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Writing tagged: ‘jackdaws’

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
Nutclough Wood

29 June 2021

A lovely new circular walk.

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

10 August 2020

A hint of olive green.

Published 10-Aug-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, swallows, willow warblers
Jackdaw gathering horse-hair

24 April 2020

Garden macro photography, and a jackdaw gathering nesting material.

Published 24-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, cuckooflower, flowers, greater stitchwort, Hebden Bridge, insects, jackdaws, oak galls, orange-tip butterflies, photography
Super-moon

8 April 2020

A new podcast, jackdaws, and a super-moon.

Published 08-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, Melissa Harrison, podcasts, woodpigeons
Robin

4 April 2020

Taking in the view from across the valley.

Published 04-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Canada geese, ducks, hawthorn, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, mallards, nuthatches, robins, rooks
Red kite

25 March 2020

Avian action, and a rare visitor.

Published 25-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, curlews, goldfinches, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, red kites, rooks, starlings
Jackdaws roosting in Crow Nest Wood
Jackdaws roosting in Crow Nest Wood

8 February 2020

Roosting jackdaws

Published 08-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, dogs, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws
Female stonechat
Female stonechat

15 January 2020

Birds on the Dee Marshes.

Published 15-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Burton Point, buzzards, chaffinches, curlews, Dee Marshes, hen harriers, jackdaws, kestrels, lapwings, little egrets, Phragmites, pink-footed geese, ravens, redshank, rooks, stonechats, teal, Wirral, woodpigeons
Jackdaw

10 January 2020

The local jackdaws and rooks seem to think it’s Spring.

Published 10-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, rooks
Autumn, Burton Marshes

27 November 2019

A walk along the misty Dee Marshes,

Published 27-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Burton Point, Canada geese, Dee Marshes, frogs, jackdaws, kestrels, linnets, mistle thrushes, pink-footed geese, ravens, robins, rooks, voles, Wirral
Burton Marshes

17 October 2019

The Dee Marshes.

Published 17-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Cetti’s warblers, Dee Marshes, jackdaws, knots, little egrets, ravens, redshank, reed mace, rooks, teal, Wirral

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