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Writing tagged: ‘gannets’

Gannet

Bempton

More than just gannets…

Published 10-Jul-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: barn owls, gannets, guillemots, insects, jackdaws, kittiwakes, photography, puffins, razorbills, tree sparrows, Yorkshire
The view from my favourite Anglesey rock

Anglesey 2021

My annual early September holiday in Anglesey.

Published 22-Sep-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2021, astronomy, birds, gannets, grey seals, ravens, razorbills, swallows
Gannet in flight

Gannets

A visit to the gannetry at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.

Published 24-Aug-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, gannets, Yorkshire
Filey

9 May 2021

A day out at the seaside.

Published 09-May-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: amphibians, Arctic terns, birds, Filey, frogs, gannets, Yorkshire
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
Razorbill

7 September 2020

Watching razorbills.

Published 07-Sep-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2020, birds, curlews, gannets, gulls, little egrets, oystercatchers, razorbills

6 September 2020

Watching yachts, and a walk along the Anglesey coast.

Published 06-Sep-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2020, birds, cormorants, gannets, peregrines, reminiscences, rock pipits, shags
Near Moelfre

5 September 2020

Back to Anglesey!

Published 05-Sep-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2020, birds, cormorants, gannets, oystercatchers, razorbills, Sandwich terns
Bull Bay headland

3 September 2019

Guillemots and gulls in action, and my favourite Anglesey walk.

Published 03-Sep-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2019, birds, crabs, flowers, gannets, gorse, guillemots, heather, herring gulls, linnets, ravens, sheep’s bit, tormentil, wheatears
Puffin Island

An irrelevance in the landscape

On the realisation that the natural world gets on perfectly well without us.

Published 03-Oct-2016
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Writing Tags: Anglesey, birds, cormorants, dolphins, favourite places, gannets, grey seals, gulls, herring gulls, Manx shearwaters, nature waiting, oystercatchers, turnstones, Wales
Sea mist
Sea mist, early morning, Anglesey

Back-endish

How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.

Published 27-Sep-2014
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Anglesey, autumn, birds, Caught by the River, favourite places, gannets, geese, guillemots, gulls, house martins, sloes, swallows, Wales, wheatears

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