Who needs to holiday abroad these days for the touch of the exotic? This Blog is part of the DIVERSIFLY project: For more details on the project go here When I was eighteen I was luck enough to spend nine months in Australia. One of my strongest memories is just driving into town to go to the […]
Alison Brackenbury! in Telford/Shropshire. It’s FREE!
I’ve just booked my tickets so am perfectly happy to share the news that ALISON BRACKENBURY will be at Wellington Festival in Telford/Shropshire at Wellington Cricket Club 7 to 9:30pm, October 16th 2017 And did I mention its free? and its Alison Brackenbury ?!!!! Book your tickets here, and read about the whole event […]
Merefest, Ellesmere 16th September 2017
Adults £3, Children £2, Family £8 if buy tickets online here And there is so much more going on on the day too!! We hope to see you there! Nadia x
Swanning Around : DIVERSIFLY BLOG #15
There are several species of swan in Britain but the most common is the Mute Swan – so-named as it has no call – though is very good at hissing, and even an occasional grunt. This Blog is part of the DIVERSIFLY project: For more details on the project go here Caroline Gill sent this account through […]
Speaking of Nature – at MEREFEST
I am organising the SPEAKING OF NATURE tent at Ellesmere’s MEREFEST – on Saturday 16th September 2017 Here is the official poster from Merefest: Pop along for a bit – or join me for the whole thing from 11am to 9pm Its a wonderful setting There’s lots of other things going on throughout the day […]
Urban Living: DIVERSIFLY BLOG #14
What’s so great about Urban Living for Birds? A few years ago, Anders Pape Muller from the University of Paris-Sud walked through the small suburban town of Orsay, France, counting all the birds he saw or heard. He walked through built-up urban areas, and through forest and farmland. He found that Orsay’s birds were congregating […]
The Dawning : DIVERSIFLY BLOG #13
It began with an awakening, a rude and yet joyful awakening, at the imminence of dawn. Somewhere in the distance, from the village of Dial Post, a cockerel crowed – once, twice, and then, thrice.Then a Cuckoo called, dutifully, from a faraway shadowland of Oaks in the monastral west. Out there, shapes and patterns were […]
Call out to POETS and ARTISTS!
Please do check out our Arts Council England-funded project on the EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS with BIRDS in BRITAIN”S TOWNS and CITIES Details are here Deadline is end of August 2017 Free entry Your work could be included in a full colour hardback book on Britain’s Urban Birds along with: artwork by ATM the street artist and poems […]
A bit of a tit : DIVERSIFLY BLOG #12
First things first: let’s just for a moment deal with the word ‘tit’. Since the nineteenth century, it has been used as a slang word for breast, but its origins come from early-fourteenth-century usage meaning ‘small’ or ‘a small creature’. Hope that clears things up. So says Bill Bailey in his Remarkable Guide to British […]
The trouble with Seagulls… : DIVERSIFLY BLOG #11
The BBC in May 2017 reported that “People caught feeding seagulls on beaches in Devon face £80 fines from Monday.” The Economist, in February 2017, reported on the financial implications of lifting the protection of all gulls and attempting to cull them And also points out – what is always the case with rats, pigeons, […]
