Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd A distant, writhing, black line resolves itself into a low-flying flock of scoter ducksAt the western end of Black Rock Sands, the beach where Roman Polanski filmed the battle scenes in his powerfully unsettling 1971 version of Macbeth, is a dark crag of ancient rock, trap-dyked, quartz-seamed, dripping. In it are the sea-caves that Robert Graves inhabited with the "Things never seen or heard or written about" of his poem Welsh Incident (1929). A dull winter's afternoon intensified their gloom. The bright orange flash of a kingfisher whirred around sombre overhangs until it found shelter among deep shadow. I turned to face seawards. Related: Climate change is radically reshuffling UK bird species, report finds Continue reading...
Country diary: midwinter has its own discreet beauties
6. ledna 2018 7:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/06/country-diary-gwynedd-midwinter-discreet-beauties
Zdroj: The Guardian