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Writing tagged: ‘black-headed gulls’

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

19 February 2020

Two signs of spring.

Published 19-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, blackthorns, Canada geese, lapwings, Wirral
Female stonechat
Female stonechat

15 January 2020

Birds on the Dee Marshes.

Published 15-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Burton Point, buzzards, chaffinches, curlews, Dee Marshes, hen harriers, jackdaws, kestrels, lapwings, little egrets, Phragmites, pink-footed geese, ravens, redshank, rooks, stonechats, teal, Wirral, woodpigeons
Black-headed gull dive-bombing grey heron

16 July 2019

Bolshie gulls and a defensive heron.

Published 16-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, birds, black-headed gulls, Dee Marshes, great white egrets, grey herons, kestrels, little egrets, reed warblers, Wirral
Hoverfly

3 July 2019

A visit to Burton Mere.

Published 03-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: avocets, bar-tailed godwits, bee orchids, birds, black-headed gulls, Dee Marshes, fish, flowers, hoverflies, insects, little egrets, spotted redshanks, Wirral
Bee orchid
Bee orchid

18 June 2019

A hillfort and an exciting botanical first!

Published 18-Jun-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: avocets, bar-tailed godwits, bee orchids, birds, black-headed gulls, Burton Point, Cetti’s warblers, Darwin book, Dee Marshes, flowers, greenshanks, Wirral
High tide, Gayton Marshes

20 February 2019

High tide at the Dee Marshes.

Published 20-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Brent geese, curlews, Dee Marshes, greylag geese, mallard, pink-footed geese, redshank, shelducks, teal, Wirral

High tides and volant voles

An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.

Published 04-Jan-2018
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Dee Marshes, expeditions, favourite places, gulls, proto-sidelines, voles, water rails, Wirral

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