Not long ’til May
Not long 'til May (image Tim Blake)
It’s well known that the best pictures are available on the radio. When driving between meetings this morning I caught one of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Nature’ series which described Emma Turner, a pioneering wildlife photographer and some of her life and work on Hickling Broad in Norfolk in the early years of the Twentieth Century.
Apart from being an interesting and inspiring story which you should listen to if you have an interest in wetlands and their wildlife, or indeed, in people achieving great things against what must have been the usual run of things; it also was a wonderful programme to hear on an extremely gloomy January morning. Sounds of a May morning – bitterns, reed warblers, sedge warblers, grasshopper warblers. I closed my eyes and I was there.
This might be a good moment to remind you that we will shortly be taking bookings for the Dawn Chorus Walk and Breakfast 2012, which will almost certainly happen at 4.30am on Saturday 5 May, in the Millennium Country Park. Detail will follow shortly.
In the mean time, listen again to Radio 4, close your eyes and imagine…
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I happened to catch the original and the repeat on two journeys, one from Norfolk to London and then on the way back again. It was a wonderful programme. I’m a bit worried about you closing your eyes while you’re driving, though.
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January 31st, 2012 at 5:41 pm
I’m sure I was sitting at a red light at the time!
I’m still planning to catch all of it on BBC i-player at some point as I missed both beginning and end. I often find that work interupts my listening pleasure.
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