On finding the remains of a starling in the garden

 

Cold on paving slab
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

A Bright Balance of Feathers

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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

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!

In the Winter Fields

On a silver string
White bows rise. A flying kite
Of seagulls and wind

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!'

Sparrows

Sparrow and his brood
Are moving in. The neighbours
Nesting; note the noise