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Writing tagged: ‘tawny owls’

Welsh poppies

31 May 2021

Being the world’s laziest gardener certainly has its advantages.

Published 31-May-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: bats, birds, Calder Valley, dandelions, flowers, Hebden Bridge, herb Robert, rosebay willowherb, stinging nettles, tawny owls, Welsh poppies
International Space Station

27 May 2020

Photographing the International Space Station.

Published 27-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, bats, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, insects, International Space Station, photography, tawny owls
Cotton grass

19 May 2020

Owls hooting, partridges scooting, and cotton grass shooting.

Published 19-May-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, cotton grass, Hebden Bridge, tawny owls

14 January 2020

Tawny owls hooting.

Published 14-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, owls, tawny owls
Juvenile robin

30 July 2019

A bird, a mammal, and an amphibian.

Published 31-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: amphibians, birds, Dee Marshes, mammals, pygmy shrews, robins, Stense, tawny owls, toads, Wirral

18 April 2019

Logging the dawn chorus.

Published 18-Apr-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, collared doves, dunnocks, goldfinches, great tits, Hebden Bridge, house sparrows, robins, tawny owls, woodpigeons, wrens
Eclipsed moon

21 January 2019

Photographing the lunar eclipse.

Published 21-Jan-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, tawny owls

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