Programme
9:30 Welcome
9:45 Steve Cham
The Life and Times of Brilliant Emerald: Britain’s least recorded dragonfly?
10:15 Magnus Billqvist
How are Coenagrion hastulatum, Aeshna caerulea, Somatochlora arctica and
Leucorrhinia dubia doing in Sweden?
10:45 Break
11:00 Johanna Hedlund
Globe Skimmer (Pantala flavescens) migration
11:30 Panel discussion with morning speakers
12:00 Break
12:15 BDS update – BDS staff
12:45 Lunch break
13:45 Genevieve Tompkins
Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms
14:15 David Chelmick
The rise and fall of the Scarce Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) in West Sussex
14:45 Break
15:00 Panel discussion with afternoon speakers
15:30 County Dragonfly Recorder meeting/ Meet and greet (chat to fellow attendees in breakout rooms)
Confirmed speakers
Steve Cham
The Life and Times of Brilliant Emerald: Britain’s least recorded dragonfly?
The talk will present some new insights on this elusive species and is divided into sections that cover spatial distribution, first encounters, habitat requirements, oviposition and larval development, early morning activity, territorial behaviour, and current threats.
Magnus Billqvist
Project manager for the Swedish Society for Conservation of Nature in Scania and Chairman of the Swedish Dragonfly Society
How are Coenagrion hastulatum, Aeshna caerulea, Somatochlora arctica and Leucorrhinia dubia doing in Sweden?
Trends and thoughts on four species that are rare on the British Isles but rather common in Scandinavia. I will discuss their habitats, threats, and local and regional declines for all four species.
Genevieve Tompkins
Rare Invertebrates of the Cairngorms Project Officer
Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms
Hear how a project smashed the myth that “no-one is interested in insects”. Discover the diverse community that changed the map for invertebrates in the Cairngorms. Sharing the project’s successes over the past 5 years, we will look at the on-going journey of each species and plans for the future.
