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Writing tagged: ‘ravens’

Risso’s dolphins

Grampus

A thrilling encounter on one of my favourite walks along the north Anglesey coast.

Published 18-Sep-2022
Filed under: Nature, Writing Tags: Anglesey, choughs, dolphins, gannets, ravens
The view from my favourite Anglesey rock

Anglesey 2021

My annual early September holiday in Anglesey.

Published 22-Sep-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2021, astronomy, birds, gannets, grey seals, ravens, razorbills, swallows
Blackstone Edge

9 April 2021

A walk along Blackstone Edge.

Published 09-Apr-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Blackstone Edge, Greater Manchester, meadow pipits, ravens
Garden incinerator

26 March 2020

Time for a bonfire!

Published 26-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, curlews, garden, Hebden Bridge, ravens

15 March 2020

A sinister portent.

Published 15-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, birds, Calder Valley, coronavirus, Hebden Bridge, ravens
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
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
Burton Marshes

17 October 2019

The Dee Marshes.

Published 17-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Cetti’s warblers, Dee Marshes, jackdaws, knots, little egrets, ravens, redshank, reed mace, rooks, teal, Wirral
Bull Bay headland

3 September 2019

Guillemots and gulls in action, and my favourite Anglesey walk.

Published 03-Sep-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2019, birds, crabs, flowers, gannets, gorse, guillemots, heather, herring gulls, linnets, ravens, sheep’s bit, tormentil, wheatears
Roe deer

7 May 2019

Deer, warblers, and lots of midges.

Published 07-May-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Calder Valley, Dee Marshes, Hebden Bridge, insects, mammals, midges, ravens, reed buntings, roe deer, sedge warblers, whinchats, whitethroats, Wirral
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
Malham Cove

22 November 2018

In textbook limestone country.

Published 22-Nov-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, ravens, Yorkshire Dales

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