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First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

In Touch: Saturday, May 18, 2013

This week's In Touch features an appeal for the class of 1959 in Burnage Grammar to get in touch for a reunion WE want to set up a reunion for the class of 1959 of Burnage Grammar School. Most of the boys in the class will be 70 this year. If you would ... [Published Manchester Evening News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Geoff Mann, Blackcap, AirStation, Bob Ellis, Mary Smith

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The swifts are back

Swifts, are the latest birds to arrive back from Africa to breed in the UK. These last few days have seen hundreds of swifts whizzing about over the reeds at RSPB Blacktoft Sands nature reserve.These black boomerang shaped birds are amazing to watch ... [Published This is Hull and East Riding - May 14 2013]

Entities: Whitethroat, Blackcap, Avocet, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Spring... it's here!

All that talk about Valentine’s Day marking the start of spring, getting our hopes high, and then it rains for months on end. Peter Holden, ornithologist and wildlife specialist, tells us how the delayed sunshine has affected migrating birds - which ones ... [Published Gransnet - May 13 2013]

Entities: Wheatear, Fieldfare, Insect, Whitethroat

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Crucial goal to aid tree dwellers

THE morning after the night before I was celebrating like no other Tottenham Hotspur supporter. Nightingales led the chorale with arguably the countryside’s most beautiful vocals Ricky Villa’s mesmeric goal in the 1981 FA Cup Final had been toasted with ... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 12 2013]

Entities: Species, Nightingale, Blackcap

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Birdsong piece wins £20,000 fund

A new composition using Welsh birdsong has won £20,000 in funding for a major showcase coinciding with the Commonwealth Games.Cardiff University composer Dr Arlene Sierra has secured the backing from the PRS for Music Foundation.Her piece Urban Birds ... [Published BBC - May 12 2013]

Entities: Iolo Williams, Wales, Arlene Sierra, Blackcap, PRS For Music

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

A veritable feathered feast was found in my square of the country

It?s not often I?m up before the sun, but last Thursday morning was just such an occasion. Every year I take part in the Breeding Bird Survey, which entails visiting the same 1km square during the bird breeding season and following the same route across ... [Published Southern Reporter - May 10 2013]

Entities: Whitethroat, Blackcap, Ornithology, Mallard

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

A hospital room with a view of eternity

‘A new valve, three by-passes and a week in a medically-induced coma later, I lay in a private room looking out on beautiful Dublin Bay, ferries going east and west across the calm waters. But all I wanted was to be able to look out on my own back garden.’ ... [Published Irish Times - May 06 2013]

Entities: John McGahern, Surgeon, Blackcap, Dublin

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

To be alone in the dawn chorus reminds us how precious life is | Henry Porter

Many of the birds that enchant us in our woodlands and gardens are under threat. We must cherish them International dawn chorus day is today. If that does not light you up, you should perhaps move to the latest coverage of Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 04 2013]

Entities: Blackcap, Cuckoo, United Kingdom, Nightingale

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Veteran German Journalist/Author Michael Miersch: “Green Zeitgeist Is An Anti-Humanistic Ideology Down To Its Roots”

The Foundation for Freedom recently featured a speech by German journalist/author Michael Miersch, whose works often appear at FOCUS and who is a regular contributor at the Achse des Guten (Axis of the Good) blogsite. The title of his speech: “Courage ... [Published No Tricks Zone - May 04 2013]

Entities: Michael Miersch, Blackcap, Germany

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Parish Pump Lewes - May 3, 2013

FUN RUN: 10.30am on Monday at Barcombe Recreation Ground. 10k run, 6k run/walk all off road through the beautiful Barcombe countryside. Pre booked 10k £7.50, 6k £5. Download entry forms from Sussex Races, or obtain from Barcombe News, Barcombe Stores ... [Published Sussex Express - May 03 2013]

Entities: Blackcap, Anne of Cleves, Ian Graham

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

Get close to nature on walk through woodlands

EAST RIDING: A special event will take place at woods near Market Weighton this weekend.Yorkshire Wildlife Trust staff will showcase the variety of birds that live at North Cliffe Woods.On Saturday, there will be a guided walk through the woods at 10 ... [Published This is Hull and East Riding - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Paul Wilkinson, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Blackcap

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Wild birds suffering effects of cold spring

Wildlife is suffering the effects of the late spring with rare birds found dead and small summer birds absent from the countryside.April is usually the time of year the UK sees migrant birds returning to its shores to build nests and breed, but nature ... [Published Wokingham Times - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Blackcap, United Kingdom

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The concept has been cheered on by Welsh wildlife expert Iolo Williams, who said: "It's such a great concept, that I can't believe no-one's done it before. "Come to that, I can't believe I haven't done it before." With his own special ear for Welsh birdsong, Williams, the presenter of programmes such as Wild Wales and Iolo's Welsh Safari, has his own suggestions for what he would want to hear. "The first thing I'd do is to make sure they were all birds native to Wales, and that they were all recorded especially in their natural habitat," he said. "The chorus would have to be made up of warbling blackcaps. The minor notes of melancholy have to come from a robin - juxtaposed with the happy chirruping of the blackbird." "To top it off you could have the solo of a soaring skylark and the intermittent chime of a cuckoo - only cutting in now and again to remind you of their fleeting visits to Wales." Though Williams looks forward to hearing the composition, he said he feared that in future people will have to increasingly rely on projects like this to hear Welsh native birds. "Even outout in the country where I live, the dawn chorus is nothing like it was just five years ago," he added. "The loss of hedgerow habitat and the first effects of climate change are having a quicker impact than anyone could have imagined. "Perhaps for our grandchildren, Urban Birds might be the only way to explain to them how Wales used to sound to us.""

