Seil Chat

Hi Having followed the Tai Chi thread and enjoyed some of the comments, I'm a bit reticent to bring this subject to the Seil Forum, but here goes anyway.

Several people have spoken to me about the desire for a Natural History Group on Seil, and with the imminent opening of the new hall and its facilities, perhaps this would be good time to consider such an option.

If there were enough interest to make this viable, all options could be considered and a room booked. If you are an expert, or just a beginner wanting to expand your knowledge of the local flora and fauna, please respond on the forum or email me at :- richardwesley@btinternet.com

Thanks

I think this is a great idea. Count me in. Will pass on the info to my non blogging pals

Me too.

Yes Please, I'm interested, too.

Hi



We now have enough people to make the Natural History Group viable and I was hoping to start our first meeting, in October. However because of the unavailability of the hall and the fact that a lot of people seem to be away on holiday this month, the inaugural meeting will be held in the new Community Hall on Wednesday 14th November 2007 between 1930 and 2130 hours.

This meeting is open to anyone interested in Natural History, but if you cannot attend this one they will be held monthly on the second Wednesday of every month.

I have created a website/blog purely to serve Seil Natural History Group so if you have any ideas or subjects you would like to see on there please let me know. The link is http://seilnature.spaces.live.com/

Tricky Dicky

Will you be discussing all the good work that the RSPB et al are/have been doing up and down the country? Especially on the inner/outer Hebrides...

Nice to have some comment, but not quite sure how that last question was meant, but to put your mind at rest, there is no set agenda. Members hopefully will be there to learn about Natural History and not about politics.

Perhaps when they have spent some time studying the subject they will be adult enough to make up their own minds about who to support and whom to avoid.

For my part I am not a card holding member of the RSPB.

Hope that answers your question.

What do you think about the sixth extinction and do you reckon we should give up on the giant panda because they have no libido to speak about.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, Canu.

They were bonafide natural history questions, as I'm sure Tricky'll agree and hopefully start to discuss!

OK, right. I've never heard of the sixth extinction, so tell me what it is

I know about the panda bit

It's the most important thing the human race should be talking about but some would rather ignore the signs and follow their own paths to distruction...

http://www.well.com/user/davidu/sixthextinction.html

I haven't read it all yet, but I'm in full agreement with what I've seen.

Thanks for that link - I didn't realise this was the 'sixth' extincion though, I just know it as the extinction of the planet, towards which we are all heading full-tilt.

Well Canu, it seems the gloves are off !

All I can say is if there's been five then there's sure to be six and if there's going to be six what's the point in worrying about the Panda ?

Well some would agree with you, Tricky; they would suggest that the Panda has reached the end of its evolutionary lifespan and that its demise is unavoidable. However, some might say that that way lies madness and if not to worry about the Panda, don’t worry about any species threatened with extinction. Obviously from there on it’s a case of…well why worry about anything at all?

Personally, I think the important thing is that the sixth extinction is going to be caused by mans activity and I think it’s just around the corner. So while Pandas may not be the big issue, other species certainly are and who wants the children of tomorrow to look back at all of us and ask the question why? why didn’t they try to do something?

My comments were made rather tongue in cheek, as I'm sure you realise.

I do agree that our survival and that of other species on this planet is down to ourselves and without radical changes we are headed towards the sixth extinction.

Man's greed though is hard to curtail and without strong leadership and laws, I suspect we will slowly drift down the road to oblivion.

I will however continue to do my bit for the environment and its species and hope in some small way I can make a difference.

Incidentally Canu do you play part time for Portsmouth or is that your brother ?

mmmmm - all this negative talk isn't selling the concept of a "club" !!

...I would imagine, however, that certain Government agencies will be keen to learn the identities of you anarchists !!!!

Oh, my own identity is on many of their lists, I assure you

you're becoming quite scary now..........