When I was little, my school day finished a half hour before my sister’s – and as the school was very close to the Botanic Gardens in Cambridge, Mum and I used to go to the duck pond on sunny days. That was where I witnessed sex for the first time. I have read, since, […]
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With One Swallow… DIVERSIFLY BLOG #3
“One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make, neither does one fine day” I never knew, until googling it now – that this saying is attributed to Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) The Oxford Dictionary says this of the Swallows saying:proverb: A single fortunate event doesn’t mean that what follows will also be good. It seems to […]
Not all Blackbirds are Black Birds: DIVERSIFLY BLOG #2
Blackbirds are really easy to identify aren’t they?… I mean even from this rather poor attempt at a drawing, by me – I think almost everyone would be able to tell it was a blackbird. And they would be right. Well, half right… For the female blackbird is a brown colour, has a brown beak and […]
Cor! It’s Spring… DIVERSIFLY BLOG #1
Around where I live, you can tell when spring is coming when there is a marked change in the birdsong. And this starts in January; building, building into such excited chatter by May Day that it is almost too much to bear. Before that, the soundtrack of our winter is held together by Crow, Rook and by […]
Sabrina Mahfouz joins Urban Birds project
I am so excited to be able to tell you that Sabrina Mahfouz joins the amazing list of poets commissioned by Fair Acre Press to write a poem on everyday encounters with the birds of Britain’s towns and cities – or DIVERSIFLY, for short. She joins: Andrew McMillan Brian Bilston Carrie Etter Kaite O’Reilly Dorothea Smartt James […]
Last call to BIRDERS!
HELLO! to all birders and birdlovers! Do you have photos or memories of encounters with birds in your British town or city? Willing to share them? Go here, please – for more details and how to send them in We are running an Urban Bird project – and from May 1st we will be blogging […]
Urban Birds – last chance to send
At the end of April your chance to share your photos and descriptions of your every day encounters with the birds of Britain’s towns and cities – within this project – will close. Thanks to all who have sent these in already! If you would like to be part of this project – then click on […]
Call out to Urban Birdlovers/ Photographers
Urban Birds/ DIVERSIFLY project looking for help from Birdlovers and Bird photographers! Go here for more details on the Arts Council England-funded project Nadia x
Urban Birds project underway !
I am very happy to say that the Urban Birds Project: DIVERSIFLY page is now up on our website go here to read it. Nadia x
Call out to Urban Birders! for DIVERSIFLY project
The word is getting out: We are looking for Birders and birdlovers – that have stories and photos of their everyday encounters with the birds of Britain’s towns and cities! Deadline 30 April 2017 For more details : and how to send your descriptions and photos in follow this link to an easy free webpage […]
