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Writing tagged: ‘great spotted woodpeckers’

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
Young wren

1 August 2021

A wren and a woodpecker.

Published 01-Aug-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, dogs, great spotted woodpeckers, Hebden Bridge, wrens

22 July 2020

Great spotted woodpecker sighted.

Published 22-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, great spotted woodpeckers, Hebden Bridge
Hardcastle Crags, Autumn

30 October 2019

An autumnal photo-expedition, and an encounter with a top-ten bird.

Published 30-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, birds, Calder Valley, dippers, great spotted woodpeckers, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, nuthatches, photography
Carolyn and Minnie

17 January 2019

A woodland walk with a friend.

Published 17-Jan-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Carolyn, curlews, dogs, great spotted woodpeckers, jackdaws, lapwings, little egrets, robins, rooks, Wirral

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