Tuesday November 17th, 09:54 – 09:57
257.1o to 270.0o
Wind SW 4 (gusting 6), T 14C (feels like 15C), 87% cloud cover
Engine idling the driver cleans his hands the verge is tones of copper
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A walk round Contención Island Day 12 Monday November 16th
Monday November 16th, 07:28 – 07:38
90.0o to 102.9o
Wind W 6 (gusting 8), T 9C (feels like 6C), 75% cloud cover
A skein of pink feet calling as they head south through the emerging dawn Leaves tumble copper and gold specks sucked down and up by the gusting wind
A walk round Contención Island Day 11 Sunday November 15th
Sunday November 15th, 10:18 – 10:21
231.4o to 244.3o [19]
Wind S 3 (gusting 5), T 10C (feels like 10C), 75% cloud cover
The melodic drift of a robin’s song blue tit picks along a branch
A walk round Contención Island Day 10 Saturday November 14th
Saturday November 14th, 10:33 – 10:40
282.9o to 295.7o
Wind SSE 3 (gusting 4), T 8C (feels like 6C), 75% cloud cover
A mob of jackdaws outlined on bare branches against a dove grey sky After a cobbled alley two blackbirds sit in the light drizzle
A walk round Contención Island Day 9 Friday November 13th
Friday November 13th, 10:40 – 10:52
347.1o to 360.0o
Wind SW 3 (gusting 5), T 10C (feels like 8C), 25% cloud cover
The other than human feels scarce today seven pigeons and a blackbird A herring gull glows angel-edged white as it drifts past the sun Stares at my hat have they never seen a microphone array before
A walk round Contención Island Day 8 Thursday November 12th
Thursday November 12th, 08:57 – 09:25
102.9o to 115.7o
Wind WSW 4 (gusting 7), T 9C (feels like 7C), 25% cloud cover
Black white blue bronze gold amongst fallen birch and beech leaves a magpie picks On tarmac and pavement I struggle for connection I am out of touch
A walk round Contención Island day 7 Wednesday November 11th
Wednesday November 11th, 12:56 – 13:00
12.9o to 25.7o
Wind S 4 (gusting 6), T 11C (feels like 11C), 75% cloud cover
Palm tree fronds shake in the autumn wind a face mask in the leaf litter
A walk round Contención Island Day 6 Tuesday November 10th
Tuesday November 10th, 09:57 – 10:03
128.6o to 141.4o
Wind S 2 (gusting 3), T 12C (feels like 13C), 75% cloud cover
Tar-spotted sycamore leaves strewn across the grass autumn robin’s song Along brick walls and double yellow lines alleyway lines of sight
A walk round Contención Island Day 5 Monday November 9th
Monday November 9th, 07:24 – 07:27
218.6o to 231.4 o
Wind S 1 (gusting 2), T 10C (feels like 10C), 75% cloud cover, light rain
As I round a corner two blackbirds fly from their leaf litter hunting. Cycle light’s diamond dazzle slices the dawn rain gulls cry unseen
A walk round Contención Island Day 4 Sunday November 8th
Sunday November 8th, 09:01 – 09:06
334.3 o to 347.1 o
Wind SE 1 (gusting 3), T 9C (feels like 9C), 100% cloud cover
Three jackdaws and two crows chack caw to the day from the tree tops Car and near empty bus noise by beyond the wall a robin sings
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