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  Heather Wolf Thursday 5 October 7pm BST

  Topic: How to find more BIRDS!

  Heather is a Brooklyn-based birder, author, photographer, and educator. She works with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as a web developer, teaches birding classes at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and gives walks and talks for various organizations in New York City and beyond.

  She enjoys sharing birds and their curious behaviours through her blogs and two books: Birding at the Bridge and the upcoming Find More Birds.

  A guide to finding more birds

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  Topic: How to find more BIRDS!

  Heather is a Brooklyn-based birder, author, photographer, and educator. She works with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as a web developer, teaches birding classes at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and gives walks and talks for various organizations in New York City and beyond.

  She enjoys sharing birds and their curious behaviours through her blogs and two books: Birding at the Bridge and the upcoming Find More Birds.

  A guide to finding more birds

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  Merilyn Simonds Wednesday 29 November 7pm GMT

  Topic: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence – an extraordinary recluse who changed the way we see birds

  Merilyn started watching birds when she was seven, and she has been a writer for almost as long. Born on the Canadian Prairies, she grew up in Brazil and published her first book at 29. She is now the author of 20 books, published internationally. She writes in a wide variety of genres—literary fiction (such as the novel The Holding, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice) and creative nonfiction, including the Canadian classic, The Convict Lover, as well as personal essay, memoir, and travel.

  With her husband, author Wayne Grady, she lives in Kingston, Ontario, during spring and summer and in the mountains of central Mexico in the cooler months, enjoying birds in both their breeding and wintering grounds. She watches birds wherever she is and sits on the Board of Directors of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory in Ontario, Canada.

  Her new work —Woman, Watching— is an innovative memoir/biography of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, an extraordinary recluse who changed the way we see birds.

  Margaret Atwood hailed the book as “Lyrical, passionate, and deeply researched.”

  Kyo Maclear, author of Birds, Art, Life, wrote, “Woman, Watching is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s radical, it’s ravishing. Simply brilliant.”

  And Ian Davidson, Director for the Americas of BirdLife International called it, “A must-read for anyone who wants to understand how the nature ethic is woven into the fabric of our nation.”

  Louise Kiriline Lawrence – a remarkable ornithologist who is unknown to most of us.

  

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  Topic: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence – an extraordinary recluse who changed the way we see birds

  Merilyn started watching birds when she was seven, and she has been a writer for almost as long. Born on the Canadian Prairies, she grew up in Brazil and published her first book at 29. She is now the author of 20 books, published internationally. She writes in a wide variety of genres—literary fiction (such as the novel The Holding, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice) and creative nonfiction, including the Canadian classic, The Convict Lover, as well as personal essay, memoir, and travel.

  With her husband, author Wayne Grady, she lives in Kingston, Ontario, during spring and summer and in the mountains of central Mexico in the cooler months, enjoying birds in both their breeding and wintering grounds. She watches birds wherever she is and sits on the Board of Directors of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory in Ontario, Canada.

  Her new work —Woman, Watching— is an innovative memoir/biography of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, an extraordinary recluse who changed the way we see birds.

  Margaret Atwood hailed the book as “Lyrical, passionate, and deeply researched.”

  Kyo Maclear, author of Birds, Art, Life, wrote, “Woman, Watching is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s radical, it’s ravishing. Simply brilliant.”

  And Ian Davidson, Director for the Americas of BirdLife International called it, “A must-read for anyone who wants to understand how the nature ethic is woven into the fabric of our nation.”

  Louise Kiriline Lawrence – a remarkable ornithologist who is unknown to most of us.

  

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  Jeff Knott Thursday 30 November 7pm GMT

  Topic: What is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds?

  Jeff is a lifelong birder, who now works as the RSPB’s Director of Policy & Advocacy. He started his birding journey as a bird observatory ringer before volunteering for the RSPB as a teenager. After going to university in Norwich and Sydney he joined the RSPB’s policy teams working on birds of prey.

  Fifteen years later, he is still there, albeit after five years working in the operational teams across central and eastern England. From running major campaigns to recruiting Love Islanders to the cause, Jeff carries nature’s voice into the corridors of power across the UK and beyond.

  Join the RSPB’s Policy and Advocacy Director as he discusses the organisation’s work

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  Topic: What is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds?

  Jeff is a lifelong birder, who now works as the RSPB’s Director of Policy & Advocacy. He started his birding journey as a bird observatory ringer before volunteering for the RSPB as a teenager. After going to university in Norwich and Sydney he joined the RSPB’s policy teams working on birds of prey.

  Fifteen years later, he is still there, albeit after five years working in the operational teams across central and eastern England. From running major campaigns to recruiting Love Islanders to the cause, Jeff carries nature’s voice into the corridors of power across the UK and beyond.

  Join the RSPB’s Policy and Advocacy Director as he discusses the organisation’s work

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  Jennifer Ackerman Monday 2 October 7pm BST

  Topic: What an Owl knows

  Jennifer has been writing about nature and science for three decades. Her latest book, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds was an instant New York Times bestseller and has been described in reviews as “eloquent and engaging”, “revelatory”, a “fascinating read”, “a masterful survey”, and an “enchanting guide.”

  Jennifer’s previous books include The Bird Way, a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and named a Best Science Book of 2020 by National Public Radio’s “Science Friday”, and The Genius of Birds, also a New York Times bestseller, which has been published in 25 languages. That book was named one of the ten best nonfiction books of 2016 by The Wall Street Journal, a Best Book of the Year and a Nature Book of the Year by the London Sunday Times. Ackerman’s other books include Birds by the Shore, Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity, and Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body.

  Her articles and essays have appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Scientific American, and many other publications.

  Come and find out what an owl knows…

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  Topic: What an Owl knows

  Jennifer has been writing about nature and science for three decades. Her latest book, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds was an instant New York Times bestseller and has been described in reviews as “eloquent and engaging”, “revelatory”, a “fascinating read”, “a masterful survey”, and an “enchanting guide.”

  Jennifer’s previous books include The Bird Way, a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and named a Best Science Book of 2020 by National Public Radio’s “Science Friday”, and The Genius of Birds, also a New York Times bestseller, which has been published in 25 languages. That book was named one of the ten best nonfiction books of 2016 by The Wall Street Journal, a Best Book of the Year and a Nature Book of the Year by the London Sunday Times. Ackerman’s other books include Birds by the Shore, Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity, and Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body.

  Her articles and essays have appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Scientific American, and many other publications.

  Come and find out what an owl knows…

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