Join us for some Festive Fun with short talks from our local members, “Wildlife Photography in Florida” with Kathy Farrell and “Keynsham's Watery World” with Dave Sage and Rita Andrews, plus a wildlife quiz
Venue: Keynsham Baptist Church, High Street, Keynsham, BS31 1DS - advanced booking preferred:
https://christmascracker_dec21.eventbrite.co.uk
Price: £3 to all with advanced booking, or on the door, £3 for Avon Wildlife Trust members, £4 for non-members.
Note: due to the current Covid risks, all attendees will be expected to wear masks unless exempt and we will not be offering refreshments or sales of cards, books, bird food during the evening. Bird food can still be purchased at good prices direct from the group: http://www.keynshamawt.org/birdfood

Glow-worms are both a hugely charismatic insect and one which has shown trends of a decline in the UK, so a new scheme is looking to investigate the possibility of captive breeding and release of these species to light the dark among local community's nature spaces once more.
Pete Cooper from the Derek Gow Consultancy will discuss the world of British glow-worms, his current work on this project and what the future holds
To book: https://glimmering-world-of-glow-worms.eventbrite.co.uk

The project, which started in 2017, involves the translocation of 60 juvenile Ospreys from Scottish nests into the Poole Harbour area. This process aims to create a bond between the young Ospreys and their new local area, before they leave on their first treacherous migration, usually to West Africa. This bond draws the Ospreys back to Poole Harbour on their return to the UK, after at least 2 years maturing in their wintering grounds, when they will identifying suitable nesting sites. The translocation therefore lays the foundations for their return as a breeding bird to the South Coast, 180 years on from their local extinction.
To book: https://poole-harbour-osprey-project.eventbrite.co.uk

Ian's talk looks at the 5 main species of UK owls, the barn owl, little owl, tawny owl, long-eared owl & short-eared owl and gives a fascinating insight into their appearance, behaviour, breeding and ways to help conserve them.

Venue: Keynsham Baptist Church Hall - advanced booking preferred: 
https://conservation-british-owls.eventbrite.co.uk

Somerset has a variety of coastal habitats and associated plant species, despite the coastline being entirely estuarine.  Helena Crouch has been studying and recording coastal plants here for over 20 years.
In this talk, Helena will take us on an exploration of the different coastal habitats, including rocky shores, saltmarshes and sand dunes, looking at the common and rarer plants we might expect to find in each, and explaining their adaptations to their challenging environments.

Venue: Keynsham Baptist Church Hall - advanced booking preferred: 
https://coastalplants-somerset.eventbrite.co.uk