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The 'Animal Feeding' or From ‘Feed the Birds’ to ‘Do Not Feed the Animals’ project held a series of public workshops with artists Rebecca Jewell and Sandy Sykes. Participants explored mediaeval Bestiaries, discussed animal feeding practices in the past and present, and learned watercolour painting techniques. Each attendee had the opportunity to create their own Bestiary page and write a short story inspired by their research ...

We're delighted to announce the date of another of our modern bestiary art workshops on 28th October 2023.

We're delighted to announce that Dr Virginia Thomas has coauthored a paper which discusses her research on domestic and wildcat management: Categorisation of cats: Managing boundary felids in Aotearoa New Zealand and Britain.

The Animal Feeding team are looking for red kite feeders in Reading and the surrounding area! The town has long been known as a town of red kite lovers - and our team of researchers want to know if that is still the case so they can learn more about the birds of prey.