Tag: Wildlife

• A picture from wherever

  #socs another time to dive headlong into the inkwells offline archive I like taking a camera out whenever i go for a walk or tram ride out for this one – i didn’t have to go far armed with some bird friendly seeds i took a snap or three of the local feathered populous they […]

  inkdropk

  11 Jun 2022

  Poetry

  birds, Camera, Canal, from, Photography, Picture, Salford, Seeds, socs, Water, Waterside, wherever, Wildlife

• On the Hunt

  He’s off on the hunt again up and down known paths navigating the trees for summat tasty the cubs and his missus want feeding its why he’s on the edge of his territory next thing you know – he’ll be scouring the food bins – or picking off guinea fowl or geese by the riverbank

  inkdropk

  5 May 2022

  Animals, Nature, Poetry

  acrostic, bins, City, Forest, Foxes, hunting, MLMM, Poetry, Town, Wildlife, Wolves

• Cadence

  #Napowrimo #writeclub Listen…. can you hear it? as the morning sun pops its head above the horizon the rise and fall of the musical local wildlife discussing the day can be heard in every green space in the land news of the morning new chicks in the nest meaning more than one food stop for […]

  inkdropk

  22 Apr 2022

  Music, Nature

  birds, Blackbird, Cadence, Chicks, Fall, Food, Music, Napowrimo, Nature, Nest, rise, sound, sparrow, Wildlife, writeclub

• Storm

  

  #weather #storm Something’s afoot The trees around the house are moving – signalling Outside – is really windy , rainy and blowy Reactions from the local wildlife – take cover Maybe its best to stay inside today

  inkdropk

  18 Feb 2022

  Weather

  acrostic, birds, Indoors, Movement, Outdoors, Rain, Squirrels, Storm, Trees, Wildlife, Wind

• Sponge

  #fowc #sponge I Something found on the sea shore perhaps lying lazily around the cockles, whelks and clams on occasion, travelling by bobbing about the water numbers of them can be spotted on the seaweed getting their nutrients for the day from each drop of seaweed they enjoy II Supping up the drops of soapy […]

  inkdropk

  3 Jan 2022

  Acrostic, Beach, Poetry, Water

  Bath, Beach, fowc, Sea, Seaweed, Sponge, Water, Wildlife

• Retreat

  #writephoto #retreat Sometimes, there’s a need to just get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. Find somewhere quiet and out of the way and relax where the air is fresh the grass is green and you’re free – from pressures of life enjoying the peace and the fresh air and maybe […]

  inkdropk

  30 Dec 2021

  Holidays, Outdoor Pursuits, Outdoors

  Break, Getaway, Outdoors, Peace, Retreat, Wildlife, writephoto

• waiting on the snow

  #weather There must be something wrong with the thermometer for the man at the met.office is suggesting we all wrap up snug and warm in the next few days His colleagues and pals say “its too warm for snow” but its hiding in the clouds while the winds are a go waiting for a mercury […]

  inkdropk

  18 Nov 2021

  Weather, Winter

  birds, Burrows, Clouds, Cold, Drop, Grass, Grasses, mercury, Mice, Nests, Sky, Snow, Squirrels, Temperature, Trees, Weather, Wildlife, Wind

• Beavers

  

  #CYW #Beaver Builder of some wonderful constructions every day he’s going down stream for materials and crafting them so they adapt to his home versatile in the way he places each stick each one having its own purpose rivers brooks and streams keep moving – but he’s directing the flow

  inkdropk

  20 Oct 2021

  Animals, Colours

  Animal, Beaver, branches, Brown, Builder, Construction, CYW, Dam, Materials, octpowrimo, River, Stick, Stream, Wild, Wildlife, Wood

• Through the cracks

  

  #promptuarium The multi storey car park was now under “New Ownership” Demolition squads turned on their heels as vines and creepers wrapped themselves around the concrete pillars and where the fast and the furious parked their wonder cars carpets of wildflowers – occupied each floor now resident to squirrel, mole, rat and beaver abandoned by […]

  inkdropk

  16 Oct 2021

  Poetry

  abandoned, Beaver, car park, concrete, creepers, Humans, Mole, Mother, Nature, octpowrimo, Plants, Promptuarium, Rat, Squirrel, Takeover, Vines, Wildflowers, Wildlife

• Gander

  Guard your picnic lunches as here they come – in packs again necks peering over bags, looking for delicacies they can happily chomp on expect a bit of trouble – as there will be a ruckus tween feathered friends – over the prize

  inkdropk

  8 Sep 2021

  Acrostic, Birds, Outdoors, Parks, Places, Poetry

  acrostic, birds, Food, Geese, Outdoors, Parks, Picnic, Sunshine, Wildlife