Solastalgia is a grieving for a lost landscape. It is produced by environmental change impacting on those directly connected to their environment. It is more than a nostalgic sentiment, it is a form of homesickness based on an informed understanding for the value of what is lost and cannot be recovered. As with so many conditions it is not only a human sentiment. Animals also bear witness and are known to express grief and loss when disconnected from their environments. With the changing climate and ever encroaching impacts on areas of wilderness many species are beginning to change their habits, migration seasons and behaviours. I have often seen waterbirds & other animals wandering far from their usual homes, adrift in the desert. These creatures are harbingers, signifiers of a last longing, paying homage to a lost world.