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Writing tagged: ‘proto-sidelines’

Stuff I wrote before I conceived of my ‘Sidelines’ section, but, in retrospect, should rightly be filed there.

Where has all the heather gone?

Trig Point

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

The Rough Patch

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

Going camera-less

Wasps' nest
Wasps' nest.

Taking walks without lugging around a massive camera bag: it’ll never catch on!

Published 15-Jul-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: insects, photography, proto-sidelines, wasps

High tides and volant voles

An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.

Published 04-Jan-2018
Filed under: Featured Articles, Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Dee Marshes, expeditions, favourite places, gulls, proto-sidelines, voles, water rails, Wirral

What I did on my holidays

Moelfre

An Anglesey timelapse video.

Published 18-Sep-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, proto-sidelines, videos

Spoonbill identification: harder than you might think

Spoonbills
Spoonbills, little egret, grey herons and Canada geese

Struggling to identify a species is the best way to learn.

Published 06-Aug-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, favourite places, proto-sidelines, spoonbills, Wirral

Wren visit

Wren

In which I find myself face-to-beak with Troglodites troglodites.

Published 07-Jun-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, wrens, Yorkshire

Turtles of the air

Swifts

What links sea-turtles, swifts, and railway viaducts? Plus some handy ornithological photo tips.

Published 31-May-2016
Filed under: Featured Articles, Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, evolution, Hebden Bridge, photography, proto-sidelines, science, swifts, Tobago, turtles, Yorkshire

A monument to lethargy

Our driveway
Our driveway.

Sloth is a much-maligned sin, as our driveway demonstrates.

Published 30-May-2016
Filed under: Featured Articles, Writing Tags: Calder Valley, flowers, garden, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, rough patches, Yorkshire

A British wildlife spectacle

More bluebells

Every spring, something happens in Britain that ranks alongside any wildlife spectacle you might see on telly.

Published 16-May-2016
Filed under: Featured Articles, Writing Tags: bluebells, Calder Valley, flowers, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, Yorkshire

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