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Writing tagged: ‘flowers’

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
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
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
Grey heron

1 February 2021

A decidedly un-Februaryish day, and a close encounter with a heron.

Published 01-Feb-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, flowers, grey herons, Mum, snowdrops
Common lizards

8 September 2020

Seabird tornado, lizards, porpoises, and house martins.

Published 08-Sep-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2020, birds, cetaceans, choughs, common lizards, devil’s-bit scabious, flowers, gannets, gorse, gulls, heather, house martins, porpoises, reptiles, swallows, thrift
Ragwort and foxgloves

5 July 2020

A wet week.

Published 05-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, flowers, foxgloves, Hebden Bridge, ragwort
Selfheal

30 June 2020

The delights of a wet day.

Published 30-Jun-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, curlews, flowers, Hebden Bridge, lapwings, selfheal
Bullfinch

21 June 2020

Distracted by the bird-table.

Published 21-Jun-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, bullfinches, Calder Valley, Darwin book, flowers, foxgloves, grey squirrels, Hebden Bridge, mammals

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