Chris Packham...

[Dan Salter]

oooooo....I do hope it comes to kent...or he does i should say.

I picked up his "Back garden Nature reserve" book at christmas to use up the last few quid of a christmas garden centre voucher...I am reading it in bed and its actually really good. From an ecology point of view as well as robin stroker level...And in the following 3 days after reading his chapter on Sparrowhawks i have seen 3! ha ha...jus a coincidence though.

We should shortly move into the long awaited country house so i can put more of the Wildlife garden ideas into practice....Cant wait.

Dan

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

oooooo....I do hope it comes to kent...or he does i should say.

I picked up his "Back garden Nature reserve" book at christmas to use up the last few quid of a christmas garden centre voucher...I am reading it in bed and its actually really good. From an ecology point of view as well as robin stroker level...And in the following 3 days after reading his chapter on Sparrowhawks i have seen 3! ha ha...jus a coincidence though.

We should shortly move into the long awaited country house so i can put more of the Wildlife garden ideas into practice....Cant wait.

Dan

He's amazing. The only person I know with a collection of animal poo and roadkill skulls! He like people to handle his finds too!

[Dan Salter]

You can handle my finds whenever you like jules !

[eeyore]

more info here Chris Packham - theatre shows. Chris Packham’s managing agent is David Foster Management.

[Mandy]

UPDATE!

What a great night, very informative and amusing. It was at a very pleasant venue and we had a ten minute chat with Chris during the interval and got photos! I haven sussed out how to upload pics on here but the pics can be seen on my blog British Nature and Wildlife pics

He was really pleasant and down to earth, just a regular guy! Would recommend anyone to go to one of his shows if you get the chance. The second part of his excellent series "Natures Calendar" starts on BBC2 in the next week or so.

Mandy

[smartie]

Lucky you. Wonder how much he costs to book. That WAB AGM idea someone mentioned a while back (sorry, someone, can't remember who ) sounds like a good idea. I might check with his management company, just out of interest, though I suspect it will be too expensive.

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by Mandy

The second part of his excellent series "Natures Calendar" starts on BBC2 in the next week or so. Mandy

I think it actually starts on the 12th February and, speaking of which (and without wishing to sound too immodest ) I'm pleased to say the BBC have put one of my Kingfisher shots as the lead photo on the home page of the programme's website - BBC Natures Calendar - I'm chuffed to bits

Jeff

[Mandy]

Yep youre right, just checked out the link. Love the kingfisher photo! Well done for getting it on there. I have been waiting to snap a kingfisher with my new camera but alas it has not been around for a while. got some pics with my old camera but they not too brilliant. No doubt I will get my chance at some point

Mandy

[smartie]

Well done Jeff. Lovely photo. I note you live near Cambridge - was it one of the Fowlmere ones?

[JeffH]

Originally Posted by smartie

Well done Jeff. Lovely photo. I note you live near Cambridge - was it one of the Fowlmere ones?

Thanks for your kind words (and you Mandy) but No - it's better than that - it's a regular visitor to my garden It started coming in Spring of last year when I completed a two ponds with adjoining stream water feature. The photo on the Natures Calendar website was taken during the Christmas break when it was here nearly every day and for up to 2 hours a day. It was here again over the weekend and on Sunday morning spent more than half an hour perched over my pond about 30' from our patio window!

There's lots more photos on the Gallery if you're interested. I posted another this morning.

Jeff