Posts for August, 2022

Dawn Balmer, Head of Surveys at the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) will be here to give us an updated fascinating insight into the movements, migration patterns and satellite tracking of birds. The talk will look at some of the recent BTO work using novel technology to show how we’ve been able to discover the wintering grounds of Cuckoos, follow the extraordinary lives of Short-eared Owls and learn more about the movements of Swifts, Nightingales and Nightjars.

This talk by Alan Davies and Ruth Miller of The Biggest Twitch will be on birding in Exremadura covering their many visits to this bird rich area of Spain including lots of photos.

A discussion with Scottish writer and visual artist Amanda Thomson on her new book ‘Belonging’ which is a personal memoir which reflects on family, identity and nature. It is a love letter to Scottish nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland, and the Scots pinewood of Abernethy. Thomson is a lecturer at Glasgow School of Art and lives and works in the Strathspey. She will be interviewed by fellow Scottish writer Linda Cracknell.

Come and take a walk around the Museum with Lorna from the Highland Archive Centre, as part of the Badenoch Heritage Festival. Lorna has been giving online talks about the collections in our High Life Highland Archive through lockdown and we are really pleased that she is coming to give us a live talk, connected to our collections here at the Museum. No need to book, just meet at reception at 11am. (Museum open 10.30am – 4pm, entry by dontation.)

Join Ewan Miles of Nature Scotland as he takes you on the trail of the Ptarmigan, the island’s rarest breeding bird, surviving right on the cusp of its range.

2022 saw Bee-eaters in Norfolk but will this soon be an annual event? What could be the problems and can we manage sites just for breeding.

Following on from visiting a charity project in southern India, this talk is an account of my involvement in the Challenge Anneka project in Sri Lanka which took place in November 2006

A look at the southern end of the Caribbean region which has close ties to the South America. Two close islands but very different in feel and natural history. From the home of the carnival and land of the hummingbirds these are truly vibrant places that you will appreciate more after this talk.

The British isles has a huge amount of non-native species from brown hare and little owl that are a colourful addition, to signal crayfish and mink that cause a lot of damage. This talks goes through many that you might not even know are here, and how some are harmless while others deadly.

After a month living in Shetland, wildlife photographer Jack was able to see and photograph its fantastic wildlife from puffins, gannets, skuas, divers and orcas.