussion

15:15 Closing Remarks

15:30 Close of Day Two

Fees and refund policy

  1. NFBR Member Conference Ticket: £25 (Not a member? Sign up for just £10 today)
  2. Non-Member Conference Ticket: £35

Ticket fees are non-refundable. Please note all ticket fees are subsidised by the National Forum for Biological Recording and the actual cost per delegate to the organisation is much higher than £25-£35 per delegate.

Refreshments will be provided on Thu 09 May and Fri 10 May 2024. Please note that lunch will not be provided and delegates are advised to make their own lunch arrangements. The venue is located on the high street and there are plenty of options for lunch within a short walk.

Venue: YMa Pontypridd

The YMa is situated in Pontypridd and will be our base for the first two days of the conference. The venue is a roughly 7-minute walk from Pontypridd train station. Trains run regularly from Cardiff Central station to Pontypridd and take approximately 30 minutes. We recommend delegates travelling by public transport to book accommodation in Cardiff, due to the lack of hotels in Pontypridd itself.

National Forum for Biological Recording

The National Forum for Biological Recording is a registered charity and the premier UK organisation for practitioners engaged with biological recording across the UK. Membership includes individual naturalists, national organisations and recording societies, local environmental records centres and their staff. This gives it a unique perspective and an important role.

This event is delivered in partnership with LERC Wales, with bookings management hosted by the Biological Recording Company.

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The Biological Recording Company

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