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Writing tagged: ‘kestrels’

On the Moor

A healthy assortment of raptors

A walk on the Moor.

Published 28-Aug-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, buzzards, heather, kestrels, sparrowhawks, wheatears
Hail shower heading down the Hebden Valley

6 April 2021

Buzzards and blizzards.

Published 06-Apr-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, buzzards, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, kestrels, snow
Rabbit, chilling

31 August 2020

Buzzards, wasps, a kestrel, and a bunny.

Published 31-Aug-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, buzzards, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, insects, kestrels, mammals, rabbits, wasps
Across the Expanse

20 August 2020

A walk on the Moor during 'peak purple'.

Published 20-Aug-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, grouse-shooting, heather, Hebden Bridge, kestrels, stonechats, the Moor
Roe buck

27 April 2020

A wonderful day’s wildlife.

Published 27-Apr-2020
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: archaeology, barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, coronavirus, curlews, garden, goat willows, Hebden Bridge, insects, kestrels, lapwings, mammals, meadow pipits, mistle thrushes, red grouse, roe deer, skylarks, stonechats, swallows, the Moor, trig point 4144, videos, wheatears
Thrush's snail ‘anvil’

24 March 2020

Mobbing, molluscs, and foraging.

Published 24-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, goldfinches, hawthorn, Hebden Bridge, kestrels, snails, song thrushes
Flock of redshank

11 March 2020

A thrilling spectacle.

Published 11-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, curlews, Dee Marshes, dunlin, gulls, kestrels, little egrets, oystercatchers, peregrines, pink-footed geese, redshank, shelducks, teal, Wirral
Knots (probably)
Knots (probably).

23 January 2020

A glorious day on the marshes.

Published 23-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Dee Marshes, dunlin, horseflies, kestrels, linnets, little egrets, long-tailed tits, midges, Phragmites, pink-footed geese, redwings, robins, rooks, starlings, stonechats, Wirral
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

8 January 2020

Distracted by geese.

Published 08-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, kestrels, little egrets, pink-footed geese, redshank, Wirral, woodpigeons
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
Black-headed gull dive-bombing grey heron

16 July 2019

Bolshie gulls and a defensive heron.

Published 16-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, birds, black-headed gulls, Dee Marshes, great white egrets, grey herons, kestrels, little egrets, reed warblers, Wirral

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