Darwin Green Residents’ Association (DGRA)

Learn more about the association

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See also the About page, or use the Contact page to reach out.

Constitution

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Here is the logo for the association:

DGRA logo: stylised, monochrome hummingbird and heron in a circle

The hummingbird and the heron are references to Charles Darwin and Cambridge, respectively.

During his trips, Darwin studied a number of birds, and his observations eventually led to the conception of the theory of evolution. As it turns out, most of the birds that Darwin studied were not hummingbirds, but finches or mockingbirds. Nevertheless, in the collective imagination hummingbirds remain strongly associated to the scientist; the legacy £10 bank notes may have played a role in this. See also Darwin’s Hummingbird from Iris Montero Sobrevilla. A hummingbird also has the advantage of being easier to represent in a distinctive fashion on a logo.

Although not a formal emblem, the heron is a bird that can frequently be observed in Cambridge, both as an live animal around the river Cam, and as murals.