Cronch of Beech mast,
Scamper of Grey Squirrels,
Cawing of Crows,
Croaking of Rooks,
Light whistling of Goldfinch,
Blue and white of skies,
October morning in England.

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The accidental alignment of thick ground fog and blazing sunshine above, with three bonus horses grazing in Port Meadow on Sunday (October 4th) morning at 8.15am. I've never before seen such thick intense ground fog before, so it stopped me in my tracks.
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Todays #DailyNature prompt on the calendar is

'the accidentally aligned'

Look up tonight and during tomorrows predawn to see if you can see the crescent oon backed by Mars

Consider what else in nature accidentally alligns to make something beautiful

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The faery touch of autumn

In the trees are all around,
are sleeping Corvids and songbirds,
in roosts and nests out of sight,
while flittermouse enjoys the twilight.

3/3

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Day 4 of #DailyNature #JournalPrompts

It's #NationalBatMonth

There is so much to be said about taking better care of our bats in the UK!

Write below about your walk as a bat...

+ Check out the roundup of contributions so far / get the whole calendar on the blog

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It doesn't crunch
the sunset.
Teeth draw softly down
vanilla glistening flesh
cheeks cloaked in
femme-fatal kiss.
My body replies with knowing,
'ah, hunger'
It tastes of rain.
I twist another - pop
rub roundling against chest,
a ritual for consumption...
I forget who grew
these apples

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Apple Harvest Day pome for #DailyNature #NatureWriting

Day 3 of #DailyNature #JournalPrompts

An ode to the harvest and abundance of autumn.

Today's writing prompt is about writing taste, the sensations, the journey and the change within you from it.

Write your harvest below...

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This Wall Lizard is living up to its name by being a lizard on a wall! 🦎

I saw many of these fab reptiles on a visit to Durlston Country Park.

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Just now: fields full of gulls and crows, salt and pepper hurricanes, feasting on shaken soil's pic n mix

A poem from today's #DailyNature prompt

Murmur

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all grief, all pain,
momentarily forgotten;
They are beautiful and fearless,
I wish I too could be so.

Starling Murmuration after Starlings in Winter by Mary Oliver

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like a flower opening,
my eye barely follows.

My imagination stretches
to its limits as I try
to understand
how and when they decide

which bird is leading
and which are the followers;
my mind soars
high into the blue sky,

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Star-feathered
chunks of small black birds,
whistle-squeaking into
the dawning day,

they flock together,
forming a murmuring mass,
whirling, swirling,
flowing and ebbing to and fro;

they dip, then they rise,
forming patterns which,

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Day 2 #DailyNature #JournalPrompts

Murmurs of the birds' wings.

My favourite birdnerd fact - murmuration is a poem in itself. Now, I always try to listen to them in the sky or else I might miss out on a quiet symphony of the air.

Leave your bird-words below:

#birder #Naturewriting #wings #words

A word & nature fueled day! Lovely to see people joining in with a new #dailynature challenge 🧡

I'm hosting a 1hr online writing workshop

'How to Hybrid-Haiku'
20th October
7pm
[Pay-what-you-can]

Where human bends with tree 🍂

Sign up below🔻

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That's what I was thinking, as I observed new growth on my blueberry bushes. The contrast of fresh green within the clasp of summer drought-dried scarlet is so beautiful but I wonder, isn't the plant tired? Tired from being driven to keep trying, before it even takes a winter rest... #DailyNature

October

Number energy: one
New
Month, day,
... but Thursday?
Heat pillows through aqua tinged, teasing sky
... drought for autumn
Is that false spring, or summer, or winter?
Seasons square root, implode -
... ruby leaf finds its mark
a snails crawl from my toe;
Falls first:
One

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