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This page shows 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; 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
2017
October
O	Sat 21 & Sun 22	Peebles (Scottish Borders)	Tweed Valley Forest Festival	Peebles Wood Market	More info Tweed Valley Forest Festival website.
T	Sat 28	Vogrie Country Park (Midlothian)	LaBMaG/ TWIC	Small Mammal Workshop	More info and to book: Eventbite. Fully booked
November
T	Sat 4	Blackness Boat Club (Falkirk)	Inner Forth Landscape Initiative (IFLI)	Introduction to Bird ID 3: Winter Water Birds	More info and to book IFLI website.
O	Wed 15	King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Entomological Club	Garth Foster (Aquatic Coleoptera Conservation Trust): Water beetles and other things	Talk. More info on Edinburgh Entomological Club website.
C	Sat 25	Stow Town Hall (Scottish Borders)	TWIC	Autumn Conference & AGM	More info on conferences page of the TWIC website.
T	Sat 25	Holyrood Park(Edinburgh)	Butterfly Conservation	Habitat management (extreme gorse cutting)	10am - 3pm. Contact Anthony McCluskey for more information.
December
O	Wed 20	King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Entomological Club	Peter Alexander (University of Edinburgh): Could consumption of insects reduce global agricultural land use?	Talk. More info on Edinburgh Entomological Club website.
2018
January
O	Wed 17	King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Entomological Club	Vladimir Blagoderov (National Museum of Scotland): How time flies for flies? Geological history of Diptera	Talk. More info on Edinburgh Entomological Club website.
February
O	Wed 21	King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Entomological Club	Katrina Dainton (Forest Research): Discussing three Scottish forestry pests	Talk. More info on Edinburgh Entomological Club website.
March
O	Wed 21	King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Entomological Club	Geoff Hancock (University of Glasgow): Malloch and Cuthbertson - two Glasgow naturalists who made a global impact in Dipterology	Talk. More info on Edinburgh Entomological Club website.
T	Fri 30	RSPB Black Devon Wetlands, Alloa (Clacks)	Inner Forth Landscape Initiative (IFLI)	Amphibian Survey Training	19:30 – 21:30. More info and to book IFLI website.
April
O	Wed 18	King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Entomological Club	Ashley Buchan (University of Edinburgh): Response of beetles to Peatland Restoration	Talk. More info on Edinburgh Entomological Club website.
May
O	Wed 16	King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Entomological Club	AGM, ISI reports & update on conservation strategy.	More info on Edinburgh Entomological Club website.

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