About the event

Learn how birds co-operate and the mechanisms they employ to save energy during flight. The distinctive V formation of bird flocks has long intrigued researchers and continues to attract both scientific and popular attention. Dr Steve Portugal (University of Oxford) has been researching these issues. Through the use of novel bio-logging technology, and by working with the reintroduction scheme of the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis, studies have been performed on the relative positioning of individuals in a V-formation, and the co-operative aerodynamic interactions that take place, at a level and complexity not previously feasible

This talk is part of the Reading and District Natural History Society
winter programme and non-members may ask for a free place at this talk by contacting RDNHSzoom@outlook.com