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Writing tagged: ‘Manx shearwaters’

St Patrick's Well, Clonmel

A long way

A trip to Ireland.

Published 21-May-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black guillemots, Ireland, Manx shearwaters, terns
Puffin Island

An irrelevance in the landscape

On the realisation that the natural world gets on perfectly well without us.

Published 03-Oct-2016
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Writing Tags: Anglesey, birds, cormorants, dolphins, favourite places, gannets, grey seals, gulls, herring gulls, Manx shearwaters, nature waiting, oystercatchers, turnstones, Wales
Manx shearwater
Close-up from same photo.

Seabird jizz

When you see a bird often enough, its jizz begins to rub off on you—if you'll pardon the expression.

Published 09-Jan-2016
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: Anglesey, birds, favourite places, Manx shearwaters, nature, photography, proto-sidelines, Wales, whitethroats

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Darwin’s study at Down House Charles Darwin’s note-making system An exploration of how Darwin kept track of his various notes, enabling him to produce a huge body of work.

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