Dusk

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birds, dusk, evening, haiku, murmuration, nature, starlings, wildlife

Another grey dusk

The air fills with coffee grouts

Starlings heading home

 

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starling sunset

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dusk, haiku, murmurations, seasons, starlings, sunset, wildlife, winter

 

exquisite sunset
dipping behind the mountain
thousands of starlings

arrivals

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birds, haiku, oak, ornithology, starlings, winter

A rush of dark wings
First flock of winter starlings
sweeps into the oak

cold comfort

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birds, blackthorn, comfort, haiku, seasons, starlings, weather, winter

vague, hunched shapes gather
birds huddle in a blackthorn
feather capes drawn close

flight

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birds, haiku, migration, nature, seasons, spring, starlings, tundra, weather, wildlife

Spring edges closer
Pink blue skies filled with starlings
Northern tundra calls

 

sky dance

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birds, dance, haiku, murmuration, ornithology, rhythm, starlings, sunsets, weather, wildlife, winter

ten thousand starlings
in syncopated rhythm
blue sky, red sunset

gossip

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bird watching, gossips, haiku, migration, nature, starlings, winter

deep throated chuckles
cascading from bare branches
starlings share gossip

haiku – chatter

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angling, haiku, morning, nature, sheep, snow, starlings, sunrise, weather

pink in morning sun
sheep and snow fleck bright green fields
starlings chattering

daggers

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birds, chaos, haiku, nature, starlings, wildlife, winter

organised chaos
starlings landing in the field
dagger beaks stabbing

Migrants

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arctic, birds, haiku, migration, nature, starlings, wales, weather

Sky full of starlings
Rushing from arctic weather
Vanish into trees