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Writing tagged: ‘lapwings’

Selfheal

30 June 2020

The delights of a wet day.

Published 30-Jun-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, curlews, flowers, Hebden Bridge, lapwings, selfheal
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
Daisy

16 April 2020

Birds and butterflies.

Published 16-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, butterflies, Calder Valley, cowslips, curlews, daisies, flowers, Hebden Bridge, insects, lapwings
Red grouse

6 March 2020

A walk on the Moor. Some spring favourites are back! And a thrilling barn owl encounter.

Published 06-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: archaeology, barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, curlews, Hebden Bridge, lapwings, red grouse, the Moor, trig point 4144
Long-tailed tit

25 February 2020

Dowitcher twitcher.

Published 25-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, lapwings, long-tailed tits, starlings, twitching, Wirral

19 February 2020

Two signs of spring.

Published 19-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, blackthorns, Canada geese, lapwings, 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
Little egret

9 October 2019

Dragonfly and egret action, and sad news from home.

Published 09-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-tailed godwits, Cetti’s warblers, Dee Marshes, dragonflies, foxes, insects, lapwings, little egrets, mammals, moorhens, photography, redshank, Wirral
Looking down from the Moor

6 June 2019

A walk on the Moor.

Published 06-Jun-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, bumblebees, buzzards, Calder Valley, common pheasants, curlews, Hebden Bridge, lapwings, linnets, meadow pipits, skylarks, the Moor, trig point 4144
Bluebells, Hardcastle Crags

29 April 2019

Bluebells and a lapwing.

Published 29-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, bluebells, flowers, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, lapwings, photography

21 April 2019

No lapwings!

Published 21-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, lapwings
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

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