9.30am-11am
Our final seasonal bird walk of the year. Please join our Winter Bird Walk led Lev Parikian, as we listen for bird song and look for birds in West Norwood Cemetery.
Perhaps we will see our only migrant bird who has flown to our corner of West Norwood all the way from Iceland, the Faroes or Scandinavia - the Redwing!
This is a FREE event, but booking essential as places are limited, click on the headline for more info and booking link ...
Booking essential as places are limited - BOOK YOUR PLACES HERE
The walk will last 90 minutes and while much of it will be on paths, we may need to get closer to some birds off the trails, so please come prepared with appropriate foot ware and dress for the weather. We highly recommend that you bring binoculars, but we will have a few spare pairs you can borrow.
After the walk we will go into the West Norwood Library & Picturehouse next door for a hot drink and a chance to talk to Lev, as well as to buy his books.
This is a completely FREE guided walk, brought to the community as part of the ongoing National Heritage Lottery funded project. You can find out more on the project website: www.westnorwoodcemetery.org
If you have any queries on accessibility, or anything else, please contact Kim Hart on khart@lambeth.gov.uk
More on Lev Parikian:
Lev Parikian is a writer and conductor living in London.
His six books cover a range of subjects: Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? is the story of his return to birdwatching after an absence of 30 years; Into The Tangled Bank explores our relationship with the natural world; Light Rains Sometimes Fall is a year of nature on his local patch; Music To Eat Cake By is a collection of essays on subjects given to him by readers; and Waving, Not Drowning is a lighthearted look at the mysterious world of orchestral conducting. Into The Tangled Bank was longlisted for the 2021 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.
Lev's sixth book, Taking Flight, about flight in the animal kingdom, was published in May 2023 and was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2023.
Lev also writes a regular column for The Guardian’s Country Diary, has reviewed for the Times Literary Supplement and features for Bird Watching magazine.
As a conductor, Lev is devoted to the rich world of amateur music-making, and works with several London-based orchestras. He has also produced two CDs, with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the City of Oxford Orchestra, of music by Stuart Hancock and Roland Roberts. A particular highlight was conducting the theme tune for The Missing Hancocks for BBC Radio 4 with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Lev was also the instigator of the popular ‘Twitter Birdsong Project’, day-by day guide designed to help beginners unravel the mysteries of British birdsong.
Website: https://levparikian.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LevParikian
