Thursday November 19th, 10:21 – 10:24
270.0o to 282.9o
Wind WNW 3 (gusting 4), T 5C (feels like 2C), 25% cloud cover
Pavements swept clean of fallen autumn leaves pruned red stalks of dogwood A blackbird flicks up onto the fence top tip-cocks its tail then drops off
Wednesday November 18th, 09:40 – 09:43
115.7o to 128.6o
Wind SSW 5 (gusting 7), T 13C (feels like 14C), 62% cloud cover
Low clouds pushing through above stark bare tree tops it tries to rain A window draped in cotoneaster a riot of pointillist red Beyond the fence a great tit’s scolding churr from deep within a hawthorn
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Friday November 6th, 06:56 – 07:01
180.0o to 192.9o
Wind N 1(gusting 1), T 5C (feels like 5C), 100% cloud cover
Dew drenched grass under thick dawn fog. Follow along the fence line. Main road cars pulse by. Meadow Pipit’s flick-bounce flight off into the mist.
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