The 16th BTS Lectures will be held once again at the Aztec Hotel, Bristol

The lectures were their usual great success and we would like to thank all the lecturers and the attendees for making it the great weekend.

 

• Mark Bushell: Bristol Zoo:Update to the Desertas Wolf spider project.

Mark gave us a fantasatic update on the project and updated us on the efforts of himself and others to save the habitat of this beautiful spider.

• Paul Carpenter:  Ex-BTS Committee and expert on African Theraphosids: Paul will tell us about his recent trip to Sulawesi

Another excellent lecture from Paul who told us of his adventures in Sulawesi in search for the tarantula named after him.

• Guy Tansley:  Ex-BTS Committee and expert on Asian Theraphosids: Guy will tell us about his recent trip to Malaysia

Guy is an amazing story teller and his videos were excellent. He never fails to impress.

• André Leetz:  Observation in the Genus Eresidae, Thererdiidae and Matriphapgia. Translations By Eddy Hjimensen

Andre gave us a superb lecture on his work with this beautiful species. He really is an amazing man.

• Coffee, Tea and Biscuits or visit the Bar

Ray Hale: BTS Vice-Chairman 

Bugs, Butterflies and Birdeaters. Henry Bates, Eleven Years On the Amazon.

In 1848 two young adventurers set out from Liverpool to explore the Amazon. Henry Walter Bates was to spend a total of eleven years there whilst his friend Alfred Russel Wallace returned after four years and went on to travel around the Malay Archipelago for eight years.Both men were to play a part in the story of evolution and Charles Darwin personally thanked Wallace for his assistance in his Origin of Species and said of Bate’s book “ A Naturalist On The River Amazon” that there was no finer book and no finer man to have written it.At the BTS lectures this year on March 10^th 2018 at the Aztec Hotel, Bristol I will be giving a lecture that tells the story of Henry Walter Bates, his early years, his hundreds of new discoveries on the Amazon and how he went on to define what we know today as Batesian Mimicry in animals. It’s a truly amazing story about an amazing man.

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The date for the 2019 lectures will be announced very soon. 

Itinerary for the weekend

Friday   7.30 pm, pre-lectures evening get-together *dinner, drinks, meet in the hotel bar (* if staying on the 2 night package!
) NEW for 2018 pre- order your Friday Meal!

Venue: The Aztec Hotel, Bristol: The Cotswold Suite

Date: Saturday 10th March 2018

Aztec Hotel and Spa, Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol

Ticket price: (per person): Lecture and Dinner: £60

(includes online fees and free entry to the BTS Exhibition*)

Lectures only: £30
Dinner only for guests: £30

Lectures start: 12 noon



Dinner to start: 7.30 pm

After Dinner talk by legend Andrew Smith on his recent successful trip to Mexico

: MENU: Hot fork buffet and choice of desserts.  Vegetarian option available.

If you have any special dietary requirements please inform me at the time of booking.

Staying at the Aztec Hotel & Spa

All the prices and information for 2018 click here

If you would like to bring guests, who do not wish to attend the lectures but would like to join us for dinner we are happy to accommodate them.  The hotel will gladly allow the use of their facilities whilst the lectures are in progress.  The cost for this would be £30.00 for the dinner only.

Payment details: You will need to book your place by 10th February 2018 and payment must be received no later than 10th Feb 2017.

• You do not have to a member of the BTS to attend.
• Under 16’s are welcome but must be supervised at all times.
• All dinner and lecture tickets by advance bookings only.  Refunds on cancelled places before 31st January will incur a small admin charge.
• No refunds can be given after 12th February 2018.

 

NOTE:  The selling of tarantulas is strictly forbidden, you may exchange or swap tarantulas.  It’s an ideal place to pass on males etc.  The use of video equipment during the lectures will be restricted to official use only.  Photographs are permitted within reason.  Any live tarantulas must not be visible to the public and other hotel guests.

* Free entry to the BTS Exhibition 2018, non transferable non refundable, please wear your wristband to the event or you will be charged on entry. Prices and times are subject to change without prior notice.

 

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