About the event

This talk will be conducted by John Walters - a well known artist, ecologist and speaker who has carried out a wide range of ecological work with a specialist interest in invertebrates. His ecological studies of individual species have included various ground beetles, oil beetles and the Heath Potter Wasp. Recent projects include studies of the Mediterranean Oil Beetle for Life in the Edge in south Devon, surveying for the ‘world’s rarest spider’ the Horrid Ground Weaver in Plymouth for Buglife and studying the Narrow-headed Ant for part of the Back from the Brink project.

"I have worked as a consultant entomologist and naturalist on many television and radio programmes. Most recently for the Silverback David Attenborough BBC Wild Isles on the roosting Starlings, Ash-black Slugs and Osmia Broomstick Bees and My Garden of a Thousand Bees by Martin Dohrn."

His talks have included:
•    The Secret World of the Undergrowth
•    Wildlife of Dartmoor
•    Wildlife of Devon from shore to moor
•    The Heath Potter Wasp
•    Recent Wildlife Highlights
•    House Martins, Swifts and Swallows in Devon
•    Living on the Edge - wildlife of the South Hams, Devon
•    The Secret Lives of Long-tailed Tits
•    Wildlife watching around Vienna, Austria

No booking needed, just turn up on the day. Donations to Devon Wildlife Trust will be requested on the door.

Refreshments will be available.