Birdsong piece wins £20,000 fund [Published BBC - May 12 2013]

So enjoy the dawn chorus while you can and perhaps ponder as you do. "We have to look at life with respect and wonder. We need an ethical system in which the natural world has value not just for human welfare but for and in itself. The universe is something internal as well as external."

To be alone in the dawn chorus reminds us how precious life is | Henry Porter [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 04 2013]

Country diary: Eichstätt, Bavaria: A POW called this place "as near to paradise as possible in a prison camp"

Country diary: Eichstätt, Bavaria: A POW called this place 'as near to paradise as possible in a ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 03 2013]

...Yet, just before the narrow cutting that used to enable farm carts to access the beach to load sand and seaweed for fertiliser, a notice warns of "dead marine wildlife likely to be contaminated with PIB (polyisobutene) residue" . Hundreds of dead birds covered in the sticky substance – which can still be legally dumped at sea – have been cleared away after being washed up along...

Lansallos, Cornwall: Nature helped and harmed by humanity [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 30 2013]

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In Touch: Saturday, May 18, 2013 [Published Manchester Evening News - May 18 2013]
The swifts are back [Published This is Hull and East Riding - May 14 2013]
Spring... it's here! [Published Gransnet - May 13 2013]
Crucial goal to aid tree dwellers [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 12 2013]
Birdsong piece wins £20,000 fund [Published BBC - May 12 2013]
A veritable feathered feast was found in my squ... [Published Southern Reporter - May 10 2013]
Mini nature reserve at Coldingham [Published Berwickshire News - May 09 2013]
Tweeting, of the More Natural Kind [Published New York Times - May 06 2013]
A hospital room with a view of eternity [Published Irish Times - May 06 2013]
Bird-lovers make a flying visit to Wicken Fen [Published Berkhamsted & Tring Gazette - May 05 2013]
Birdlistening… the new birdwatching? [Published CD Traveller - May 05 2013]
To be alone in the dawn chorus reminds us how p... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 04 2013]
Veteran German Journalist/Author Michael Miersc... [Published No Tricks Zone - May 04 2013]
Friends of Haw Park Wood host dawn walk [Published Wakefield Express - May 04 2013]
Country diary: Eichstätt, Bavaria: A POW called... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 03 2013]
Parish Pump Lewes - May 3, 2013 [Published Sussex Express - May 03 2013]
Lansallos, Cornwall: Nature helped and harmed b... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 30 2013]
Anger over loss of chalk grassland near Lewes [Published Sussex Express - Apr 28 2013]
Get close to nature on walk through woodlands [Published This is Hull and East Riding - Apr 23 2013]
Celebrate Yorkshire's Wonderful Woodlands [Published The Yorkshire Times - Apr 22 2013]
Brandon's flowers [Published Venue - Apr 22 2013]
Wild birds suffering effects of cold spring [Published Wokingham Times - Apr 19 2013]
Rural Reading: The joys of getting lost in the ... [Published Wokingham Times - Apr 19 2013]
Join the dawn chorus at Carnfunnock park [Published Larne Times - Apr 19 2013]
Get up with lark to hear one at free, dawn-chor... [Published This is Bristol - Apr 18 2013]
Owning your own woodland [Published Countryfile Magazine - Apr 18 2013]
Bird notes [Published Rutland Times - Apr 14 2013]
Ipswich: Holywells Park is a wildlife haven in ... [Published East Anglian Daily Times - Apr 14 2013]
Rare stone curlews found dead after falling vic... [Published EDP 24 - Apr 10 2013]
Black Caps build strongly after lunch [Published ONE News - Mar 22 2013]

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Cyprus Jobless Turn to Illegal Songbird Trapping [Published The China Blog - Jan 31 2013] (NICOSIA, Cyprus) — It’s just before first light and the bird-catcher strings nets among the orange, pomegranate, fig and carob trees in his orchard. The sound of chirping emanates from inside a massive carob — a trick sent from speakers to attract tiny ...
Cyprus Jobless Turn to Illegal Songbird Trapping [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Jan 31 2013] (NICOSIA, Cyprus) — It’s just before first light and the bird-catcher strings nets among the orange, pomegranate, fig and carob trees in his orchard. The sound of chirping emanates from inside a massive carob — a trick sent from speakers to attract tiny ...