Thursday, 15 January 2009

Morecambe Bird Art




A visit to Morecambe in Lancashire gave me a chance to look at the art that has been installed as part of the Tern project http://www.tern.org.uk/ All along the promenade and out onto the Stone Jetty are pieces of landscape art. I particularly liked these rather leggy Coots and spread-eagled Cormorants.

The sculptures add a nice sense of place, they could perhaps work better with the aid of some additional interpretation to get folk to connect the sculptures with the internationally important wetland [Morecambe Bay] that they over look.

Whilst looking at the artworks in the gloom of early morning, it was great to see a Peregrine tear through and scare the local Oystercatchers into flight.

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