🎁 A brief message for terribly thoughtful and / or last-minute present buyers:

Did you know you can give the gift of a birdsong experience this Christmas with a voucher for an upcoming birdsong walk in Sussex or London, or a gift subscription to Shriek of the Week for 2026?

You didn’t?

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🎁 Shriek of the Week Gift Subscription

It’s the gift that keeps on giving (specifically, weekly).

Your loved one will get:

• The weekly narrated posts from January till the end of June

• PLUS four lessons on fieldcraft and birdsong knowhow through the spring

• AND full access to the whole archive of 75-and-counting species lessons

• NOT FORGETTING a standing invitation to our monthly ‘Early Bird Club’ Zoom calls

You can give all that, to yourself or someone else, for [rubs eyes] £25 before January 5th.*

Give a gift subscription

🎁 Voucher for a Birdsong Morning

For those within striking distance of Brighton or West London, get a voucher code that can be redeemed against a ‘walking workshop’ with me in Spring 2026.

In these early morning sessions we tune our ears to local song in bird-rich but accessible spots.

Current planned walks are:

• Brighton (Stanmer Park) - 7 March (6 tickets left), 11 April, 16 May

• London (Wimbledon Common) - 28 March

You can also simply buy tickets for a specific event if you prefer (click on the dates above).

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As well as providing comfort and joy to whomever you buy for, any purchase supports me to keep all this going and growing.

THANK YOU for subscribing to Shriek of the Week in 2025.

I’ll be back with the oh-so-festive dying-in-a-ditch sounds of the Water Rail before New Year, before the more melodic songs begin again on 1 January.

Wishing you a peaceful week. Wherever you are, enjoy the birds.

Charlie

If you have a question for me or a comment on Shriek of the Week, please leave a comment on this post or email me charlie@birdsong.academy