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Writing tagged: ‘woodpigeons’

8 April 2020

Super-moon

A new podcast, jackdaws, and a super-moon.

Published 08-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, Melissa Harrison, podcasts, woodpigeons

15 January 2020

Female stonechat
Female stonechat

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

8 January 2020

Distracted by geese.

Published 08-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Dee Marshes, kestrels, little egrets, pink-footed geese, redshank, Wirral, woodpigeons

2 January 2020

Lots of woodpigeons.

Published 02-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, woodpigeons

5 October 2019

A walk in the woods.

Published 05-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, dogs, Hebden Bridge, woodpigeons

18 August 2019

Birds flying into windows.

Published 18-Aug-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, collared doves, Hebden Bridge, woodpigeons

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

7 February 2019

Female hen harrier

Distracted by raptors.

Published 07-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, buzzards, crows, Dee Marshes, hen harriers, teal, Wirral, woodpigeons

Recent Newsletters

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