The Yellowhammer - Cameos of Birdlife #12
The Yellowhammer and his song has become embedded in our cultural memory and rural heritage. Immortalised by Beethoven and Blyton.
The Yellowhammer
Category: Countryside
The Kestrel’s Cry
The Kestrel’s Cry - Richard Jefferies Reimagined #9
A new setting for an old favourite haiku 1 of mine about the Kestrel, inspired by a passage from the writings of Richard Jefferies ...
a light breeze
sweeping the hill
a kestrel’s cry
A Lark Rising
A Lark Rising - Reimagining Richard Jefferies #6
One of Jefferies’ favourite birds, the lark, was for him associated not only with summer days, but with the promise of summer that is felt towards the end of winter. This small bird of the light and endless blue sky, that seemed to bring a message of hope, of love even, was one he could never tire of seeing and hearing.
