2025 BHS AGM

Saturday, 14 June 2025 - Saturday, 14 June 2025

Save the Date!

The 2025 BHS AGM will be held at the prestigious Manchester Museum - accessible by both road and public transport. The museum includes the Vivarium - an important collection of reptiles and amphibians with captive breeding of rare species a focus - Museum Vivarium

The AGM will as normal include a number of herpetological talks as well as the Society Business section - full program and details of the meeting will be added here as soon as possible but in the meantime, please save the date in your diary! The meeting will be open to both members and non-members and we hope to be able to include guided tours of the Vivarium for meeting attendees.

For BHS members, the AGM is an opportunity to get up to date with the Society's current status and key activities and also to have an input to our future direction. For all attendees - it's also a great opportunity to catch up with herpetological colleagues and of course meet new ones!

Talks will include:

Dr. Gerardo Garcia, Curator of Lower Verts and Inverts, Chester Zoo

- Use of accelerometers in captive Komodo dragons as a tool to assess welfare, pattern of activities, use of environment and the applications to wild populations

- The first results on using radio transmitters powered with solar panels on Bermuda skinks

Matthew O'Donnell, Curator of Herpetology, Manchester Museum

- Breeding programs, conservation and research activities at the Museum Vivarium

Additional talks TBC