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Writing tagged: ‘redshank’

Flock of redshank

11 March 2020

A thrilling spectacle.

Published 11-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, curlews, Dee Marshes, dunlin, gulls, kestrels, little egrets, oystercatchers, peregrines, pink-footed geese, redshank, shelducks, teal, 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

8 January 2020

Distracted by geese.

Published 08-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, kestrels, little egrets, pink-footed geese, redshank, Wirral, woodpigeons
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
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
High tide, Gayton Marshes

20 February 2019

High tide at the Dee Marshes.

Published 20-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Brent geese, curlews, Dee Marshes, greylag geese, mallard, pink-footed geese, redshank, shelducks, teal, Wirral
Hoylake

11 December 2018

The seaside in winter.

Published 11-Dec-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-tailed godwits, cormorants, dunlin, Hoylake, knots, Liverpool, oystercatchers, photography, redshank, shelducks, Wirral

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