7 December 2019

My first redwings of the winter first thing this morning, pigging out on the hawthorn berries on our hedge. Such delightful, small thrushes, easily distinguished from their cousins by size alone.

I don’t know why I keep saying ‘hawthorn berries’, rather than ‘haws’. It seems politer somehow.

Richard Carter’s newsletters

Newsletter icon

science • history • nature

RICH TEXT: My personal newsletter about science, history and nature writing.

DARWIN NEWSLETTER: Celebrating the grandeur in Charles Darwin’s view of life.


Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

To respond on your own website, enter the URL of your response (which should contain a link to this post). After moderation, your response will then appear on this page. Learn more »