Magpie
Four magpies fighting
In the road, oblivious
To me passing by
Magpie finds long stick
Jackdaw wants it, sky scuffle!
Fight, flight, Magpie wins
Robin
In the blackthorn boughs
Robin; red lantern on branch
Among the blossom
Goldfinch
Goldfinches riff free
Jazz. Syncopated beats on
Bare willow branches
House Sparrow
Up on the bird box
You call. ‘House mate, house mate, see
My new house for thee.’
Chaffinch
She checks out the lawn
Among the starling flock she’s
A pale stripe in spots
Robin
Long-tailed Tit
In the willow; twigs
All bedecked with feather bows
Singing in the pink
A twister springs up
Swirling wings in a grey sky
Seagulls storm the field
The farmer’s field lake
Grown fat with winter flooding
Now ducks feed for free
Through the window, here!
Robin acknowledges me
For windowsill seeds
Draped across the line
Pegged out like laundry drying
A starling blanket
Last light! Not home yet
Starlings stream past my window
Super-highway skies
Garden Birds
On the bird feeder
Robin, sparrow and bluetit
Playing seed roulette
Kingfisher
Perched on a bare bough
Cloth of gold and blue; bright flag
Above the river
Little Egrets and Canada Geese
We are gathering
Where the river and fields wend
A way to feed us
Two waiters in white
Among the gaggle of guests
Riverbank dining
Red Kites
Red wings, white tails, wind
Almost gone, now returned here
To hunt the blue hills
Robin near St Davids Cathedral
Cheese sarnie and tea
Spare a crumb! Table hopping
And hoping for alms
Crow
Sizing me up, you
Decide my cake is crow food
Beachside corvid hops
Sparrows
A handful of crumbs
For a handful of small birds
Happiness is here
These are from a recent trip to RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset, a beautiful reed-bed wetland.
Egret
Mute Swan
Robin
Egret
