I was have been delighted to receive funding by Arts Council England to roll out the Birds on the Branchline project, working with wonderful partners and having the invaluable support of GWR, Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and Artconnexion UK.

We explored what kind of birds live along our branch lines in Cornwall, how they have adapted, what dangers they face and how we could help preserve their habitat and encourage new species to settle there.

Creative literacy/nature preservation workshops took place either indoors, outdoors or on site visits and were based around the notion of Word Birds and a Poetree.

My very own sing-a-long picture book ‘The Magic Train Ride’ was also used for added inspiration.

Those taking part created songs, stories and poems that could be showcased at final celebration events in our interactive copper Poetree.