ENHG Lecture: 'Winging it - a bird(watcher')s eyeview to the UAE' by Oscar Campbell

TIME:  Membership signup from 7:15pm, lecture from 7:30pm

VENUE:  NYU Abu Dhabi, building A3, lecture room 002. Click here for a location map

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New York University Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat Marina District - Abu Dhabi
02 628 4000  https://nyuad.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuad/departments/web-services/documents/maps/campus-map-with-directions.pdf 

LECTURE TITLE:  Winging it - a bird(watcher')s eyeview to the UAE

LECTURE SUMMARY: This talk will give an introduction to some of the more interesting and exciting birds of of the UAE, the habitats in which they live and the journys by which they got here. It will also outline why birdwatching in the UAE is so exciting, noting some of the most recent new discoveries made

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:  Oscar Campbell, 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.