Life at Seaforth

Bizarrely, Woodpecker was one of the first words I was taught in Welsh, when we moved here 17 years ago; 'Cnocell y Coed' "Blimey, there must be a lot of Woodpeckers in Wales" I thought, if I'm going to need to be able to chuck 'Cnocell y Coed' into casual conversation on a regular basis. So out of curiosity I looked up what the Great Spotted Woodpecker (Cnocell y smotyn gwych!) population was..approximately 40,000 pairs in Great Britain, although oddly none in Ireland until about 2008 when they first started breeding in the very east of the country. Whilst looking...

At some point in the evolution of Seaforth Designs, the humble Dunlin rather covertly became the 'Company Crest', the logo emblazoned on business cards, flyers and website home pages. During the past year, this has significantly developed into its own 'collection', with Dunlins now adorning Seaforth tableware, mugs and even its own fabric design. But why the Dunlin? I have long had an interest in our feathery friends and the move to Pembrokeshire 16 years ago, opened up an exciting new world of Puffins, Peregrines and Choughs, previously inaccessible to me in land-locked Wiltshire.  Anyone of these exotic birds I would have enthusiastically...

Growing up in rural Wiltshire in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by nature and the sometimes bizarre wildlife spectacles that I took for granted; 'Mad March Hares' boxing each other, adult Spotted Flycatchers unconditionally feeding their gargantuan Cuckoo chicks and one other occasion that stands firm in my memory. As an enthusiastic new member of the Young Ornithologists Club, I would spend hours watching a nest box that my parents had put up in the garden, frustratingly waiting for something exciting to happen. Then one morning, as I checked expectantly, I watched...