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Writing tagged: ‘chaffinches’

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

11 May 2020

Pugnacious chaffinches, and a welcome returnee.

Published 11-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, Hebden Bridge, sexual selection, swifts
Red kite

25 March 2020

Avian action, and a rare visitor.

Published 25-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, curlews, goldfinches, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, red kites, rooks, starlings
The temporary office.

23 March 2020

Office move.

Published 23-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blue tits, Calder Valley, chaffinches, common pheasants, coronavirus, curlews, dunnocks, goldfinches, great tits, greenfinches, Hebden Bridge, house sparrows, magpies
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

25 April 2019

Testosterone-pumped chaffinches are at it again!

Published 25-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, Hebden Bridge, sexual selection

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
Male brambling
Male brambling

30 November 2018

Two rare bird sightings.

Published 30-Nov-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, barn owls, birds, bramblings, Calder Valley, chaffinches, Hebden Bridge

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