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Welcome to my Blog – a celebration of birds – in art and anecdote, poetry and prose – part memoir, part anthology, part nature writing, with biographical snippets about favourite artists. Follow me as I ramble through the year writing about the birds I see – share your own encounters with birds, or tell me about your patch … More
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- Songs from the Wood – Spring April 27, 2018
- Under the Snow – of Winter April 13, 2018
- Artists Inspired by Nature – Basil Ede May 19, 2018
- Birds in Music May 15, 2018
- A Song for May May 6, 2018
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