a bird describes its forest

the bird lives in a small conifer plantation that is being transformed to a mixed species, permanent forest

foresters have created light gaps and the new tiny forest of mixed species is beginning to grow amongst the shelter of the conifers - monoculture tree plantations can be transformed to vibrant healthy forests if we follow nature's own dynamics

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artist filmmaker Cathy Fitzgerald's work is informed by her conversations with leading international foresters who promote new close-to-nature continuous cover permanent forestry www.prosilvaeurope.ning.com

her small 2 acre 25 yr old woodland 'hollywood' is the smallest close-to-nature continuous cover forest in ireland

initial thoughts about this work -  it quietly references and is narrated by a bird’s song that threads through the piece. As a result a more non-human perspective of a forest is given and the information about how the forest transforms itself is presented in a less didactic, more visually/aurally poetic way.

The idea came from a previous sketch 'forest description in 60 sec', where I had been using a high powered rifle mic to capture birdsong in the forest… and i realised i could use how birds describe their territory as a metaphor for telling us about the forest and its transformation -  wonder if it subtle enough?