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Writing tagged: ‘starlings’

Hockney’s ‘A Year in Normandie’

Newsletter No. 29: ‘An inspiration’

David Hockney • starling murmurations • ancient scripts • wet plate photography • Amy Liptrot • Black Death! • book reviews

Published 01-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, ancient scripts, David Hockney, photography, starlings
Red kite

25 March 2020

Avian action, and a rare visitor.

Published 25-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, curlews, goldfinches, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, red kites, rooks, starlings
Long-tailed tit

25 February 2020

Dowitcher twitcher.

Published 25-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, lapwings, long-tailed tits, starlings, twitching, Wirral
Knots (probably)
Knots (probably).

23 January 2020

A glorious day on the marshes.

Published 23-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Dee Marshes, dunlin, horseflies, kestrels, linnets, little egrets, long-tailed tits, midges, Phragmites, pink-footed geese, redwings, robins, rooks, starlings, stonechats, Wirral
Dee Marshes, Parkgate, sunset
Dee Marshes, Parkgate, sunset

9 July 2019

Dinner with a friend, and a Dee sunset.

Published 09-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, geese, grey herons, photography, starlings, Stense, Wirral
Thomas Browne

Sir Thomas Browne observes a murmuration of starlings

Quote from ‘Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes’.

Published 22-May-2015
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, proto-sidelines, science, starlings, Thomas Browne

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