January 2021 Update
We are now into the second half of this year’s virtual speaker season. The programme will run on YouTube and Zoom through until March 2021. We have a whole variety of different topics to suit all tastes over the coming Monday evenings. Our programme can be seen in more detail on the ‘Upcoming Speaker Evenings’ page.
If you would like to become a member, which allows you to watch all of the talks at no additional cost and to be able to watch the talks in our back catalogue, it is only £15. Alternatively, if you would like to join us for a particular presentation, there will be a £2 visitor fee to be paid by bank transfer. To join the Society or to find out how to listen to one of our talks, just email us on prestonwildlife@gmail.com for more details.
We hope that you can join us.
We are now into the second half of this year’s virtual speaker season. The programme will run on YouTube and Zoom through until March 2021. We have a whole variety of different topics to suit all tastes over the coming Monday evenings. Our programme can be seen in more detail on the ‘Upcoming Speaker Evenings’ page.
If you would like to become a member, which allows you to watch all of the talks at no additional cost and to be able to watch the talks in our back catalogue, it is only £15. Alternatively, if you would like to join us for a particular presentation, there will be a £2 visitor fee to be paid by bank transfer. To join the Society or to find out how to listen to one of our talks, just email us on prestonwildlife@gmail.com for more details.
We hope that you can join us.
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The Role of Blue Carbon Ecosystems in Supporting Coastal Environments, Wildlife and Human Populations
by Dr Daniel Gorman Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes are vitally important components of nearly all the world’s coastlines. They support countless species, provide vital ecosystem services, protect coastlines and trap atmospheric CO2. This talk will provide a brief introduction to these valuable habitats, discuss their historical loss, and finish with some of the optimistic activities being promoted during the UNs 2021-2030 “Decade of ecological restoration”. 
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WelcomeThe Preston Society Birdwatching & Natural History is based in Preston. We are a group of friendly people, who have wide ranging interests in different fields of the natural world around us.
Everyone is happy to share their knowledge and we welcome people of any age, who have not been before. People who visit, often become Members, once they have got to know us. We meet every week in the evening indoors throughout the winter, October until March, with speakers talking on varying aspects of Birds, wildlife, marine life, flora, fauna & many other aspects of Natural History from all over the world. Some of our speakers are regulars, talking on different subjects each year. Others travel from afar, and are experts in their field. During the Spring and Summer, April until September, we are more active and have weekly field trips around Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester, with some day coach trips further afield. Twice a year we go away for usually 4 or 5 night stays to areas that cannot be covered in a day trip. There we visit Wildlife Trust Reserves and RSPB reserves, exploring what the wider country has to offer. We hold our winter talks at St Mary’s Church in Penwortham every Monday night, starting at 7.30pm. Why not come along and join us? Why not have a look at our programme of talks? |