SW Regional Amphibian & Reptile Groups’ Meeting – 3rd March 2013

This year’s South West Regional Amphibian and Reptile Groups’ Meeting takes place on Sunday 3rd March at Cornwall College Newquay.

It is being jointly organised by CRAG (Cornwall Reptile and Amphibian Group) and the Student Invasive Non-Native Group (SINNG) from Cornwall College Newquay.

As ever, there will be a lively mix of presentations on local, national and global issues. It will also be an important opportunity to network and share information.

We are very grateful to the event’s sponsors: Herpetologic Ltd, CGO Ecology Ltd and the College itself.

Please direct enquiries to Pete Mycock at newtpete@hotmail.co.uk.

South West Regional Amphibian and Reptile Groups’ Meeting
Cornwall College Newquay – Sunday 3rd March 2013
Provisional programme
9.15 to 9.45 Arrival, registration, refreshments
9.45 to 9.50 Welcome and announcements
9.50 to 10.40 Regional round-up (10 minutes per county)
10.40 to 11.00 Short break and refreshments
11.00 to 11.30 Student Invasive Non-Native Group and Nicola Morris: SINNG’s work and biosecurity
11.30 to 12.00 Chris Gleed-Owen: The status of adders in Britain
12.00 to 12.30 Vicky Buller: The Uzungwa Scarp Amphibian Project: hyper-endemic amphibians in a Tanzanian biodiversity hotspot
12.30 to 1.30 Lunch (and screening of a film by John Butter on Britain’s native reptiles)
1.30 to 2.00 Paul Newman: Adam, Eve and Hissing Sid
2.00 to 2.30 Jon Cranfield: Making your records count
2.30 to 2.45 Short break and refreshments
2.45 to 3.15 Andrew Smart: Sand lizards in Cornwall
3.15 to 3.45 Dave Daversa: Intraseasonal movements and social structure of alpine
newts
3.45 to 4.00 Brief summary discussion, thanks and goodbye
4.00 to 5.00 Refreshments available for anyone wishing to continue informal discussion
Bookings and enquiries
Attendance fee, which also covers lunch and refreshments, is £20 for ARG members and students/unwaged, £35 for others.
Payment must be made in advance, by cheque made out to Cornwall Wildlife Trust, along with a completed booking form.
Forms and cheques to be posted to Mark Nicholson, Barn-Wyn, Marazanvose, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DQ.
If you have any enquiries, please email Pete Mycock at newtpete@hotmail.co.uk.

Poster displays, sales etc.
Scientific poster displays with a herpetological theme are welcome. We can also provide facilities for table displays of goods and information. To make arrangements for either of these, please contact Nicola Morris at nicola.morris@cornwall.ac.uk .

Venue details
Cornwall College Newquay, Trenance Gardens, Trenance Park, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 2LZ
Once you are in Newquay, you should follow signs for Newquay Zoo and Waterworld.
The College is situated behind Newquay Zoo and Waterworld. Drive past the entrance to the zoo and through the car park. The entrance is on the left before you get to the overflow car park. Parking is limited on site but there is free parking available in the main car park at Waterworld and the overflow car park.

BOOKING FORM

PLEASE WRITE IN BLOCK CAPITALS
(and please make clear if the booking is for more than one person)

Title:               First name:                                                Surname:
Affiliation (if any) [i.e. are you from a particular organisation?]:
Are you a member of a county ARG? If so, which one?:
Address:

Postcode:
Telephone:
Email*:
[*email addresses and locations may be shared with other attendees for lift-sharing purposes. Please indicate if you prefer your email address and location not to be shared.]
Dietary requirements [please indicate if you are vegetarian or if you have any special requirements]:

Signature:                                                                 Date:

Booking
Attendance fee, which also covers lunch and refreshments, is £20 for ARG members and students/unwaged, £35 for others.
Payment must be made in advance, by cheque made out to Cornwall Wildlife Trust, along with a completed booking form. Payments will be non-refundable after 18th February 2013.
Forms and cheques to be posted to Mark Nicholson, Barn-Wyn, Marazanvose, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DQ.
If you have any enquiries, please email Pete Mycock at newtpete@hotmail.co.uk.

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