AIMEE Nicholson will speak at the first meeting of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Skipton branch's new season on Wednesday, September 13.

She will talk on the Hen Harrier Life Project, a five-year conservation programme, at The Baptist Church Hall, Otley Street, Skipton, starting at 7.30pm, admission £3.

The project combines satellite tagging, on-the-ground monitoring, nest protection, investigations work, and awareness-raising to protect the under-threat bird across northern England and southern and eastern Scotland.