If you’re not familiar with what I do (and with apologies to those who are), a brief rundown of the individual books follows. Tl;dr: nature writing but funny.

Light Rains Sometimes Fall is an urban nature diary, the year divided into 72 microseasons. A book you might want to read through the year. Peregrines, blue tits, oaks, bees and a surprising cormorant (although probably not quite so surprising now, I suppose).

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Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? is the story of my return to birdwatching after an absence of 30+ years, and specifically of the year (2016) in which I decided to try and see 200 species of British bird. Childhood memories, some music, a lot of birds.
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What it does remind me of is the convent and nuns in The Devils (of Loudun) by Ken Russell. All that white masonry…..

Looking forward to it!

Landevennec and the Crozon peninsula are so lovely at this time of year, bathed in mild Atlantic, damp air. The camellias are starting to flower. There is a wonderful mermaid in the parish church near the abbey. 🧜‍♀️

Marvellous. What a sight!

Red kites taking domestic cats is another misbelief. We have had an expansion in numbers & range in N Leics & all sorts of myths are emerging. The heavy road traffic is rarely invoked for cat mortality - tho kites do use roadkill.

PS it is brilliant to see a big kite over the garden…

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In theory, the BA Small Grants scheme is open to independent scholars. Depending on topic, British Council and Arts Council might be worth a look.

Have you tried catnip for yourself?