Bellowing bullfinches
Never heard a bullfinch, so I don't know if they bellow, but it isn't an easy word to associate with...
A claver of birds
A Scottish or Northern English dialect word which seems to have travelled to North America.  It means to talk idly...
The impatient shout of a thrush
A few years ago I noted Keats' delight in a thrush in his garden, and so found a kindred...
Eagles colour the country they inhabit
The opening of this quotation had me asking how we 'colour the country we inhabit'? I also like the following...
Whippering
'... the whippering cries of golden plover.'
This seems to be a Williamson coinage to describe the cry of a...
Rock-hole glory
A memorable image of a glorious, dreadful creature hanging out in weather-gouged holes in rocks.
'Nothing can really...
Million-fingered responsiveness
Nicolson captures the single signal transmitted through a vast flock of geese, yielding a 'million-fingered responsiveness'.
'They are...
Detonations of flight
An original way to capture the sudden soaring of a flock of birds. A few weeks ago, a flock of...
A covert of coots
A covert is a shelter or a hiding place, from which you might study coots. It can also refer to...
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