Poem 190 of 230: BIRDWATCHERS’ BUDE - WINTER 2001/2
Behind the Tourist Centre,
Between canal and river,
On the marshy drained-floodplain
(Not now visited by train),
In among willow and reed,
Eking out some winter feed:
Treecreepers, bobbing robins,
Chirpy blue-tits, grey-heron,
The screams of water-rail,
And snipe sharp on their trail.
Plus, out along sandstone cliffs,
Soaring seabirds are the gifts.
(C) David Franks 2003
Behind the Tourist Centre,
Between canal and river,
On the marshy drained-floodplain
(Not now visited by train),
In among willow and reed,
Eking out some winter feed:
Treecreepers, bobbing robins,
Chirpy blue-tits, grey-heron,
The screams of water-rail,
And snipe sharp on their trail.
Plus, out along sandstone cliffs,
Soaring seabirds are the gifts.
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Bude Canal and Marshes; 17/7/2023 |
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| Good dog/careless owner, Bude; 17/7/2023 |
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| Walkabout with a Moorhen! Bude; 17/7/23 |
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| Crows & starlings at dusk, Bude; 17/7/23 |
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| Great Egret & Grey Heron, Bude; 17/7/23 |
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| Around Efford Down, Bude; 19/7/2023 |
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| Near the Neet estuary, Bude; 17-21/7/2023 |
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| Up the Cornish coast from Bude; 18/7/2023 |
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| Down the Cornish coast from Bude; 19/7/23 |
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| Even on the Bude high-street! 18/7/2023 |
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