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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

9 July 2019

Dee Marshes, Parkgate, sunset
Dee Marshes, Parkgate, sunset

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

10 April 2019

Cetti's warbler
Cetti's warbler

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

27 March 2019

Dee Marshes, Burton Point

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

14 February 2019

Tea-break

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

31 December 2018

Rudi

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

Back-endish

Sea mist
Sea mist, early morning, Anglesey

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

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

Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
    Thoughts on nature writing · Richard Feynman · Vikings! · Bronze Age diets · recovered daguerreotypes · transit of Phobos · Alice Roberts · Cal Flyn
  • Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
    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’
    Research triage · filing your nuggets · pupil shapes · Amy Liptrot · moths and bats · critical reading · early medieval history · Tim Dee · book reviews

Recent Sidelines

  • A long way
    A trip to Ireland.
  • In the early hours
    A bad night’s sleep has unforeseen benefits.
  • Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
    There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.

Recent Articles

  • Giving fiascos a bad name
    How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
  • Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
    To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

News

  • 2021: a year in photos
    My eleventh annual video slideshow.
  • HebWeb interview
    I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

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Recent Photos

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