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Writing tagged: ‘stonechats’

Across the Expanse

20 August 2020

A walk on the Moor during 'peak purple'.

Published 20-Aug-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, grouse-shooting, heather, Hebden Bridge, kestrels, stonechats, the Moor
Roe buck

27 April 2020

A wonderful day’s wildlife.

Published 27-Apr-2020
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: archaeology, barn owls, birds, Calder Valley, coronavirus, curlews, garden, goat willows, Hebden Bridge, insects, kestrels, lapwings, mammals, meadow pipits, mistle thrushes, red grouse, roe deer, skylarks, stonechats, swallows, the Moor, trig point 4144, videos, wheatears
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
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

30 December 2019

A strange bird.

Published 30-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, curlews, Dee Marshes, pink-footed geese, robins, Stense, stonechats, Wirral

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