\n SandWorld wanted to ‘celebrate a man whose passion for the natural world has inspired generations across the globe’ on his 100th birthday – and did just that with a phenomenal sand sculpture.\n<\/p>\n
\n David Hicks and Mark Anderson, co-founders of SandWorld, said: “As co-founders of SandWorld, we were proud to create our tribute sculpture to Sir David Attenborough several years ago, celebrating a man whose passion for the natural world has inspired generations across the globe.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Reaching 100 years old is an extraordinary milestone, and we hope the sculpture continues to remind visitors of the importance of protecting our planet, its wildlife and oceans – a message Sir David has dedicated his life to sharing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n \u00a0Sir David, one of Britain’s most inspiring broadcasters with an astonishing career spanning 70 years, celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday.\n<\/p>\n
\n Events in honour of the beloved presenter were held across the country, and a star-studded concert took place at the Royal Albert Hall.\n<\/p>\n
\n In Dorset, The Prince of Wales School celebrated ‘David Attenborough Day’, with children dressed as animals, explorers, and habitats; free entry was given to anyone named David at Abbotbury Swannery on Saturday and Sunday; and cocktail bar Dark Bear in Bridport even held a birthday party for Sir David, with themed cocktails including Life on Earth, Blue Planet and Private Life of Plants.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sir David has frequented Dorset a number of times, and, as patron of Lyme Regis Museum, opened the Mary Anning wing at the Bridge Street museum in 2017.\n<\/p>\n
\n He returned to the county a year later when he was filming the BBC Documentary, Attenborough and the Sea Dragon.\n<\/p>\n
\n The documentary brought the history of the 200-million-year old ichthyosaur fossil to life, that was discovered on the Jurassic Coast, with his passion for nature and instantly recognisable narration.\n<\/p>\n
\n He also backs Lyme Regis fossil festival and helped the town campaign for its beloved statue of Mary Anning, which was erected in 2022.\n<\/p>\n
\n He officially opened Dorset Museum\u2019s long-awaited Jurassic Coast Gallery in 2008, and has returned many times over the years, including July 2011 to unveil one of the museum\u2019s most extraordinary exhibits: the skull of a pliosaur, dating back around 155 million years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SandWorld wanted to ‘celebrate a man whose passion for the natural world has inspired generations across the globe’…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-576508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}