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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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- Artists Inspired by Nature – Rowland Hilder November 11, 2018
- Along an Autumn Hedge November 4, 2018
- Birds of the Night September 1, 2018
- A Deceit of Lapwing – The Seven Whistlers April 14, 2018
- Variations on a Theme – Yellow, Grey, White (Pied) – Wagtail All April 14, 2018
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