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Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

The cawing of the crow resounds among the woods | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for October 12th, 1841

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
October 12th.–The cawing of the crow resounds among the woods. A sentinel is aware of your approach a great way off, and gives the alarm to his…

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Posted on September 24, 2017September 24, 2017

“it is very difficult not to anthropomorphise puffins” – Peter Reason on Puffins

I have been posting some thoughts inspired by Peter Reason’s book In Search of Grace. I am trying not to let this blog turn into nothing but a series of…

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Posted on July 25, 2017

Lough Neagh sand in Croke Park and Stormont – An Irishman’s Diary, January 2008

Came across an interesting Irishman’s Diary on Lough Neagh by Paul Clements from 2008 . Some highlights: Lough Neagh was famed in the past for its winter floods and many people…

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Posted on July 16, 2017

Bird feeding notes, mid July

I have sheepishly avoided posting anything on bird feeding since this fatal illustration of the principle of unintended consequences. Disposing of the prior feeders (although this may have been overkill) and…

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Posted on May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

Unintended consequences, good intentions, and dead greenfinches (Warning – Dead Bird Photos)

I have used this blog as a sort of journal of various observations on bird feeding.  Unfortunately, and humblingly, I have realised that my bird feeding activity has in fact…

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Posted on April 12, 2017

Bird Feeding Notes, mid April

A month on from the imaginatively titled “Bird feeding in Mid March” here are some random thoughts and observations on bird feeding in Mid April. The mix of birds is roughly…

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Posted on March 28, 2017March 29, 2017

“sound as a way of sense-making”

Sound Artist Lawrence English on the Power of Radical Listening From Observer.com Interview here   How did you become interested in working with sound as a creative medium? When I…

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Posted on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017

Bird feeding in Mid March – Greenfinches

Continuing my occasional bird feeding notes – but this time with original pictures! The wonderfully-shot Wild Ireland documentary inspired me to reconsider my childhood dream job – wildlife photographer/cameraman. Why did this…

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