In this episode, I sit down with Tanya Excell for a chat. An author and personality of the Red Head villages who created a beautiful gift of connection for her community with her book, 'Birds of the Red Head Villages'. After decades of activism and rising despair Tanya turned her attention to doing something to give back to her community. She wanted to find a way for people to connect more with the living world around them and increase their knowledge and noticing of their place. In Tanya's words 'If you love that place, if you know that place, you won't hurt that place. You'll nurture that place'.

And so, her book was born along with a new generation of “twitchers” - Birds of the Red Head Villages is an easy reference guide for people to learn about the Jerrinja country and its birds and is relevant to the entire Shoalhaven. A guide that introduces community to the important role cf

citizen science, becoming a record and building awareness of how critical and urgent conservation of animals home is.

Order Birds of the Red Head Villages

https://www.manyanamatters.com.au/

or

https://www.facebook.com/manyanamatters?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Donate of get involved

http://www.birdlifeshoalhaven.org/

https://birdlife.org.au/

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