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The Talking Parcel (also published as The Battle for Castle Cockatrice) is a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which children are transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. They are aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.
A Memorial Celebration for the Life of Gerald Durrell (1995) World of Animals episode on Gerald Durrell and Jersey Zoo, Channel One, Moscow (2004) The Wild Life of Gerald Durrell, BBC Four (December 2005) Wildlife in a War Zone, using archival Durrell footage and examining the changes brought about by war in Sierra Leone, Animal Planet, May 2006
The Durrell Wildlife Park has a bronze statue of Gerald Durrell by John Doubleday, cast along with a ruffed lemur at his knee and a Round Island gecko at his feet. Jersey brought out stamps honouring the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust and Mauritius brought out a stamp based on a race of a rare gecko named after Durrell.
Gerald Malcolm Durrell OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He was born in Jamshedpur in British India , [ note 2 ] and moved to England when his father died in 1928.
Pages in category "Books by Gerald Durrell" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... The Talking Parcel; Three Singles to Adventure; W.
Leslie Stuart Durrell (born 10 March 1917, Mymensingh, Bengal, today Bangladesh; [15] [16] d. 13 August 1982, Kensington, London [17]). Remembered for his fascination with guns and shooting — as depicted in Gerald Durrell's Corfu trilogy — Leslie was also a talented painter, but lacked the application to develop his gift. [18]
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Margaret Isabel Mabel "Margo" Durrell (4 May 1919 – 16 January 2007) was the younger sister of novelist Lawrence Durrell and elder sister of naturalist, author, and TV presenter Gerald Durrell, who lampoons her character in his Corfu trilogy of novels: My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods.