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Writing tagged: ‘Wales’

End of a streak

Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018
Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018

My 32-year streak climbing the same hill in North Wales on Christmas Eve has come to an end. 😕

Published 24-Dec-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, coronavirus, Mike D, Stense, Wales

24 December 2019

Buzzard

My 32nd consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau in North Wales.

Published 24-Dec-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Carolyn, Christmas, Wales, Wirral

24 December 2018

Moel Famau, Christmas Eve 2018

My 31st consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau.

Published 24-Dec-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Carolyn, Christmas, dogs, Wales

31 October 2018

Sandwich tern

Watching terns.

Published 31-Oct-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, birds, Wales

The Welsh side

In all my years visiting the Dee Marshes, I had never looked across them from the Welsh side.

Published 03-Mar-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Dee marshes, expeditions, photography, Wales, Wirral

Newsletter No. 2: Glorified monkeys

Puffin Island
Looking towards Puffin Island, Anglesey.

Anglesey · lost exploration craft rediscovered · writing advice from Rebecca Solnit · volcanic sunsets · Ted Hughes · typographical tips · a strange way to estimate π · Dull Men’s Club · street photography · free speech · Alexander von Humboldt

Published 06-Oct-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Andrea Wulf, Anglesey, GrrlScientist, Rebecca Solnit, science, Ted Hughes, Wales

An irrelevance in the landscape

Puffin Island
Looking towards Puffin Island, Anglesey.

On the realisation that the natural world gets on perfectly well without us.

Published 03-Oct-2016
Filed under: Featured Articles, Writing Tags: Anglesey, birds, favourite places, nature waiting, Wales

Seabird jizz

Manx shearwater
Close-up from same photo.

When you see a bird often enough, its jizz begins to rub off on you—if you'll pardon the expression.

Published 09-Jan-2016
Filed under: Featured Articles, Writing Tags: Anglesey, birds, favourite places, nature, photography, proto-sidelines, Wales

Invertigo

Milky Way
The Milky Way.

I’ve never seen stars remotely approaching those in Anglesey. There are so damn many of them. Thousand upon thousand. Too many to count.

Published 01-Oct-2015
Filed under: Featured Articles, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Anglesey, astronomy, Caught by the River, favourite places, photography, science, Wales

Back-endish

Sea mist
Sea mist, early morning, Anglesey

How a mere week can make a big difference in the natural world.

Published 27-Sep-2014
Filed under: Featured Articles, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Anglesey, autumn, birds, Caught by the River, favourite places, swallows, Wales

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