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BES Annual Meeting
Social Events

The BES is always keen to develop the social aspect of the meeting and this year is no different.

We have a number of field trips and excursions which take place during the Free Afternoon, Tuesday 11 September from 14:00 to 16:30 (when tea will be served in advance of the Tansley Lecture, given by Professor Gretchen Daily) as well as a number of events happening throughout the meeting.

Details of the workshops and special sessions during the free afternoon can be found by clicking here. Specialist Interest Group (SIG) meetings will be taking place at various times throughout the meeting, please consult the Programme for more details.  These will be available in your delegate bag, collectable from the BES Registration Desk.  

Listed below are a number of confirmed events:

Sunday 9 September
19:00 - 20:30 Welcome Mixer with Civic Reception at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Monday 10 September
18:45 - 19:15 Organ Recital
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565):  J S Bach (1685-1750)
A Church Service interrupted by a Thunderstorm: David Clegg (1867-1923)
Badinage: Ronald Watson (b. 1936)
Basso Ostinato: Dick Koomans (b. 1957)
For a biography of Kevin Bowyer, the organist, and history of the chapel organ, click here.

Tuesday 11 September
13:00 - 13:30 Members Wine Reception
If you are not yet a member and would like to attend this informal get together, please visit our membership page.

13:00 - 16:30:
Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment
In 1946, the University of Glasgow established the first scientific field research and teaching station in Britain on beautiful Loch Lomond in the southern Scottish Highlands. With easy access to habitats of international conservation value, the field station allows for field teaching and research in the biological and environmental sciences in a way that is probably unsurpassed in the UK.  To sign up for this trip, please visit the BES Registration desk.

Guided tour of the urban wildlife and Kibble Palace of Glasgow, by Glasgow Natural History Society
Delegates are invited to sign up for this excursion at the BES Registration desk.  Numbers are limited, so first come are first served.

Self-guided tour of the University Library Collection
The university is offering the chance to view some of the wonderful natural history books now in their care.  On display, there will be a range of groundbreaking texts and beautifully illustrated natural history books, collected over the centuries; these include:

- a volume of John James Audubon's mammoth Birds of America, probably one of the most famous bird books ever produced and renowned for its huge format, dictated by Audubon's determination to depict life size all the known species of birds in North America
- a copy of the first edition of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, the seminal work in which the controversial theory of natural selection was introduced to the Victorians
- Micrographia by Robert Hooke, a seventeenth century text on microscopy renowned for its detailed illustrations
- Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora, one of the greatest eighteenth century flower books
- Tortoises,Terrapins and Turtles with outstanding lithographs by James Sowerby and Edward Lear
- a French medieval manuscript on hunting and the chase, with marginal illustrations of hawks

Please note: owing to the small size of the room in which the books will be displayed, we are unable to accommodate drop in visitors: delegates will therefore be visiting the actual display in small groups in half hourly sessions. The numbers in each group will be limited and places must be booked in advance via the sign-up sheet at the BES Registration desk.

Guided tour of the University
For a guaranteed place on the tour of this beautiful building, please visit the BES Registration desk to sign up.

The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
The Hunterian is celebrating its 200th birthday this year and will be open to delegates throughout the meeting. 

20:00 - 23:00
Ceilidh
The BES couldn't have a meeting in Scotland without holding a ceilidh (a traditional Scottish dance).  We're delighted to have the Chulainn Ceilidh Band playing for us and their callers have lots of experience with complete novices so there's no excuse for not joining in.  This is free event with a cash bar.

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