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Writing tagged: ‘Calder Valley’

Meadow at sunset

Sun’s all hottin’ in the rotten hot

Is it just me, or is it hot around here?

Published 22-Jul-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, linnets, mammals, roe deer, siskins, whitethroats
Nutclough Wood

29 June 2021

A lovely new circular walk.

Published 29-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, flowers, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, Nutclough Wood, yellow rattle
Commemorative stone

28 June 2021

A walk around Ogden Water, and an encounter with a locally rare bird.

Published 28-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, ducks, flowers, gesses, great crested grebes, grey herons, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, John Frederick Bateman, Ogden Water, On the Moor (book), siskins, videos, yellow flag irises
Noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds

One of the advantages of living in the same area as a number of other nature-writerish types is you occasionally receive really good tip-offs.

Published 19-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Calder Valley, clouds, Hebden Bridge
Barn owl

Being prepared

The barn owl returns bang on schedule.

Published 16-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, voles
Barn owl

Talon spotting

A barn owl on a hunting expedition.

Published 03-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, mistle thrushes, voles
Buttercups

31 May 2021 (redux)

Hebden Bridge has reached Peak Yellow.

Published 31-May-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, buttercups, buzzards, Calder Valley, flowers, Hebden Bridge
Welsh poppies

31 May 2021

Being the world’s laziest gardener certainly has its advantages.

Published 31-May-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: bats, birds, Calder Valley, dandelions, flowers, Hebden Bridge, herb Robert, rosebay willowherb, stinging nettles, tawny owls, Welsh poppies
Greater stitchwort

23 May 2021

May is running a bit late. The squirrels are making a nuisance of themselves.

Published 23-May-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blue tits, Calder Valley, cow parsley, flowers, forget-me-nots, greater stitchwort, greenfinches, grey squirrels, Hebden Bridge, mammals
Bluebells

10 May 2021

A walk into Hebden Bridge through the woods.

Published 10-May-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: bluebells, Calder Valley, flowers, Hebden Bridge
Wren

17 April 2021

In search of wrens.

Published 17-Apr-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, wrens
April snow

11 April 2021

Snow and bluebells

Published 11-Apr-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: bluebells, Calder Valley, flowers, Hebden Bridge, lesser celandines, snow, wild garlic

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