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Writing tagged: ‘tawny owls’

31 May 2021

Welsh poppies

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

27 May 2020

International Space Station

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

19 May 2020

Cotton grass

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

30 July 2019

Juvenile robin

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

21 January 2019

Eclipsed moon

Photographing the lunar eclipse.

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

Recent Newsletters

  • Newsletter No. 28: ‘Breaking my golden rule’
    Thoughts on nature writing · Richard Feynman · Vikings! · Bronze Age diets · recovered daguerreotypes · transit of Phobos · Alice Roberts · Cal Flyn
  • Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
    The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova
  • Newsletter No. 26: ‘Slits for pupils’
    Research triage · filing your nuggets · pupil shapes · Amy Liptrot · moths and bats · critical reading · early medieval history · Tim Dee · book reviews

Recent Sidelines

  • A long way
    A trip to Ireland.
  • In the early hours
    A bad night’s sleep has unforeseen benefits.
  • Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
    There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.

Recent Articles

  • Giving fiascos a bad name
    How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
  • Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
    To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

News

  • 2021: a year in photos
    My eleventh annual video slideshow.
  • HebWeb interview
    I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

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Recent Photos

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