Featured Writing
A personal selection of my writing on this website. To access all of my writing, please visit the Writing section.
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A British wildlife spectacle
Every spring, something happens in Britain that ranks alongside any wildlife spectacle you might see on telly.
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Peregrine-harrier tag-team challenge
In which I witness a peregrine and marsh harrier hunting together—almost as a team.
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Seabird jizz
When you see a bird often enough, its jizz begins to rub off on you—if you’ll pardon the expression.
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Invertigo
I’ve never seen stars remotely approaching those in Anglesey. There are so damn many of them. Thousand upon thousand. Too many to count.
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Pleasures of August
August on the Dee Marshes and the Pennine Moors, including encounters with a bolshie pheasant, a practising peregrine, and a flirty wheatear.
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Dipper waiting
With half an hour to kill in Hebden Bridge, I head over to the river to see if there are any dippers around.
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Eclipse
Photographing this morning’s partial solar eclipse.
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My bat-shit crazy hypothesis about rooks
A ridiculous observation concerning rooks, which can’t possibly be right.
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Grouse in winter
How red grouse change their habits in cold weather.
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Prize-winning author lost on Moor
When your instincts and your compass disagree, trust your instincts. I mean your compass.
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Back-endish
How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.
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The nearly dead tree
Each spring, I visit a particular corner of the Moor to check if an old friend has managed to survive another winter.