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Month: April 2019

29 April 2019

Bluebells, Hardcastle Crags
Bluebells, Hardcastle Crags

Bluebells and a lapwing.

Published 29-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, flowers, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, photography

25 April 2019

Testosterone-pumped chaffinches are at it again!

Published 25-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Hebden Bridge

21 April 2019

No lapwings!

Published 21-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Hebden Bridge

Introducing Sidelines

Buttercups!

A new section on my website dedicated to the (mostly nature) writing I write ‘on the side’. Definitely not a diary.

Published 21-Apr-2019
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: on writing, Sidelines

18 April 2019

Logging the dawn chorus.

Published 18-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder valley, Hebden Bridge

17 April 2019

Cowslips

Cowslips and Darwin.

Published 17-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, flowers

16 April 2019

Writing in the car.

Published 16-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: on writing, Wirral

14 April 2019

Gunshots echoing around the valley.

Published 14-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder valley, Hebden Bridge

11 April 2019

Curlews calling.

Published 11-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder valley, Hebden Bridge

10 April 2019

Cetti's warbler
Cetti's warbler

In search of bearded tits.

Published 10-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Wirral

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