The 3rd Annual Isle of Wight Recorders Conference was held on Saturday 7th February 2009 at Arreton Community Centre

Around 50 people attended the conference with some even braving the snow and travelling over from the mainland!

The event was extremely successful with informative talks in the first half on the Island's farmland breeding bird survey and the status of the Glanville fritillary.

Tea and spectacular cake was taken during the interval and the second half of the conference delivered the results from the IWNHAS Wildlife Watch Survey, a useful insight into to Mapmate - the species recording software and finally, the integral part that local recording plays when compiling Environmental Impact Assessments.

Thank you to all the speakers who took part, those organisation who kindly put up displays and the Isle of Wight Recorders for all their ongoing hard work.