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We host seminars and workshops throughout the year. Recordings of previous events are available on our YouTube channel.

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Richard Porter, "Socotra: Birds, Wildlife & Conservation"

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This talk explores the variety of wildlife that makes Socotra (a World Heritage Site) a global hotspot of endemism, dwelling particularly on birds that the speaker has been studying since his first visit in 1993. It will also cover wildlife conservation history and particularly the actions that have been undertaken in the last 20 years.

Mark Cocker, "Birds: Symbols of Disease or Icons of the Divine?"

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Some of the largest, most impressive birds in Europe accommodate two kinds of habitat: the realm of nature and the ecosystem of ideas that exists between the ears of their human neighbours. We have sometimes held views and fancies about bird species that vary with geography and across time. Sometimes birds can be seen in...