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Tag Archives: nature
Singing through the noise
I’ve have been meaning to write about this since I saw this article in the Guardian a few weeks ago, on response of Galapagos warblers to traffic noise. Having done a PhD on the impact of anthropogenic noise on birdsong, … Continue reading
Celebrating 40 Contributions to The Guardian’s Country Diary
Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh! (Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone!). It’s a wee bit of an occasion for me today – my 40th contribution to The Guardian‘s Country Diary was published this morning. So in all the celebrations today, I’m … Continue reading
After the storm
Yesterday there was a brief respite between Storm Éowyn on Friday and today’s pretty standard wind and rain. Thankfully we got through Éowyn fairly unscathed, losing only a couple of tiles from the “rooflet” over our downstairs bay window. Mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Éowyn, belfast, birds, climate change, forest, nature, northern-ireland, storms, trees, wildlife
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Countryside – with Nicola Weir (and me!)
On the back of the publication of Under the Changing Skies, I was interviewed by Nicola Weir for Radio Ulster’s Countryside. The programme will be broadcast tomorrow at 2pm, but it’s already available on BBC Sounds if you want to … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, bbc-radio-ulster, bbc-radio-ulster-countryside, belfast, birds, book-reviews, books, Country Diary, donegal, fermanagh, mallards, nature, nicola-weir, northern-ireland, the-guardian, ulster
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The guidance of birds
My latest Country Diary is out today. I had the good fortune to be invited to give a workshop on poetry and birds at Jubilee Farm. It was a wonderful day in an inspiring place. It was great to have … Continue reading
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Tagged Biodiversity, birds, Conservation, Creation Care, Farming, nature, Poetry, Spirituality
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It’s a bug’s life
As an addendum to yesterday’s post, I want to give a shout-out for this event this coming Friday. Unfortunately, other commitments mean I won’t get to attend myself, more’s the pity. However, having been in his company on Saturday at … Continue reading
Pre- and post- International Dawn Chorus Day
I’d a lovely day on Saturday, delivering a workshop on poetry and birds at Jubilee Community Farm, which is Northern Ireland’s first community-owned farm. We looked at a range of poems about birds, and then spent a couple of happy … Continue reading
Bright Wings
So now for that magical encounter that I first wrote about a couple of weeks ago, here. Today’s Country Diary is the big reveal. Chaffinches have always been one of my favourite species. Indeed, I previously wrote here, they were … Continue reading
Dawn Chorus 2024: Before the clocks change
It was like old times today. I’d my alarm set for 04:30 so that I could be out for first light. 10 years after I completed my mid-life PhD – and almost 12 years after my last field work session … Continue reading
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