The conference fee, which includes lunch, is £30 for YNU & YWT members, £40 for non-members and £15 for students. For booking and payment click here or contact: The YNU Membership Secretary, c/o NEYEDC, Unit 7, Hassacarr Close, Dunnington, York, YO19 5SN  (Tel.: 01904 641631; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). BOOKING CLOSES MONDAY 17th February

Programme

1000-1010 Welcome: Derek Whiteley (President, YNU)

Introductory talk (Chair: Derek Whiteley)

1010-1030 All creatures great and small: what did we learn from SoYN?  John Lawton (President, YWT & President-elect, YNU)

Session 1: The changing nature of Yorkshire (Chair: Derek Whiteley)

1030-1045 Moth recording in Yorkshire – what next? Charles Fletcher, Yorkshire County Moth Recorder)

1045-1100 Priorities for plant recording in Yorkshire over the next decade (Kevin Walker, Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland)1100-1110 Discussion

1110-1130 Refreshment break

Session 2: New recording strategies (Chair: Alastair Fitter)

1130-1145 The new naturalist toolkit Africa Gomez (University of Hull)

1145-1200 eDNA approaches Lori Lawson Handley (Centre for Ecology and Hydrolo        

1200-1215 What’s that bug? Filling invertebrate data gaps with training, tech and innovation Vicky Wilkins (Species Recovery Trust)

1215-1235 Discussion

1235-1250 Impacts of environmental change on recording Chris Hassell (University of Leeds)

1250-1300 Discussion

1300-1400: Lunch and poster session

Session 3 Habitats: assessing nature recovery at habitat scale?  (Chair: Andy Millard)

1400-1415 Trees and woods at the heart of nature recovery Louise Wilkinson (Woodland Trust)

1415-1430 Wetlands – Water Voles, Whimbrel and The Wasp Jon Traill (YWT) & Chris McGregor (Natural England)

1430-1445 Are rare species useful for monitoring marine change? Sue Hull (University of Hull)

1445-1500 Former moors and mires of the Vale of York: implications for us Peter Mayhew (University of York)

1500-1515 Discussion

1515-1545 Refreshment break

Session 4: Synthesis and Implications (Chair: John Lawton)

1545-1600 Local Nature Recovery Strategies – data challenges and opportunities (Sharne McMillan, YWT)

1600-1640 Feedback on questionnaire and forum discussion

1640-1700 How biological recording underpins successful nature recovery (Jane Smart, IUCN and Chair, YWT Nature Recovery Committee)

1700 End of conference

Location of Conference

The Priory Centre, 15 Priory Street, is about a 10 minute walk from York Station (see map below). Parking is available in the nearby Nunnery Lane carpark but this is likely to fill up quickly on a Saturday morning. The Askham Bar Park & Ride (close to the A64 on the South West edge of York) runs to York Station about every 12-15 minutes with a journey time of about 18 minutes.