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home Byline, Fiction Diary of an Urban Birdwatcher

Diary of an Urban Birdwatcher

By Sophie Mckenzie   Posted in Byline Fiction
Posted on December 9, 2016November 27, 2016

Monday

A well-named wagtail, windowsill visiting,

Was a glimpse of grey, then gone.

God bless him.

Tuesday

Started with trilling

From a twitchy chaffinch

Who lingered longer

Hedgerow hopping.

Wednesday

Went wild with starlings

Screaming evenings full,

A fearless family.

Gossips, but good-natured

Thursday

Hosted some magpies

And a jackdaw judged

The clatter and clamour

Before leaving early.

Friday

Came with seagulls attached

Hauling the rainclouds

Shrieking as they scratched

Silence from the slates.

 

The weekend was for wrens

And they sang, and they sang.

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