Evening Talk: The Wildlife of the Seychelles by Chris Hall

With palm-fringed white sandy beaches, lapped by calm warm crystal clear turquoise water, the Seychelles are said to be the most beautiful islands in the world. This isolated archipelago, a thousand miles from anywhere, has twelve of the world’s rarest endemic birds, like the superb Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher, and is a magnet to spectacular crowds of literally millions of seabirds, which can be enjoyed at incredibly close range, ideal for photography. This talk includes the wildlife of five different islands, Praslin, Mahe, La Digue, Cousin and fabulous Bird Island, with its frenetic colony of around 1.5 million Sooty Terns and Esmeralda the world’s largest giant tortoise, weighing 6 hundredweights and thought to be over 200 years old! Bird Island is definitely one of my favourite places on the planet. So, come along and see for yourself.