South West England Shadow Section

The South West Section stretches from the Cotswolds to the Isles of Scilly and includes the Channel Islands. The region supports an abundance of wildlife and contains a significant proportion of the UK’s designated sites and important habitats and species.

There are currently 570 members in the South West England Shadow Section.

News

Section Committee
The SW Shadow Section is now looking to set up a Committee this year to help plan/deliver events and assist with running the Section. The Section Convenor, Matt Jones, would like to remain as Convenor (unless anyone has an objection) but he is looking for about 4-6 people to help out. Membership of the Committee would not require significant time inputs - 5-10 hours would be all that is required over the year.  If you would like to join, please contact Matt directly. Without more people being involved, it is likely that a number of SW events will not happen. Matt would like to have the first Committee meeting in the week commencing 3 March.

Ideas for meetings and field trips
Please could you let Matt know what sort of events you would like to see run by the SW Section this year. There is already have one field trip planned (more details to follow) and he is still keen to hold a 'Biodiversity Gain' event, probably a half-day or full-day conference. However, over to you. Let me know what you think. 

Committee

For information on the role of the Section please see the Governance page.

Events

Most meetings are free and non-members are welcome to attend. For members who attend these meetings they count towards your CPD requirements.

For information on training workshops in the South West please see the workshop page.

Contact

For more information the South West England Shadow Section, to attend a Section event, to suggest a Section event topic, or to join the Section Committee please contact Matt Jones.