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A free talk and presentation of photographs from The Forest of Bowland by Helen Shaw. Tonight at 6pm with tea and coffee served in The Orangery. You can meet Helen, hear about her photography and why she loved this special place. 

Charles Moseley will be on @bbccambridgeshire speaking live on air to Chris Mann tomorrow at 12:10. Tune in to hear him speak about his new book, To the Eel Island, an evening journey (published 10 April).

The two Raven chicks spotted by Steve Wright at Marine Drive, Douglas, Isle of Man. I was slightly distracted though when a Hen Harrier flew over my head.

Common Ravens build their nests on tall structures like cliffs and towers and often reuse the same nests or nest sites each year. They usually nest in the spring, and both parents work together over several months to raise a single brood of up to seven chicks.

Ravens build rather large, untidy nests, but their eggs are beautiful and often uniquely patterned. The young birds mature slowly and may spend several months in association with their parents after leaving the nest.

Charles Moseley writes about his move from a fenland village to the nearby historic little city of Ely and breathes life into the history, natural world and people who have made his new home what it is today.

On one level, a story about moving, in old age, from a village to a nearby town, in this case the city of Ely. But also a moving exploration of ‘belonging’ and of moving on, of the layers of past generations of the local people who have shaped the new place, and the changes over the years wrought by nature and the shifting Fenland landscape.