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New podcast episode to wrap your lugs around as you scan the fields for geese and hedgerows for thrushes!
Brand new podcast episode available now with the brilliant @drmjwarren.bsky.social ! Warm your heart cockles on this wintery day with tales of places named after birds, whisky and log fires and the bird that sh*tbombs its enemies!
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Episode 41: Michael J. Warren
Michael J. Warren is a writer, naturalist, medievalist and teacher of English with a passion for the places and birds of Britain. Michael is the author of two books, most recently The Cuckoo’s Lea…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New podcast episode to wrap your lugs around as you scan the fields for geese and hedgerows for thrushes!
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My neighbour complained about all the songbirds that keep coming into my garden because of the bird feeder I have out there. So I bought more bird feeders and now get more songbirds visiting.
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My neighbour complained about all the songbirds that keep coming into my garden because of the bird feeder I have out there. So I bought more bird feeders and now get more songbirds visiting.
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Wrote a piece for @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social’s #30DaysWild. All about how to get more medieval with your connections to local place. Includes a ‘medieval’ map my daughter drew of a place in our village—a memory map of nature landmarks. #naturewriting www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/30-days...
A history of birds and place | The Wildlife Trusts
We can learn about nature in the most unexpected ways. Even the names of places offer us an opportunity to learn, not only about the wildlife on our doorstep, but local history too. Author, naturalist...
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June 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Wrote a piece for @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social’s #30DaysWild. All about how to get more medieval with your connections to local place. Includes a ‘medieval’ map my daughter drew of a place in our village—a memory map of nature landmarks. #naturewriting www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/30-days...
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I reviewed @drmjwarren.bsky.social's new book The Cuckoo's Lea for @theguardian.com. Safe to say, if there was a Desert Island Books and I was on it, this would be on my list. Utterly captivating. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The Cuckoo’s Lea by Michael Warren review – a magical ornithological history of Britain
From buzzards in Oxfordshire to cranes in Kent – how once common birds left their mark in British place names
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June 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I reviewed @drmjwarren.bsky.social's new book The Cuckoo's Lea for @theguardian.com. Safe to say, if there was a Desert Island Books and I was on it, this would be on my list. Utterly captivating. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Gorgeous, in depth review by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social of a gorgeously immersive book, #TheCuckoosLea @drmjwarren.bsky.social … ‘by the end, we live … newly able to read the growth rings of place, & to perceive an alternative land shimmering over the one we already know.’ Oh, & that owl!
The Cuckoo’s Lea by Michael Warren review – a magical ornithological history of Britain
From buzzards in Oxfordshire to cranes in Kent – how once common birds left their mark in British place names
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Gorgeous, in depth review by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social of a gorgeously immersive book, #TheCuckoosLea @drmjwarren.bsky.social … ‘by the end, we live … newly able to read the growth rings of place, & to perceive an alternative land shimmering over the one we already know.’ Oh, & that owl!
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The Cuckoo's Lea - reviewed today in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The Cuckoo’s Lea by Michael Warren review – a magical ornithological history of Britain
From buzzards in Oxfordshire to cranes in Kent – how once common birds left their mark in British place names
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Cuckoo's Lea - reviewed today in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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More dates to come, but here’s where you can find me talking about #thecuckooslea. Some great guests joining me! 😊 For details: www.birdsandplace.co.uk/thecuckooslea. @globalbirdfair.bsky.social @wildlifefestival.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
More dates to come, but here’s where you can find me talking about #thecuckooslea. Some great guests joining me! 😊 For details: www.birdsandplace.co.uk/thecuckooslea. @globalbirdfair.bsky.social @wildlifefestival.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social