Category Archives: Birds

Smile

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A lesson on wings

The taxi was going to be late. No bus, still no car. I need to be elsewhere and I’m stuck. Could have stayed in bed a bit longer…Didn’t have to get up before dawn… but the cold had woken me, … Continue reading

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Timorous

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Vengeance

The greatest vengeance We can wreak upon a foe May be compassion

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Feathers

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Here’s what’s on Top of my Christmas Tree – what’s on Yours?

The robin that sits on top of my Christmas tree has been with me for over thirty years. He is looking a little past his prime, perhaps, but we know each other. He has watched my children grow, he sat … Continue reading

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The visible world

The red kite watched us pass as we drove to the station. Another soared over the fields a few miles further on. The return saw yet another perched beside the road and two more, the biggest I have yet seen, … Continue reading

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A weather eye on the birds…

I stepped outside this morning as a kite flew low over the house. Another parted the air above my head as I left the car to call at the little shop and two more swooped down as I unlocked the … Continue reading

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Masked raiders

I love these little bluetits… there have been several families this year raised at my son’s birdfeeders. While the parents have more vivid colours and the markings are more precise and distinct, these babies, with their adolescent colours, just look … Continue reading

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