Directory of BTO Speakers

This directory has been compiled to assist bird clubs and similar organisations in locating speakers for their indoor meetings.

Each entry within the directory consists of a named individual along with contact e-mail address, a list of talks/lectures undertaken and details of fees, expenses and travelling distances.

If you wish to contact anyone listed in this directory, you may do so directly by letter or telephone or by e-mail as indicated by the individual speaker’s entry.

(Clubs that are part of the BTO/Bird Clubs Partnership, and are more than 120 miles from Thetford should contact Jeff Baker about special rates.)

Graham Appleton (Head of Fundraising and Publicity)

Atlas 2007 - 11
The Work of the BTO
Flyway to Iceland
Time to Fly – Bird Migration

House Sparrows: what's the problem?

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Negotiable
Distance: Dependant on expenses
E-mail:

Dr Graham Austin (Wetland & Coastal Ecology Unit Team Leader)

Wetland Bird Survey

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Stephen Baillie (Director of Populations Research)

BirdTrack
Population Monitoring


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Jeff (Kevin) Baker (Head of Membership)

‘Little brown jobs’ – Warblers and how to identify them
The Work of the BTO

Garden Birds and Feeding

Fee: £40
Expenses: Travel (and accommodation if an overnight stay is needed)
Distance: Dependent on expenses
E-mail:
Tel: 01842 768243 (Direct Line)

Dawn Balmer (Atlas Coordinator)

Atlas 2007 - 11

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: 100 miles, further by agreement
E-mail:

Carl Barimore (Nest Records Officer)

Nest Record Scheme
Barn Owl Monitoring Programme


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Jez Blackburn (Ringing Unit Recoveries and Licencing Team Leader)

Bird Moult (suitable for ringers)
Sule Skerry


Fee: BTO fee £40 (£50 for private talks)
Expenses: Travel
Distance: East Anglia
E-mail:

Dr Dan Chamberlain (Senior Research Ecologist)

Garden BirdWatch
Breeding Bird Survey


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Jacquie Clark (Head of Ringing Unit)

Waders and Severe Weather
Ringing for Conservation


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Petrol
Distance: 100 mile radius of Thetford
E-mail:

Dr Nigel Clark (Head of Projects Development Unit)

Waders, Man and Estuaries
Horseshoe Crabs and Waders
Migration through Delaware in Spring


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Petrol
Distance: 100 mile radius of Thetford
E-mail:

Greg Conway (Terrestrial Ecology Unit Research Ecologist)

Nightjars
Woodlarks & Dartford Warblers
Wintering Warblers


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Petrol
Distance: 100 miles from Thetford
E-mail:

Dr Rob Fuller (Director of Habitats Research)

Nightingales
Changing Times for Woodland Birds


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel (and accommodation if an overnight stay is needed)
Distance: Anywhere
E-mail:

Dr Simon Gillings (Terrestrial Ecology Unit Research Ecologist)

Atlas 2007 - 11
Winter Golden Plovers and Lapwings
Winter Farmland Birds


Fee: BTO fee £35–£40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: Negotiable
E-mail:

Su Gough (Terrestrial Ecology Unit Research Ecologist)

The Work of the BTO
Atlas 2007 - 11
Bird Biology
Urban Birds
Wildlife of Canada (non-BTO talk)
Wildlife of Southwestern USA
Wildlife of European Mountains (non-BTO talk)
Wildlife of Texas (non-BTO talk)


Fee: BTO fee £40 (expenses for private talks)
Expenses: Travel
Distance: Negotiable
E-mail:

Mark Grantham (Ringing Unit Recoveries Officer)

Birding and Surfing: general talk on migration studies (including ringing and BirdTrack)
BTO Ringing Scheme
Oiled sea-bird studies


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: 100 miles
E-mail:

Dr Ian Henderson (Terrestrial Ecology Unit Research Manager)

Arable Farming and Birds

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Peter Lack (Head of Information Systems Unit)

Palearctic Migrants in Africa
On Foot in Rwanda and Zambia
Bird Ecology in East African Savannahs
General Natural History of Eastern Africa
(All are given as non-BTO talks)

Fee: Negotiable
Expenses: Travel
Distance: 60 miles from Bury St Edmunds
E-mail:

John Marchant (Census Unit Team Leader)

Heronries
Waterways Bird Survey/Waterways Breeding Bird Survey
Breeding Bird Trends in the UK

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Ilya Maclean (Wetland & Coastal Ecology Unit Research Ecologist)

Waterbird Trends in Protected Areas
African Wetland Conservation


Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Andy Musgrove (Wetland & Coastal Ecology Unit Research Manager)

The Wetland Bird Survey
Little Egrets in the UK
Recording Moths in Your Garden (non-BTO)


Fee: BTO fee £40 (£30 for private talk)
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Stuart Newson (Demography Unit Population Biologist)

Tree Nesting Cormorants

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr David Noble (Head of Census Unit)

The Farmalnd Bird Indicator
Population Trends

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Mark Rehfisch (Head of Wetland & Coastal Ecology Unit)

Wetland Work at the BTO
Water Quality & Waterbirds
Waterbird Alerts
Climate Change
Habitat Loss and Waterbirds
Monitoring Waterbirds
Sea Level Rise and Climate Change

Introduced Species including Golden Pheasant

Fee: BTO fee £40 (up to £40 for private talk)
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Kate Risley (Breeding Bird Survey National Organiser)

BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Rob Robinson (Demography Unit Senior Population Biologist)

Farming and Birds
House Sparrows


Fee: BTO fee £35–£40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: By agreement
E-mail:

Dr Gavin Siriwardena (Terrestrial Ecology Unit Research Manager)

Marsh and Willow Tits – Analysis of BTO Data;Evidence of Impacts of Nest Predation and Competition
Quantifying Migratory Strategies

Winter Feeding of Farmland Birds
(Currently all short talks)

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: 50 miles (further with accommodation)
E-mail:

Paul Stancliffe (Promotions Officer)

Atlas 2007 - 11
The BTO Garden BirdWatch
The Work of the BTO

Fee: £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: Negotiable
E-mail:

Mike Toms (Garden BirdWatch Organiser)

The BTO Garden BirdWatch

Fee: £40.00
Expenses: Petrol
Distance: 50 miles, further by arrangement
E-mail:

Dr Juliet Vickery (Head of Terrestrial Ecology Unit)

Farmland Birds

Fee: BTO fee £40
Expenses: Travel
Distance: 100 miles
E-mail:

Dr Chris Wernham (Senior Research Ecologist, BTO Scotland)

The BTO’s Migration Research (including the Migration Atlas and later developments)
The work of BTO Scotland


Fee: £40
Expenses: Petrol
Distance: Scotland and northeast England
E-mail:

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