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Grey seal

On the rocks

What I saw sitting on my favourite rock.

Published 25-Sep-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2022, birds, Brent geese, cormorants, curlews, gannets, grey seals, guillemots, gulls, little egrets, nature waiting, oystercatchers, razorbills, RNLI, rock pipits, Sandwich terns, swallows, wheatears
Risso’s dolphins

Grampus

A thrilling encounter on one of my favourite walks along the north Anglesey coast.

Published 18-Sep-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: Anglesey, choughs, dolphins, gannets, ravens
Swallows

Winter emigrants—for the time being

Swallows aren’t summer migrants; they’re winter emigrants.

Published 02-Sep-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: climate change, swallows
Stanage Edge

Stanage Edge

A walk in Derbyshire.

Published 26-Aug-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: Derbyshire, Peak District
Male Lady Amherst’s pheasant

Lady Amherst’s pheasant

A rare bird visits our garden.

Published 11-Jul-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, Jen, Lady Amherst’s pheasant, pheasants, rarities
Gannet

Bempton

More than just gannets…

Published 10-Jul-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: barn owls, gannets, guillemots, insects, jackdaws, kittiwakes, photography, puffins, razorbills, tree sparrows, Yorkshire

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Darwinian smut On my new ‘Daily Darwin’ project.
Gannet 2022: a year in photos My twelfth annual video slideshow.
‘Darwin in Conversation’ exhibition, Cambridge University Library Cambridge Darwin pilgrimage A trip to see a treasure-trove of Darwinalia.
Darwin’s study at Down House Charles Darwin’s note-making system An exploration of how Darwin kept track of his various notes, enabling him to produce a huge body of work.

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