{"id":7985,"date":"2025-09-18T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2025-09-18T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:00:10","slug":"birds-and-history-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7985","title":{"rendered":"Birds and History Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

A busy time here. We have thoroughly enjoyed the Gloucester History Festival<\/strong>. Sam Dalrymple’s<\/strong> talk was outstanding on the History of the Indian Subcontinent<\/strong> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

I was back at Wick Court<\/strong> yesterday, not great for birds but the young people were curious and asked some really challenging questions.<\/p>\n

I visited WWT Slimbridge<\/strong><\/span> today – got a soaking and it was windy as well. A couple of pictures I took below – a knot and a snipe.<\/p>\n

We are off to Lincoln<\/strong> tomorrow (guess who are playing there on Saturday?) We are also seeing some old friends.<\/p>\n

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