Lecture: A field trip to the Galápagos Islands by Oscar Campbell

TIME: Refreshments from 7:00pm, lecture from 7.30pm

VENUE:  Alyazya 1, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

ABOUT THE LECTURE: The talk will provide an introduction to the natural history of this amazing natural laboratory, highlighting a few of  the many sensational wildlife spectacles on offer and take a closer a look at topics such as adaptive radiation and speciation for which, of course, the islands are particularly celebrated. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Oscar Campbell, originally a chemistry teacher at the British School Al Khubairat, is the chairman of the Emirates Bird Records Committee. He has carried out original research and published extensively in local, as well as international scientific publications, recording and counting populations of important resident and migratory birds around the UAE. He plans to continue researching and recording rare and endangered bird species such as the Socotra cormorant, of which Abu Dhabi hosts 35 percent of the world’s population. His diligent work in the research of birds has awarded him Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak prize for Natural History in June 2013.