We were thrilled to be invited to participate in MOVE exhibition at Peter Scott Gallery, at Lancaster Arts. It was a pleasure to be in such an interesting exhibition all concerned with Mobilities, with artists Jen Southern, Louise Ann Wilson, Simone Kenyon, and Hannah Catherine Jones. “MOVE presents five artists whose work connects with travel, […]

Many more amazing concerts, talks and screenings this week at Earth Music Festival, St George’s Bristol, a festival of music inspired by the natural world. Many bird-related events including a performance of Messiaen’s Catalogue of Birds for solo piano performed by Peter Hill, who’s recording of this work was made under Messiaen’s supervision. This concert […]

Well – a few of us decided to get up super early and go back to Ham Wall for 6am Sunday morning… and we were hugely rewarded by the awesome sight of 600 000 Starlings getting up and leaving their roost… We joined up with Tony again, who was brilliant at identifying species by their […]

Thanks to everyone who came along to the Twitchr walk on Saturday – it was a wonderful and enjoyable experience – and the starlings certainly did not disappoint! It was a beautiful day, and  fantastic to have Tony Whitehead with us who gave us plenty of interesting facts not only about the starlings, but many […]

If you are coming along to the Starling walk tomorrow – here are the details… The starlings are currently roosting at RSPB site Ham Wall. Here are the details of how to get there… (it is about a 1 hour drive from Bristol) Firstly – I need to fill you in on a few practical details… It […]

Following up the 2009 Starling walk on the Somerset Levels – we are organising a re-run to coincide with the Earth Music Festival, St George’s, Bristol 19th November 2:45pm  – The Somerset Levels … here’s the flyer for info.. SIGN UP!

Presenting and launching this new version of Twitchr at Sound:Site Sonic Arts Festival, was a great success. I presented a short talk to introduce the concept of the piece, and gave an overview of its history and development. Thankfully, the rain held off long enough for us to go out to record some birdsong, and […]

We will be presenting and launching this new version of Twitchr at Sound:Site Sonic Arts Festival, South Hill Park, tomorrow – Saturday 2nd October 2010 This will include a short walk around the Park with audio recording equipment – so we can make new uploads to the map on the day. More information about Sound:Site […]

The first Twitchr walk took place on the Somerset levels on Sunday 15th november 2009 for the launch of Twitchr version 1 for the somersetarts.com online gallery. I invited Dr. Lisa Thomas, an environmental scientist, how has worked extensively on the someset levels in the past doing surveys and other research. Lisa gave us a […]