Mary Colwell

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6 weeks to save our curlews: how to help one of Britain's most threatened birds

1 week ago | saga.co.uk | Phillipa Cherryson |Mary Colwell

Article Magazine life real life It’s up to all of us – particularly walkers and dog owners – to help save the haunting sound of our countryside. By Phillipa Cherryson | Published - 13 Apr 2025 I still remember the first time I heard the call of the curlew. I was out walking in the hills in South Wales and its haunting whistle, ‘cur-lee’, stopped me in my tracks.
In 2025 young people are more removed from nature than ever

Jan 15, 2025 | thetablet.co.uk | Mary Colwell

In 2025 young people are more removed from nature than everIn 2025 young people are more removed from nature than everRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £37.50 quarterly Print copy of The Tablet delivered directly to your door. Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content. Access to the weekly digital copy of The Tablet. Full access to The Tablet’s archive – over 180 years of back issues.
Slender-billed Curlew declared extinct

Nov 17, 2024 | curlewaction.org | Mary Colwell

The Slender-billed Curlew was one of eight species of Curlew on Earth, but now two have gone for ever, the other two species, including our own Eurasian Curlew, are in varying degrees of peril. The Eskimo Curlew was thought to be the most numerous wading bird in the world when it migrated between Alaska and South America, the passing flocks were said to darken the skies. It was shot in huge numbers and its feeding grounds converted to farmland; it vanished very quickly.
Song of the Fenland

Sep 11, 2024 | thetablet.co.uk | Mary Colwell

Deborah Warner’s 60th anniversary production of Britten’s Curlew River, a highlight at this year’s Aldeburgh Festival, is on BBC4 in the autumn. Mary Colwell was thereGet Instant AccessRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £30 quarterly Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content. The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive. PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer.
The universe pulsates with the character of a loving creator

Aug 8, 2024 | thetablet.co.uk | Mary Colwell

08 August 2024, The TabletThe universe pulsates with the character of a loving creatorGet Instant AccessContinue ReadingRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £30 quarterly Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content. The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive. PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer. Already a subscriber? Login
The Need For Teaching Nature And Culture

Jul 30, 2024 | teachingtimes.com | Mary Colwell

Create or add to an existing Knowledge Bank Select from an existing Knowledge Bank or create a new one using the dropdown Creative Teaching and Learning The influence of the natural world on our creative spirit is irreplaceable. By teaching nature and art together, Mary Colwell argues, educators can bring lifelong enrichment to their students.
Inside The New Natural History GCSE

Jun 10, 2024 | teachingtimes.com | Mary Colwell

Last summer, I glimpsed what I hoped would be the future. It was around 3:30 pm, peak time for children from the large, inner-city secondary school near my house to walk home. On a traffic-free street a group of boys were messing around when one of them stopped, crouched down, and for a fleeting moment looked at a ‘weed’ growing in the gutter.
Too strange for sunlight

May 15, 2024 | thetablet.co.uk | Mary Colwell

Nocturnal spring chorusThere is much to celebrate about morning birdsong at this time of year, but the bizarre and otherworldly sounds of the night choir have a strange charm of their own. The light was fading fast as the cars pulled up in the middle of a large field, a nature reserve in eastern Poland, just a few miles from the border with Belarus. It was mid April and uncharacteristically mild, with a soft breeze laden with the dampness of recent rain.
The Best Travel Writing of 2024

Mar 20, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Ghaith Abdul-Ahad |Alice Albinia |Mary Colwell |Leon McCarron

As a judge for the 2024 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards you’re in an excellent position to advise us on whether it has been a good year for travel books. Yes, I think it has been a very good year for travel writing, as illustrated by the books on the shortlist. One of the great pleasures of being on the judging panel is that you get to read so widely. The finalists cover an incredibly diverse range of topics, places, perspectives and voices, which is wonderful.
European Curlew Fieldworker Workshop

Dec 19, 2023 | avivacommunityfund.co.uk | Mary Colwell

The Eurasian Curlew, once a familiar sight and sound across the British countryside, is facing dramatic declines. Since the 1980s, numbers have dropped by 98% in Southern Ireland, 80% in Wales and 60% across England and Scotland. In the last 75 years, two of the world's nine Curlew species - the Eskimo and the Slender-billed Curlew - have already gone extinct.