Ten Birds that Changed the World - a talk by Stephen Moss

Name: Ten Birds that Changed the World - a talk by Stephen Moss
Start: 2024-10-16T19:30:00+01:00
Location: St Thomas Church Hall, Church Road, Exeter EX2 9BQ

Schedule

Wed Oct 16 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Thomas Church Hall, Church Road, Exeter EX2 9BQ | Exeter, EN

To celebrate the Exeter local group’s 50th Anniversary, we are very pleased to announce that Stephen Moss will be giving this special presentation on Ten Birds that Changed the World.
For the whole of human history, we have shared our world with birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food, fuel and feathers; placed them at the heart of our rituals, religions, myths and legends; poisoned, persecuted and often demonized them; and celebrated them in our music, art and poetry. Even today, despite a growing – and very worrying – disconnection between humanity and the rest of nature, birds continue to play an integral role in our lives. Ten Birds That Changed the World tells the story of this long and eventful relationship, spanning the whole of human history, and featuring birds from all seven of the world’s continents. It does so through those species whose lives, and their interactions with us, have – in one way or another – changed the course of human history.
Stephen Moss is a lifelong naturalist and one of Britain’s leading nature writers, broadcasters and wildlife TV producers. He is passionate about communicating the wonders of the natural world to the widest possible audience.
Everyone welcome. Admission is £5 for members of the RSPB Exeter local group and £7 for other adults. Free admission to young people under 25. Children (under 16) must be accompanied by an adult. Admission cost includes light refreshments in the interval.
At 7.30 pm on Wednesday 16th October at St Thomas Church Hall, Church Road, Exeter EX2 9BQ. What3words: ///invest.sung.basis. Assistance Dogs only.
Photo: Ten Birds book cover & photo of Stephen Moss