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Writing tagged: ‘bumblebees’

‘New Road’ above Hebden Bridge
‘New Road’ above Hebden Bridge

30 March 2021

Spring has finally returned.

Published 30-Mar-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: bees, birds, bumblebees, Calder Valley, curlews, Hebden Bridge, mammals, roe deer, spring
Lesser celandines

7 April 2020

The yellow season is upon us.

Published 07-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: bees, bumblebees, Calder Valley, dandelions, flowers, Hebden Bridge, lesser celandines

29 July 2019

About the birds and the bees.

Published 29-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, bees, birds, bumblebees, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, sparrowhawks
Foxgloves
Foxgloves at the side of the lane

25 June 2019

A walk in the rain to examine foxgloves.

Published 25-Jun-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, bumblebees, Calder Valley, dogs, flowers, foxgloves, Hebden Bridge, swifts
Looking down from the Moor

6 June 2019

A walk on the Moor.

Published 06-Jun-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, bumblebees, buzzards, Calder Valley, common pheasants, curlews, Hebden Bridge, lapwings, linnets, meadow pipits, skylarks, the Moor, trig point 4144
Tree bumblebees
Tree bumblebees.

22 May 2019

A lost crow, a harried harrier, and bumblebee squatters.

Published 22-May-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: bees, birds, bumblebees, Dee Marshes, flowers, hooded crows, insects, Manchester, Welsh poppies, Wirral

24 March 2019

My first bumblebee of the year.

Published 24-Mar-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: bumblebees, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, insects

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