Speaker Graham Leisk

Fri, Jun 10th 2016 at 12:55 pm - 2:10 pm

Topic Bird Watching


Rotary club of Stirling Meeting of 10/6/2016

JVP Stewart Wilson welcomed our visitors, RYLA student Megan Firth and Caitlin Cairns from Wallace High, Graham Leisk out speaker, and assistant D.G. Alistair Spowage . We were also pleased to welcome our new member Rotarian Jim Cooper.

Upcoming AM/AMs, Dunblane 23rd June, Callander 28th July, and our own AM/AM 26th August at Stirling golf club.  Crawford Gordon reported on our recent fund raising at Gardening Scotland. Three days of glorious sunshine helped us to raise £2400 net. He thanked all the members who manned the stand and especially Stewart Wilson who organised the event.

Treasurer Edmond Mansion reminded us that next year's subscriptions are now due.

Our speaker Graham Leisk has been able, since his retirement from RBS, to indulge in his great hobby bird watching or more correctly, birding, and in pursuit of this he has travelled extensively. In his 40 years of birding the number of identified species has risen from around 10,000 to 10,430. To a small extent this has happened as some species have become extinct and others thought to be extinct have been rediscovered. Much more significantly in what is called splitting, what was thought to be a single species has now been identified as having several sub species, often by DNA analysis. Much improved optics has also made precise identification easier, and it is now possible to travel to almost anywhere in the world. There are different groups of birders, perhaps the best being the Twitches, who have a list of all known species and a determination to see everyone. Time distance and expense are no obstacle. Most birders have a more modest list, and use led groups, specialised package tours led by professional birders, who know when and where to look.  They often identify the bird by its song even before they see it. Of course if you have travelled a long way you will go to great lengths to see all possible species, but there is always an element of luck.

The vote of thanks was given by Jim Kerr.

Next week's speakers host Elspeth King, visitor's host Alex Galloway

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