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Writing tagged: ‘swifts’

Newsletter No. 23: ‘Emerging from aestivation’

Gannet, Bempton Cliffs

Massimo Pigliucci · ‘spirituality’ · Barry Lopez · talking trees · Eleanor Konik · rewilding · Mark Cocker · light pollution · Sir Clive Sinclair · Horatio Clare · swifts · The Enlightenment

Published 01-Oct-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, Barry Lopez, Horatio Clare, light pollution, Mark Cocker, Massimo Pigliucci, rewilding, spirituality, swifts, The Enlightenment

Book review: ‘The Screaming Sky’ by Charles Foster

‘The Screaming Sky’ by Charles Foster

A celebration of swifts.

Published 03-Jul-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: reviews, swifts

Swift visit

Swift

In search of Apus apus.

Published 16-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: swifts, Yorkshire

31 July 2020

Swifts feeding on flying ants

A seasonal feast.

Published 31-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: ants, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, insects, swifts

29 July 2020

Swifts

Swifts circulating.

Published 29-Jul-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, swifts

12 May 2020

Heptonstall

A second swift, and some spectacular light.

Published 12-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, swifts

11 May 2020

Pugnacious chaffinches, and a welcome returnee.

Published 11-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, Hebden Bridge, sexual selection, swifts

12 August 2019

Sheep Stones Edge

Spotted on the Moor this Inglorious Twelfth: hen harriers (0); red grouse (0); gamekeepers (1).

Published 12-Aug-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, carrion crows, curlews, grouse-shooting, heather, Hebden Bridge, On the Moor (book), roe deer, swifts, the Moor, tormentil, trig point 4144

25 June 2019

Foxgloves
Foxgloves at the side of the lane

A walk in the rain to examine foxgloves.

Published 25-Jun-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, bumblebees, Calder Valley, dogs, flowers, foxgloves, Hebden Bridge, swifts

5 June 2019

Sedge warbler
Sedge warbler

A walk along the marsh.

Published 05-Jun-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, cow parsley, Dee Marshes, flowers, marsh mallows, marsh orchids, Phragmites, plants, rabbits, reed mace, sedge warblers, small-flowered cranesbill, swallows, swifts, Wirral, yellow flag irises

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