Journey of Words

Tag: Birds

  • Why getting up and stepping out is better than drawing the blinds and giving up

    last owlfirst blackbirdruffled wrencrow drifts from stricken oakgull sets down by upturned binstarlings strung out overheadpuffed up pigeon pursuing hensparrows clusterblue tit picking cherry blossomwoodpecker working through the parkmallard mutters while wandering pastrobin sings to robin across the pathoh! happiness of goldfinches ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Thirteen: living with hope in your heart. CLP →

  • August iv

    sharp red berries spilled from urgent beaks mashed underfoot sweet yellow paste tentative young wasp ~ CLP 11/08/2021 →

  • Time #1

    when it’s been really hot like today, close to the mid-point of June eventually the blue begins to thin as if mixed with a few drops of white spirit . the air moves a little faster adding cool to shade under the solitary oak crowning the rise . arrhythmic sounds of a distant road backwash →

  • On Water iii

    great crested grebes dance like that Sunday afternoon when our hearts dove-tailed ~ n.b. Somewhat hidden by the willow branches, but they are there…promise. CLP 12/04/2021 →

  • At the Exit

    Clocks have changed to British Summer Time. The Sun has come out. A strong southerly wind brings warmth to Norfolk. People are out and about, the sound of children playing in the local park competes with goldfinches, blackbirds, chaffinches and the blue and great tits. An otter has been seen in the Wensum nearby and →

  • On Pylons

    particular birds enjoy the sites from these heights starlings shimmering ~ n.b. None on view here. I was just remembering. ~ CLP 19/03/2021 →

  • On Gratitude

    Two is company and that is all that’s needed to halve a problem ~ n.b. Thank you for the walk SC. CLP 11/03/2021 →

  • L3 (Day 56): Inside

    There was no need to exceed the boundaries of my home today. Mend and make do with what food I found. There is a whole world out there, I know, but most of it is closed and I had plenty of work here. To bed at 01:00 GMT. I hear birds singing on the hillside, →

  • L3 (Day 44): Early Morning

    Woken by the first alarm calls at territorial intrusions, alerts and disputes of airspace and protection of nests at 04:45h. Then disturbed again at 05:17h by shouting from a distant street. A man’s raised voice echoes through the break of day. Again from closer at 05:32, yet still a way from here. Is he heard →

  • Lockdown 3 (Day 21) Daylight

    There was very little daylight today, but it has been milder and what light there has been has lasted a little longer than previous days. Today the Sun is up from 07:46h to 16:30h, tomorrow it be from 07:44h to 16:33h a net gain of five minutes. This morning I heard a wider variety of →