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Writing tagged: ‘birds’

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
On the Moor

A healthy assortment of raptors

A walk on the Moor.

Published 28-Aug-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, buzzards, heather, kestrels, sparrowhawks, wheatears
Male Lady Amherst’s pheasant

Newsletter No. 30: ‘Ming’

Fabulous birds · Rebecca Solnit · Webb Space Telescope · Stonehenge · book reviews · cutting some crap · and more…

Published 29-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, birds, photography, physics, prehistory, Rebecca Solnit
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
Creative Commons photo from [gardenbirdwatching.com website](http://www.gardenbirdwatching.com/magpie.html)

Weird magpie

In which I encounter a brown and white magpie.

Published 30-Jun-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, leucism, magpies, Yorkshire
Swallow feeding its young

Sibling rivalry

In nature, individuals aren’t just in competition with the elements or other species.

Published 30-Jun-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, introverts v extroverts, natural selection, photography, swallows, swifts, Yorkshire
St Patrick's Well, Clonmel

A long way

A trip to Ireland.

Published 21-May-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black guillemots, Ireland, Manx shearwaters, terns
Hebden Bridge, autumn

Back-endish

This wonderful autumn has finally begun to show signs of ‘back-endishness’, although there are still plenty of glorious colours to admire.

Published 20-Nov-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Calder Valley, fieldfares, Hebden Bridge, Hollingworth Lake, redwings
Hardcastle Crags, autumn
Hardcastle Crags, autumn

Autumn strolls

After several days of pretty dreadful weather, Jen and I were finally able to get some decent autumn strolls in over the last week.

Published 09-Nov-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, birds, Calder Valley, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, long-tailed tits, red kites, redwings, roe deer

A thrilling encounter on the most inauspicious of days

A surprisingly fruitful week in terms of random bird encounters

Published 09-Oct-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, geese, great spotted woodpeckers, Hebden Bridge, kingfishers, long-tailed tits, videos

27 September 2021

Our semi-tame resident pheasant, Philip (whom I suspect is actually Philip III), has been strutting proudly about the garden the last few days with missus and kids in tow.

Published 27-Sep-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, pheasants, videos
The view from my favourite Anglesey rock

Anglesey 2021

My annual early September holiday in Anglesey.

Published 22-Sep-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2021, astronomy, birds, gannets, grey seals, ravens, razorbills, swallows

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