Bedford RSPB local group Meet at ARA club, Manton Lane Bedford MK41 7PF.
Thursday 18th October 7.30pm Euan Dunn presents: ‘Puffins in Simmering Seas’. A talk about the effects of how rising sea temperatures are becoming a threat to seabirds & their food.
Enduringly popular, the puffin is perhaps our most iconic species of bird, with their decorative bills and clown-like gait. In the air they are known for their energetic, beetling flight, while underwater these stocky little seabirds use specially adapted wings to propel themselves through the water in pursuit of fish.
Until recently, surprisingly little was known about puffin ecology, thanks to their chosen breeding habitat being underground on remote islands or hard to reach coastlines.
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This evening, Euan Dunn discloses many of the things he has learnt about puffins through technological advances and provides a revealing account of their life cycle, behaviour and breeding, what they eat, how they interact in their busy colonies and where they migrate to in winter.
Euan also exposes the mounting threats puffins face in tonight’s talk entitled “Puffins in Simmering Seas”
Biography:
Euan Dunn is Principle Marine Advisor at the RSPB. He studied seabirds at Durham and Oxford Universities and has worked on many seabird islands including the UK's biggest puffin colony - the remote Atlantic citadel of St Kilda. He has written many papers and articles and was the natural history editor of Countryman magazine for 13 years. He has also illustrated books on whales, dolphins and robins. In 2007, Euan was awarded an MBE for contributions to marine conservation.
Our talk this evening promises to be entertaining and informative, if not a little concerning.
Suitable for Experts and Novices, RSPB membership not essential. Entrance fee, group members £1 Guest £2 annual group membership £5 Reg. Charity No. 207076, more info www.rspb.org.uk/groups/bedford