or early start to your day? and you have a chance to see the birds of the night…or hear them…. This Blog is part of the DIVERSIFLY project: For more details on the project go here Uncertain about whether owls would set up home in urban territories, as successfully as say the peregrine falcon I decided to […]
Author Archive | Nadia
Little Brown Birds: DIVERSIFLY BLOG #7
Do you have a problem working out just what little brown bird you are looking at? I do! So I have been looking at the RSPB chatroom on this subject and found the following really useful: Posted byRoyW on 21 Jan 2013 7:46 PM It takes time to get to know what you need […]
Towing the line? Or making the most of a shortcut? DIVERSIFLY BLOG #6
It was during the second half of the eighteenth century that the great age of canal building in Britain started. This was a time when Britain was bursting with trade, industry and commerce. By the end of the eighteenth century the boom was over, and most British canals were completed by 1815. Within ten years […]
Want to hear poetry and help Shropshire’s wildlife?!
Ruthie Lowe has organised a poetry fundraising event at Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre WORDS FROM THE WILD-LIFE An evening of poetry with some outstanding poets! (says the Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre events page about this Poetry fundraiser I will be reading at!) Come and hear: Chris Kinsey (BBC Wildlife poet of the year 2008) Keith […]
June 3 Poetry, Much Wenlock – for Cuan wildlife rescue centre
Ruthie Lowe has organised a poetry fundraising event at Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre WORDS FROM THE WILD-LIFE An evening of poetry with some outstanding poets! (says the Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre events page about this Poetry fundraiser I will be reading at!) Come and hear: Chris Kinsey (BBC Wildlife poet of the year 2008) Keith […]
Fancy Pigeons?: DIVERSIFLY BLOG #5
The poor old pigeon, it’s not very well liked is it? Even its name “Feral Pigeon” sounds dirty and unwanted. But wherever you live in Britain, if you are in a town or city – you will be lucky enough to see them, often I know, I know – Sky Rats, they are called, and […]
Your LAST CHANCE to buy!! or donate x
This is your last chance to buy, or donate to the Kickstarter campaign I am running on behalf of Fair Acre Press Go here – to either donate from £1 to whatever as a kindness, a generous support of a tiny publishing house with huge ambitions for its writers, projects and books. buy a copy […]
Listen to Matthew Oates
Just over a year ago I interviewed Matthew Oates on the subject of Stinging Nettles – for the Arts Council England-funded project “Maligned Species” You can hear that less than 20 minute podcast here TOMORROW our kickstarter campaign closes – and your ONLY chance to buy a limited edition hardback copy of Matthew Oates’ new […]
Please support! – here is a list of poets and writers in Matthew Oates’ new book
We haven’t received all the permissions yet from the living poets’ and writers’ publishers – so this list is incomplete – but here is a list – in alphabetical order – of poets and writers – both dead and living – that you can find extracts and full poems within Matthew Oates’ forthcoming book […]
Intro to Matthew Oates’ new book
Below – is part of the introduction to Matthew Oates’ book BEYOND SPRING: Wanderings through Nature. The hardback copy edition is £15 plus p&p – and ONLY available here until 29th May… the end of this Bank Holiday weekend. It will make a fabulous present – Christmas, Birthday… especially as you will be able to say […]
