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Writing tagged: ‘ducks’

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
The ruins of Red Dikes Farm above Withens Clough reservoir

8 April 2021

A walk round Withens Clough reservoir.

Published 08-Apr-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, ducks, goldeneyes, wheatears, Withens Clough
Xanthoria parietina

11 April 2020

Looking out over Hebden Bridge, some curlews, and some lichen.

Published 11-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, curlews, ducks, green woodpeckers, Hebden Bridge, lichen, mallards, nuthatches, Xanthoria parietina
Robin

4 April 2020

Taking in the view from across the valley.

Published 04-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Canada geese, ducks, hawthorn, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, mallards, nuthatches, robins, rooks
Rochdale Canal

21 February 2020

A wet hour to kill.

Published 21-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, ducks, goosanders, Hebden Bridge, Stephen Rutt
Cetti's warbler
Cetti's warbler

10 April 2019

In search of bearded tits.

Published 10-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: avocets, bar-tailed godwits, bearded tits, birds, brimstone butterflies, Cetti’s warblers, chiffchaffs, Dee Marshes, ducks, gadwalls, geese, lapwings, little egrets, little grebes, nature waiting, ravens, reed buntings, shovelers, teal, tufted ducks, Wirral

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