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Schlagwort: Birds

The Birdwatchers

12. Februar 2025 um 15:28 Uhr von Ronny

Ein mehrfach preisgekrönter Naturdokumentarfilm von Thomas Winward der sich denen widmet, die Vögel beobachten.

What does it mean to be a birdwatcher? Why is access to nature important? What makes someone get up at 3 a.m. to go birdwatching in the pouring rain?

My goal for 2024 was to make a short documentary off my own back. I self-funded, directed, shot and edited this little film about birdwatching in London, saying to myself that if it encouraged just one person to take environmental action it would be a success.

The response has blown me away.

It has been screened across the UK as well as in Canada and Colombia, where I introduced it in (clumsy) Spanish.

It has been selected for 12 film festivals and nominated for 8 awards, including Best Documentary at the BIFA-qualifying Sunrise Film Festival.

It has won 4 awards.


(Direktlink, via Nag on the Lake)

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9-jähriger Junge gewinnt europaweiten Möwen-Kreisch-Wettbewerb

26. April 2024 um 9:42 Uhr von Ronny

Was ihr bis eben nicht wusstet: Es gibt einen europäischen Möwen-Kreisch-Wettbewerb. Der fand kürzlich in der kürzlich in der belgischen Küstenstadt De Panne statt und gewonnen hat ihn der 9-jährige Cooper aus Chesterfield in Derbyshire, der von dort dafür extra nach Belgien gereist ist.

The family heard about the competition from a random man who overheard Cooper doing impressions at a soft-play centre and suggested Cooper could compete.

He scored 92 points out of a possible 100, which meant he won the juvenile category and also had the highest points score in the competition.

The other categories were for adults and also for „colonies“, meaning a group of people doing seagull impressions.

Cooper took his lucky mascot with him – a small model seagull which he calls Stephen and spells with a „ph“, but his parents call Steven Seagull, like the actor Steven Seagal.


(Direktlink, via BoingBoing)

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