Public Talks

Dr Rupert Marshall

I regularly give talks aimed at the general public to groups of 30-300 including the U3A, RSPB, & others.

Talks are 50-60 minutes, excluding any break or after-talk discussion.

Please get in touch if you would like to book me.

info@rupertmarshall.com

A corn buntings sitting on a fence with a superimposed image of a sonagram (a picture of birdsong)

A singing corn bunting Emberiza calandra

The Science of Birdsong:

How and why do birds sing?

Birdsong is beautiful, a delight to hear. But how and why is it produced? What does birdsong mean? I address these questions with lots of pictures, sound and video clips. We'll see how songs can be visualised in intricate pictures, discover how songs are recorded in the field, see how birds can make such amazing sounds, and learn why being bird brained is actually a compliment.

A recording of a previous version of this talk made by Shrewsbury U3A is available here.

An image, blurred for anonymity, of the audience at one of my birdsong talks

A blurred picture of my audience.

Recent & Future Talks

February 2021, "The Science of Birdsong", Tenterden U3A , Kent
July 2020, "The Science of Birdsong", ASAB Education online talk for schools
March 2020, "The Science of Birdsong", South Shropshire RSPB
November 2019, "What's in a Zoo?", Shrewsbury Hmmm Squad
March 2019, The Science of Birdsong", Shropshire Ornithological Society
February 2018, "The Science of Birdsong", Cletwr, Ceredigion
February 2018 "The Science of Birdsong", Shrewsbury RSPB
January 2018 "The Science of Birdsong", Hereford RSPB
November 2017, "The Science of Birdsong", MachSpeak, Machynlleth, Powys
October 2017, "The Science of Birdsong", Aberystwyth U3A
March 2017, "The Science of Birdsong", Church Stretton U3A
March 2016, "The Science of Birdsong", Shrewsbury U3A

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