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

Ham Wall Haiku

These are from a recent trip to RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset, a beautiful reed-bed wetland.

 

Egret

The serene glide, low

Against the umber reed bank

Egret sails the wind

Woodpecker

Highest perch to hear

The wind pick up my holler!

Woodpecker’s beat poem

Mute Swan

This fine furled feather

Eloquently writes my frame

No swansong for me

 

Robin

A lone fisherman

Patient water margins wait

Red flag for dragonflies

Marsh Harrier

Bronzed sky warrior

Outstretched wings beat down clouds

Rain bringer arrives

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Egret

'Mirror, mirror on

The floor, who has the longest

Neck of all. Why me!'

March 2020

Six for gold: get in!

But, turns out, there’s no magic
Magpie cash machine

Open air concert

Drum roll for a dawn chorus

Woodpecker warms up

#haiku #birds #nature

Blue Tit & Woodpecker

Blue tit on the Window Frame

A spider-web catch

Tasty snack for quick blue tit

Fast food takeaway

The Woodpecker

Through the misty dawn

Hollow cough call, tap, tap, tap

As you knock on wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker

A Belisha bright
Flash, there on the pergola
Red, black, white, spotted!