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  • Memorial Talk 2026

    Winchester College warmly invites you to the Cameron Bespolka Memorial Wildlife Talk, Keeping our Skies Alive.

    Keeping our Skies Alive

    by Edward Mayer

    We are honoured and delighted to welcome this year’s guest speaker, Edward Mayer, who has devoted the last 23 years to working for Swifts. He set up The Swift Conservation having noticed that many of the Swifts in his local area were vanishing and he wanted to find out why.  The reasons proved to be loss of nest places as Swifts …

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  • Memorial Talk 2025: Dr Campbell Murn

    We are honoured and delighted to welcome this years guest speaker, leading scientist, Dr. Campbell Murn FRSB FLS from the Hawk Conservancy Trust.

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    Tales, Talons and Tusks

    This Talk is hosted by Winchester College in memory of Cameron Bespolka, who was a pupil at the College.

    Dr Campbell Murn shares the highs and lows of devoting a life’s work to the research and conservation of Birds of Prey. It all …

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  • Memorial Talk 2024: Holly Budge

    We are honoured and delighted to welcome Holly Budge, a leading conservationist, as our guest speaker for the Annual Memorial Lecture: 

    Disappearing Giants

    Holly is the founder of UK Charity ‘How Many Elephants’ and initiated World Female Ranger Week. Her work has been celebrated worldwide, including by Sir David Attenborough and HRH Prince Edward. Holly is an official UN Women UK Delegate.

    We need elephants now more than ever. For us to tackle and mitigate the impacts …

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  • Memorial Talk 2023: Megan McCubbin

    How to Stop Extinction

    Zoologist, naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, author and television presenter Megan McCubbin, will be delivering this year's Cameron Bespolka Memorial Lecture at Winchester College.

    We are honoured and delighted to welcome Megan McCubbin, to deliver this year’s Cameron Bespolka Memorial Wildlife Talk. She loves nothing better than to share the wonders of the natural world and stand up for wildlife. She has just written a book ‘An Atlas of Endangered …

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  • Memorial Talk 2022: Roger Morgan-Grenville

    Across a waking land: a 1000 mile walk through a British Spring

    Roger Morgan-Grenville will be delivering this year's Cameron Bespolka Memorial Lecture at Winchester College.

    For the first time this event is being run in the evening to give our supporters a chance to attend what should be a very entertaining talk.

    Date: Wednesday 2nd November 2022 Time: 7pm - Doors open 6.30 for a glass of wineVenue: New Hall, Winchester CollegeCost: Free

    Roger Morgan-Grenville is a …

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