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Honk, honk, honk! A skein of Canada Geese, Passing o'erhead, A reminder that Fall is here. #DailyNature #NatureWriting

Walk softly, Tiptoe past. Don't stare, Don't fill the air With needless noise. Your presence is enough. #naturepoetry #ducks #ukcanals #DailyNature

Sunlight brightly blazes, Chilly air sharply bites, Beechmast crunches, Horse Chestnut splits, Plant matter decays, Fall's arrival hastens. #DailyNature #NatureWriting

Scattered split spiky cases, yellow-green or brown, and hard, shiny Horse Chestnuts strewn across the footpath. #DailyNature #NatureWriting

Considering the equinox is upon us, I thought I'd better skidaddle with posting the last of our summer-filled daily nature notes! This one's from Scotland & the selkies 🦭 Includes a survey for nature community events 💚 #NatureWriting #DailyNature jenratcliffe.substack.com….

Nine Canada Goose A'honkin' go Flying Southwards. #DailyNature #NatureWriting

Pitch black dark: Tawny Owl shrieks; Little Owl whoops; Barn Owl glides; And morning starts. #DailyNature #NatureWriting

Gravity-defying leaf twirled upwards by an air current, roundly ignored by a jouncing, rapidly chattering Pied Wagtail o'erhead. #DailyNature #NatureWriting

High Wycombe birding firsts: Little Egret, Coot Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon Common Redstart, Reed Bunting Barn Owl, Little Owl, Tawny Owl High Wycombe non-bird firsts: Bat Moths (by the half dozen!) High Wycombe firsts: A Rock Dove landing on my arm #DailyNature

4.30am: A Barn Owl, ghostly white and uttering a ghastly cry in the pitch-black dark, is answered minutes later by the sweet trill of a Robin. #DailyNature #NatureWriting (Not sure why I saved this to my Drafts instead of posting it - possibly wasn't fully awake!)

Against the grey, overcast sky Two Red Kite circle endlessly, From a tree a Jay calls raucously, While a pair of Crows comment noisily, And a Magpie rattles insistently. #DailyNature #NatureWriting

6am and out in the cool, damp dark a Robin starts its ticking, then a second joins in. Moments later, a third sends forth a burst of bright song. And just like that, the dawn chorus has begun. #DailyNature #NatureWriting