inner west 7 minutes The Drive Two runners two cars one plane In the sunshine a blue tit calls and a nuthatch responds Pushed by tree roots the kerb stones billow down the street
Day 60 Friday March 5th
outer southeast 1 minute The Drive Moor Crescent Moorfield Highbury Oakland Road Sparrows delight in the hedge and a rotted board in the eaves
Day 59 Thursday March 4th
Day 59 Thursday March 4th
outer west 1 minute The Drive Westfield Drive Parker Avenue Over the wall snowdrops and crocuses push up through the cold wind
Day 58 Wednesday March 3rd
inner southeast 9 minutes The Drive High Street Little Moor Highbury A secret pond an island bench tucked behind a hazel coppice Bee hives quiet in the chill morning Against the traffic the birds keep in contact but little song
Day 57 Tuesday March 2nd
inner south 9 minutes The Drive High Street Great North Road A cold mist in still air Pulse of traffic clang of gate walkers runners dogs
Day 56 Monday March 1st
outer southeast 8 minutes The Drive High Street Little Moor Highbury Brentwood Avenue Fairfield Road The dawn-lit moon hangs in the cold of the frosted dawn Motorway sound is unrelenting Sparrows chat and robin sings inside the traffic’s seething
Day 55 Sunday February 28th
outer northeast 11 minutes The Poplars Roseworth Avenue The Grove Moor Road North St Nicholas Avenue Rectory Grove Church Road Church Lane Sparrow chatter across small front gardens behind low walls Cars parked on the south side of the lane a lone walker passes by Lost mortar below roof tiles a sparrow flies to the hole
Day 54 Saturday February 27th
inner west 13 minutes The Poplars High Street Graham Park Road A heraldic turn atop gateposts lions hold shields A once gateway bricked back into a wall In a Range Rover white hair uncombed eyes staring A woodpecker drums on a chimney a thrush limbers up for spring
Day 53 Friday February 26th
outer southwest 6 minutes The Drive Moor Place woodlands Oaklands Avenue Oaklands Grandstand Road Town Moor A skylark murmers reluctant to sing in February sunshine Flows of people crisscross the moor Jackdaw and common gull stand as crows lumber into the wind
Day 52 Thursday February 25th
outer west 7 minutes The Drive Westfield Drive Oakfield Road In an old stone wall a hole for a nest-hunting blue tit A jackdaw rides the arc of the wind
