Birds of Britain

Atlantic Puffins

Two bright bills touching Above the dark heaving sea Cliff-edge love endures

Barn Owl

Ghost on winter wall White wings wrapped against the cold Heart-face holds the dusk

Bearded Reedling

Black moustache, bright eye Reed bed whispers his small name Jewel of the marsh

Bullfinch

Rose breast, velvet cap Cherry blossom frames his song Spring's most painted bird

Common Buzzard

Broad wings catch dusk gold Thermals lift the circling thought Earth shrinks below him

Dipper

White bib on wet rock The river its cathedral Bowing to the flow

Goldfinch

Red face, yellow wings Song like a spring waterfall Tiny painted joy

Robin

Dark eye full of world Orange breast burns like embers Garden's faithful heart

Grey Heron in Flight

Great wings span the blue Ancient silhouette rises Patience takes to flight

Kingfisher

Sapphire dart appears Silver fish across the twig Blink and it has gone

Osprey

Talons grip the catch Fierce orange eye scans the sky Fisher of the clouds

Starling

Iridescent coat Shimmers green and purple-black Ordinary, not

Treecreeper

Curved bill like a claw Spiral climbs the gnarled old bark Tree speaks through its touch

Blue Tit

Blue cap tips the sky Yellow bright against bare branch Sunlit acrobat

Kestrel

Mottled brown and cream Wind holds her motionless still Death hangs in the air

Blue Tit Nesting

String in small beak held Wire fence, and the whole spring waits Home is being built

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