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Writing tagged: ‘geese’

A thrilling encounter on the most inauspicious of days

A surprisingly fruitful week in terms of random bird encounters

Published 09-Oct-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, geese, great spotted woodpeckers, Hebden Bridge, kingfishers, long-tailed tits, videos
Dee Marshes, Parkgate, sunset
Dee Marshes, Parkgate, sunset

9 July 2019

Dinner with a friend, and a Dee sunset.

Published 09-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, geese, grey herons, photography, starlings, Stense, Wirral
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
Dee Marshes, Burton Point

27 March 2019

A walk along the edge of the Dee Marshes.

Published 27-Mar-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: alders, birds, Burton Point, common whitlow grass, Dee Marshes, flowers, geese, goat willows, gorse, great white egrets, hawthorn, kestrels, little egrets, long-tailed tits, moorhens, rooks, skylarks, spring, Wirral
Tea-break

14 February 2019

A St Valentine’s Day walk on the Moor.

Published 14-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, geese, Hebden Bridge, red grouse, the Moor, trig point 4144
Rudi

31 December 2018

On geese and crispy duck pancakes.

Published 31-Dec-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Christmas, dogs, food and drink, geese, Hebden Bridge

17 October 2018

Geese spotted overhead.

Published 17-Oct-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, geese, Hebden Bridge

16 October 2018

Everything is suddenly feeling very autumnal.

Published 16-Oct-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, bats, birds, Calder Valley, geese, Hebden Bridge, mammals
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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