[email protected] Inverness Family Day

Join us at Eden Court, Inverness for the Ask the Experts: Scotland’s Biodiversity Family Day.

At this Family Event, RSE Fellows and other experts will be offering interactive displays and activities, storytelling, Q&A sessions and short talks on topics including Marine Science, Scottish Wildcats, Butterfly Conservation, Wildlife of the Cairngorms, Scotland’s Woodlands and what we can do in our own gardens to assist biodiversity.

Storytelling with Allison Galbraith and Alan Crawford

10:15-11am	Allison Galbraith	The Web of Life – can a hedgehog outrun a fox?	Age 7 and under
11:15-11:30	Alan Crawford	The Songbird’s Surprise	Age 7+
11:45-12:30	Allison Galbraith	The Web of Life – swimming with seals and dancing with trees	Age 7+
1:15 – 2pm	Allison Galbraith	Saving the Caledonian Forest – what our Scottish ancestors thought about the forces of nature and dragons	All Ages
2:15 – 3pm	Allison Galbraith	What we Eat – do you need green fingers to grow vegetables?	All Ages
3:15 – 3:30	Alan Crawford	In the Land of the Glittering Wood Moss	Age 7+
3:30 – 4pm	Allison Galbraith	Living in Harmony – Do wolves and squirrels make good pets?	Age 7+

Ask the Experts Biodiversity Talks

10am	Professor Michael Usher FRSE	Royal Society of Edinburgh	Introduction
10:15 – 10:45	Dr Kenny Taylor		Wild to Wildest: Wildlife Wonders of the Cairngorms
11:15 – 11:45	Professor Colin Moffat	Marine Scotland	Above and Below: The Mysteries of our Seas
12:30 – 1pm	Dr Keri Langridge	Scottish Wildcat Action	What is a Scottish Wildcat – and are there any left?
1:30 – 2pm	Tom Prescott	Butterfly Conservation	An Introduction to Moths and Mothing
2:30 – 3pm	Alan Crawford	Woodland Trust	The World of Woodland – What Scotland has to offer.
3:30 – 4pm	Dr Max Coleman	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	Location, Location, Location: Making Homes for Wildlife

Meet the Biodiversity Experts – Displays and Activities

Butterfly Conservation, Wildflowers with Brian Ballinger, SEPA, RSPB, Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society, Marine Scotland, Royal Celtic Society, Scottish Wildcat Action, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Woodland Trust, Art Table.

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