Jess Painter
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 7 Jul
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Apparently my first word was bird.
I don't know how my mum feels about that, but I was really lucky to have grown up with an ecologist for a dad, so I was always encouraged to take notice.
of birds.
But really, I've actually gotten into birdwatching properly in the last few years, and I'm now proud to call myself a birdwatcher in a way maybe I wouldn't have done when I was a bit younger.
Jess explained why birding has come back into her life.
I think when I'm watching a bird, I'm not thinking about anything else.
I have a break from, I guess, checking my emails.
scrolling on my phone, I'm entirely focusing on something.
So it feels like a little bit of a treat to myself.
And I think it's a chance to get out of yourself and to focus on something external.
They're such beautiful, amazing animals.
They are a joy to watch.
And if you just spend a bit of time to really notice them, you start to notice all these things, you know, even your common pigeon, your jackdaw.
I was watching a jackdaw eating, I think it was a
kebab mayonnaise out of a pot this morning from the window at work.
And as soon as you start watching them, it really opens up this whole world and it makes a walk to work kind of a treat as opposed to a chore.
On social media and online, I've seen it have this huge uptake.
People are really embracing it.
And because social media is a place to be really creative and interpret birdwatching in a new kind of way, one that's funny, one that's artistic, one that's just a lot more accessible, it's a really contagious hobby.
It's really visual.
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