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Month: July 2020

Swifts feeding on flying ants

31 July 2020

A seasonal feast.

Published 31-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: ants, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, insects, swifts
Swifts

29 July 2020

Swifts circulating.

Published 29-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, swifts
Roe buck

26 July 2020

The buck stops here—but not for long.

Published 26-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: badgers, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, mammals, roe deer
House martins gathering grit

24 July 2020

Scores of house martins.

Published 24-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, house martins

22 July 2020

Great spotted woodpecker sighted.

Published 22-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, great spotted woodpeckers, Hebden Bridge
Dad’s Swiss Army knife
Dad’s Swiss Army knife

21 July 2020

Dad does some archaeology.

Published 21-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: dogs, reminiscences, Wirral

20 July 2020

My podcast appearance, and a spot of astronomy.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, bats, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, mammals, podcasts
Barn owl

Newsletter No. 20: ‘Giving it the David Attenboroughs’

In which I gatecrash a podcast, and share cool stuff by the likes of: Melissa Harrison · Luke Turner · Werner Herzog · Merlin Sheldrake · Robert Macfarlane · Gaby Wood · Caught by the River · Philip Hoare · and a host of talented extras.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, birds, Caught by the River, Clive James, Darwin book, Donald Hall, Gaby Wood, Gilbert White, Luke Turner, Melissa Harrison, Merlin Sheldrake, Philip Hoare, Philip Larkin, podcasts, Robert Macfarlane, Werner Herzog
‘Kilvert’s Diary’ by Francis Kilvert

Book review: ‘Kilvert’s Diary’ by Francis Kilvert

The diary of a Victorian country curate.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place, People Tags: Francis Kilvert, reviews
New moon, Mercury and Venus setting over Heptonstall

Giving fiascos a bad name

How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.

Published 20-Jul-2020
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: bats, Calder Valley, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, Melissa Harrison, podcasts, YNWA
Comet Neowise
Comet Neowise over Old Town Mill, Hebden Bridge

19 July 2020

Weeding, and a spot of comet-watching.

Published 19-Jul-2020
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: astronomy, barn owls, Calder Valley, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, plants
C18 engraving of Selborne

Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin

To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

Published 18-Jul-2020
Filed under: Articles, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Gilbert White

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