Saturday, 15 December 2012

 

Gwent Ornithological Society Indoor Meeting: Birds and Islands

 

Speaker: Al Venables

This talk ranges from local Welsh islands to oceanic islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and considers why islands are special for birds, the routes taken in the colonisation of oceanic islands by birds, ecological disasters that have befallen islands and the steps being taken to avoid further bird island extinctions.

All indoor meetings are held on Saturdays at Goytre Village Hall, Penperlleni (SO 323 046) and start at 7:30pm. An entrance fee of £1.50 includes tea and biscuits. Open to non-members. For detailed directions click here

Taken from the GOS website.