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Writing tagged: ‘flowers’

29 June 2021

Nutclough Wood

A lovely new circular walk.

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

28 June 2021

Commemorative stone

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

31 May 2021 (redux)

Buttercups

Hebden Bridge has reached Peak Yellow.

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

31 May 2021

Welsh poppies

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

23 May 2021

Greater stitchwort

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

10 May 2021

Bluebells

A walk into Hebden Bridge through the woods.

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

11 April 2021

April snow

Snow and bluebells

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

1 February 2021

Grey heron

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

8 September 2020

Common lizards

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

5 July 2020

Ragwort and foxgloves

A wet week.

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

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Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
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    The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova
  • Newsletter No. 26: ‘Slits for pupils’
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