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SUMMARY:Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (TVERC) Spring Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our recorders’ conferences offer a chance for the biological recording community to come together and share updates on what they are doing!\n\n\n\nA great opportunity for our biological recording community to come together and share updates and information on what we’ve all been doing in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Join us at Cholsey Great Hall \, for our Spring Recorders’ Conference 2026\, Nature & Data: Connecting People\, Places and Records! \nWe’ll hear from a range of interesting speakers – hope to see you there! Anyone who is interested in wildlife recording and conservation is welcome to attend. Plus\, lunch and refreshments are included! \nProgramme: \nWe are currently working on the programme\, so the following may be subject to change. Please keep an eye on this page for updates. \nTalks:\nJohn Lindley\, South Stoke Wildlife & Conservation Group \n“Wildlife recording in a small Oxfordshire village” \nIn 2020 a group of villagers got together to form South Stoke Wildlife and Conservation Group (SSWCG)\, with the aims of learning more about our local wildlife\, recording its diversity\, and improving habitats to encourage improved biodiversity. Since then we’ve recorded over 1\,750 species in our local Parish. The presentation will focus on how the group find and record wildlife\, including lots of practical information on surveying methods\, identification tips\, and community involvement. John will cover what they’ve learned so far\, and what they want to do in the future. John Lindley is a keen amateur Entomologist and wildlife photographer\, specialising in Lepidoptera\, but now also focusing on other invertebrates. He is a founder member of SSWCG\, where he regularly organises and leads group sessions to record and photograph Moths\, Dragonflies and other insects. \nRuth Staples-Rolfe\, Mend the Gap Programme Manager \n“Role of the recorder in a local community and how the benefit the wider landscape” \nMike Coker\, Binfield Environment Group \n“An introduction to Binfield Environment Group and engaging the community through surveying” \nMike Coker from Binfield Environment Group will talk about the biodiversity surveying that members of the group have been doing and how this has evolved over the last six years. Mike will explain how BEG have engaged the local community through surveying and the importance of purposeful surveying. During the talk\, Mike will share some of the key things that BEG’s surveyors have discovered and will touch on the role of recording apps. \nSophie Williams\, University of Oxford. TVERC Micro-Internship Project talk \n“Deadwood Invertebrate Species Distribution Analysis: Distribution Across Ancient Woodland\, Priority Habitat Inventory\, SCA and SPA Land Classification“. \nSophie is a current geography student at the University of Oxford and has completed a week-long internship with TVERC looking at the distribution of deadwood invertebrate indicator species as they compare to Ancient Woodland Distribution\, Priority Habitat Inventory\, Species Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas to better understand the functioning of these key conservation areas. \nWorkshops: \nButterfly Recordng – Peter Philp\, Chairman of the Upper Thames Branch of Butterfly Conservation. \nMammals – Bob Cowley\, Track & Sign Trainer for UK Mammal Society \nSpeed updates:\nGot something exciting happening in your local area? Share it with us in a 5-minute talk! Whether it’s about specific species\, sites\, habitats\, recording projects\, or conservation campaigns\, we’d love to hear from you. If you’d like to give a speed update\, please indicate this on your booking form. \nDisplays:\nExplore a variety of display stands from different recording and conservation groups during our refreshment and lunch breaks. If you’d like to bring a display or leaflets\, please indicate this on your booking form. \nCatering:\nCatering will be provided by Waste2Taste. Lunch will include Vegan / Vegetarian sandwiches. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when you book your ticket. \nGetting there: \nFor directions\, see: Google Maps \nThere are also regular trains from Oxford & Reading to Cholsey train station which is a 20min walk to the venue. \nCar share: liftshare \nAbout TVERC\nTVERC are a not-for-profit organisation hosted by Oxfordshire County Council. We collect\, analyse and share geodiversity and biodiversity information in Berkshire and Oxfordshire to help people make sound decisions about how to develop and manage land sustainably\, where to direct wildlife conservation work and for scientific education and research. \nThere are many people collecting information about our natural environment and by collating all this information at TVERC\, everyone can get a better picture of the status and distribution of wildlife. \nThis event is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund’s WISH Partnership. \n£7.50 – £15
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