David Attenborough

David Attenborough
Got a nice surprise yesterday: entered a ballot for RGS-IBG members earlier in the year, and a ticket arrived in the post !

Image by Flickr User Bryan Ledgard (made available under Creative Commons)

Monday 31 March at 18.30
RGS-IBG Balloted lecture Members only
Wallace and the birds of paradise
Sir David Attenborough
David shows film footage and describes the various species that so obsessed Alfred Russel Wallace, who was the first European to see the display of the spectacular birds of paradise.
Please note that this lecture is balloted. One ticket entry per member.

David Attenborough has obviously produced more footage on the theme of landscapes and natural history than most other people over the years...

Anyone else successful ?

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