Join us for the January Winter Lecture to explore the phenomenal life and afterlife of the extinct Great Auk
Shaped by Telegraph Book of the Year, The Great Auk: It’s Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife, this talk will discuss the sad but salutary story of this historic bird.
Tim Birkhead, the speaker, is a Fellow of the Royal Society and emeritus professor of behaviour and evolution at the University of Sheffield. His research on promiscuity and sperm competition in birds re-shaped our understanding of bird mating systems. In addition, Tim has maintained one of the longest running studies of a North Atlantic seabird, the guillemot —a close relative of the great auk — on the Welsh Island of Skomer since 1972.
To book a place in person, or online via Zoom, visit the Museum’s website by clicking here.
The Museum Winter Lecture series is sponsored by The Friends