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Writing tagged: ‘nature waiting’

Grey seal

On the rocks

What I saw sitting on my favourite rock.

Published 25-Sep-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2022, birds, Brent geese, cormorants, curlews, gannets, grey seals, guillemots, gulls, little egrets, nature waiting, oystercatchers, razorbills, RNLI, rock pipits, Sandwich terns, swallows, wheatears
Morning view from my favourite rock

Sitting on a rock with a brew, gazing out to sea

There are important elements of writing that feel like skiving.

Published 11-Sep-2022
Filed under: #AmWriting, Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2022, nature waiting, on writing
Nuthatch, Crow Nest Wood

10 April 2021

A spot of nature waiting.

Published 10-Apr-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, nature waiting, nuthatches
Early morning down at the rocks

2 September 2019

Chilling out, until a peregrine kicks up a commotion.

Published 02-Sep-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2019, birds, herring gulls, nature waiting, oystercatchers, peregrines, Sandwich terns
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
Trig Point

Where has all the heather gone?

The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.

Published 09-Aug-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, heather, nature waiting, On the Moor (book), proto-sidelines, the Moor, trig point 4144, videos
Rough patch

The Rough Patch

On the advantages of being a crap gardener.

Published 19-Jul-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, garden, Hebden Bridge, nature waiting, proto-sidelines, rough patches, stinging nettles
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
Dipper
Dipper.

Dipper waiting

With half an hour to kill in Hebden Bridge, I head over to the river to see if there are any dippers around.

Published 24-Jul-2015
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, dippers, dogs, Hebden Bridge, nature, nature waiting, proto-sidelines, Yorkshire

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