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Writing tagged: ‘black-headed gulls’

Back-endish

Hebden Bridge, autumn

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

15 January 2020

Female stonechat
Female stonechat

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

16 July 2019

Black-headed gull dive-bombing grey heron

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

3 July 2019

Hoverfly

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

18 June 2019

Bee orchid
Bee orchid

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

20 February 2019

High tide, Gayton Marshes

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 Articles, Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Dee Marshes, expeditions, favourite places, gulls, proto-sidelines, voles, water rails, Wirral

Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
    Thoughts on nature writing · Richard Feynman · Vikings! · Bronze Age diets · recovered daguerreotypes · transit of Phobos · Alice Roberts · Cal Flyn
  • Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
    The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova
  • Newsletter No. 26: ‘Slits for pupils’
    Research triage · filing your nuggets · pupil shapes · Amy Liptrot · moths and bats · critical reading · early medieval history · Tim Dee · book reviews

Recent Sidelines

  • A long way
    A trip to Ireland.
  • In the early hours
    A bad night’s sleep has unforeseen benefits.
  • Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
    There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.

Recent Articles

  • Giving fiascos a bad name
    How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
  • 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.

News

  • 2021: a year in photos
    My eleventh annual video slideshow.
  • HebWeb interview
    I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

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