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Writing tagged: ‘blackbirds’

14 May 2020

A pumped-up greenfinch, a distant owl, and a Nazi blackbird.

Published 14-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, birds, blackbirds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, greenfinches, Hebden Bridge

28 April 2020

A commotion.

Published 28-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, sparrowhawks
Fieldfare on our hawthorn

2 December 2019

Blackbirds and fieldfares all over our hawthorn.

Published 02-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Calder Valley, fieldfares, hawthorn, Hebden Bridge, trees
Autumn, Burton Marshes

27 November 2019

A walk along the misty Dee Marshes,

Published 27-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Burton Point, Canada geese, Dee Marshes, frogs, jackdaws, kestrels, linnets, mistle thrushes, pink-footed geese, ravens, robins, rooks, voles, Wirral

16 November 2019

Lots of berries.

Published 16-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Calder Valley, fieldfares, hawthorn, Hebden Bridge, mistle thrushes, trees

18 April 2019

Logging the dawn chorus.

Published 18-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, collared doves, dunnocks, goldfinches, great tits, Hebden Bridge, house sparrows, robins, tawny owls, woodpigeons, wrens
A thwarted jackdaw.

1 January 2019

The start of a new year.

Published 01-Jan-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, rooks

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