Monday 11 October 2021
Along the A303
Buzzard. Shoulders hunched
Hands in pockets; loitering
Mist curfews mischief
Cutting through the chaff
With tail cane. The pheasants chat
Pleasantries and that
Sunday 26 September 2021
Woodpecker in the apple orchard
Apple trees ripen
In the warm Autumn sunshine
Woodpecker waits still
Under heavy boughs
Dappled red and russet gold
Orchard yaffle gloams
Thursday 20 May 2021
On finding the remains of a starling in the garden
A corpse of feathers & bones
Falcon’s dinner plate
I will draw you, now
Since you were drawn out by death
A sketch with no song
Friday 14 May 2021
A Bright Balance of Feathers
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Saturday 3 April 2021
Cheddar Reservoir - Grebes, Little Stints & House Martins
Two grebes taking turns
To be each other’s mirror
A flattering glass!
Little stints wading
Almost lost on the shoreline
Now arrows in flight
A sky full of gnats
And the wheel & swoop of wings
House martins hunting
Thursday 21 January 2021
Winter Starlings
Up in the bare trees
A canopy of feathers
Sings about Spring soon
On the bird table
Freckles, speckles, sparks and dots
Starlings squabble lots!