by Bob Brown OBE
When? 7pm on Tuesday 19th November
Cost? £10
How? Eventbrite (www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sir-hans-sloane-centre-37150444393) or call into the centre?
We are delighted to have Bob come and give us such a personal perspective on the flora and fauna of Strangord Lough and its surrounds and compare it to that in Jamaica . With much for local residents and general public to relate to, and ideas of what might have been formative in the development of young Hans Sloane in the 1660s, from which he went on to become a significant player in the scientific world of the time and laudible in his collections that founded the British Museum , Natural History Museum and Kew Gardens.
Bob is our local marine biologist and worked for almost fifty years in research and conservation, living in Jamaica for 3yrs doing research and lecturing at the University of the West Indies. He managed the National Trust’s Strangford Lough Wildlife Scheme for a decade before becoming head of RSPB’s work in NI.
Bob is a Trustee of Ulster Wildlife and gives lectures on expedition ships in the Polar Regions and the South Atlantic.
We are extremely grateful to Bob for donating all proceeds to HSC.