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This page lists events that may be of interest to volunteers in our area. Some events may provide opportunities to develop your wildlife survey or identification skills or provide networking opportunities. Events are categorised as follows: E - Excursion; T - Training event; S - Survey; C - Conference; L = Lecture or talk; O - Other events. The calendar is not exhaustive and we would like to encourage you to send us details of relevant events to keep it up to date.

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Key	Date	Location	Organiser	Topic	More Information
2018
August
W	Sat 11	Holyrood Park Education Centre, Edinburgh	Butterfly Conservation	Micro-moth recording day	10am - 3pm. Free, booking essential. For more info and to book email: Kate Smith.
O	Sun 12	Vogrie Country Park, Midlothian	Midlothian Council	Small Mammal Trapping, bumblebee walk and pond dipping	Public event. Free. For more info and to book go to: Midlothian Council website
O	Mon 13	Airdrie to Bathgate (West Lothian)	Sustrans	Bumblebee and butterfly guided walks	Booking required. More info on Sutrans website.
S	Tues 14	Holyrood Park Education Centre (Edinburgh)	Buglife	Guided surveys for the Bordered Brown Lacewing	Free, booking essential. For more info and to book please email Alasdair Lemon or telephone 01786 447504.
S	Tues 14	Holyrood Park Education Centre (Edinburgh)	Buglife	Guided surveys for the Bordered Brown Lacewing	Free, booking essential. For more info and to book please email Alasdair Lemon or telephone 01786 447504.
S	Fri 17	Bavelaw Marsh SSSI (Edinburgh)	Pentland Hills Regional Park	Wildflower Meadow Survey	FREE, Time: 13:30-15:30. For more info and to book email pentlandhills@edinburgh.gov.uk.
E	Fri 17 - Sun 19	Drymen (Stirling)	BSBI	Plant recording for Atlas 2020	More info on BSBI website
E	Sun 26	Braidley Burn (Scottish Borders)	TWIC	Joint excursion with Borders bryophyte group.	Leader: David Long. More info on TWIC Excursions page.
September
E	Sat 1	Carrifran Wildwood (Scottish Borders)	Edinburgh Entomological Club	Excursion	11am - 4pm. If you would like to attend email Ashley Buchan.
O	Wed 5	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	Plantlife	Plantlife Scotland's Members' & Friends Day	Cost from £20. Booking essential via Plantlife's website.
E	Sun 9 - Thurs 13	St Abbs (Scottish Borders)	The British Phycological Society	Seaweed Field Meeting	Experts and beginners welcome. For more info please email Martin Wilkinson.
October
C	Sat 6	Battleby, Perth	Butterfly Conservation	Members' Day & BC's 50th Birthday	More info on BC's website.
C	Sat 13	Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow	Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC)	Annual Conference & AGM: "Recording Urban Wildlife"	More info on BRISC's website.
November
C	Sat 3	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	BSBI	Scottish Botanists' Conference	More info on BSBI website
C	Sat 10	TBC	TWIC	TWIC Autumn Conference & AGM	More info on conferences page
C	Wed 21 - Thurs 22	Albert Hall, Nottingham	NBN Trust	NBN Conference: "The NBN in a changing climate"	More info on NBN website

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