Category Archives: birds and the environment

Awelfa

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A sunlit sky doth mystify the poet at his place conversing with the birds around who avidly embrace the water pots the sunflower seeds the wild edibles that grow I talk  to them they analyse the sounds and pitch their … Continue reading →

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Natural England

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Killing sea birds Natural England Change your name For goodness sake What ever convinced you To create such horror Issuing licenses To shoot sea birds Out of the sky Or where ere they be Doesn’t do you any favours It’s … Continue reading →

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A new friend

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Awelfa has a new friend Mag the pie he be Comes to sit on my alpine slate And just chatters constantly With his iridescent flashes Of what is green and blue A black and white tuxedo And his long tail … Continue reading →

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Our pal in the garden

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Quiet days in the garden Often we may find We have a small visitor Who helps us to unwind Offering an assured ness Attesting to a way Of ascertaining spirit At the back end of the day A little feathered … Continue reading →

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Storm over Awelfa

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A dramatic tossing bushes Every which way wind last night A lumpy porridge sky above That left the birds in fright Imagine being holed up In a nest of roots and feathers Blown about like flotsam Despite all your endeavours … Continue reading →

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Issues around shooters of wild birds

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Training pigeons to leap about As decoys to hunt friends This is hunting in the west And really what it sends Out into the universe Is evil through and through Those who shoot our feathered friends For fun need checking … Continue reading →

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Pigeons 2

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Rex Tyler

That brown soul in the garden That pigeon that we see Can Sleep with one eye open Very purposefully Actually reaches REM sleep One eye at a time Good neural activity It’s dreams maybe sublime It’s bones are actually hollow … Continue reading →

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Pigeons

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Rex Tyler

We hear them often in the evenings Cooing and we know That what we hear are clearly pigeons Most of us we know in cities they find ledges On roofs and windows, they Are often attacked with netting and nails … Continue reading →

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Rural arrogance Rural Ignorance Rural Torture Rural agony

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Rex Tyler

These so called marvellous breeding places Pheasants and Partridges Get to be Made to lay millions of eggs Have chicks it’s for the shooters, we Hear them clucking on about Amazing standards and short cuts none Looked after in their … Continue reading →

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Gifting Sparrows

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Rex Tyler

At first level Fed the birds today Sunflower hearts they love Nibbling fastidiously Fallen from above Teasels buds and foodie hits The early voters they Find the good that I have left Earlier in the day All of them were … Continue reading →

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The Nature track footpath close to Awelfa

Posted on May 27, 2026 by Rex Tyler

The bushes just outside my house A conglommerate of souls The green encompassing offering Therein housing trolls All undulating in the breeze Where all manner of song birds hide Staring out to the mountains On the Western side Rocking green … Continue reading →

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Shipping live birds by post

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Rex Tyler

These are delicate beings Feathered and true Packed like some parcel That’s what we do Imagine the fear buildup In their dear heart As the truck travels here there and everywhere Start the craziest stress An agenda so fraught With … Continue reading →

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Rookery Nook

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Rookery nook Appeared in a book For a lady who once danced To classical music And her steps they enhanced Each dignified performance Skillful was her gait Now older she Lives peacefully Moves slowly to create An open fire Of … Continue reading →

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Humming birds of the volcanoes

Posted on March 14, 2026 by Rex Tyler

They need 12000 calories Every single day Humming birds Their small wings hum What is there to say Above the clouds they are nesting Austere environments where Pint sized flowers These pollinators At high alert they play All on high … Continue reading →

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The great Dusky swifts imagine the life they lead

Posted on March 14, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Precarious nesting Wild Birds that dare To nest around waterfalls So so aware Of the crashing torrents Riverine souls Their hearts in their mouths Adversorial roles Brazil and Bolivia sees them at play Struggles and hardship Every day Their visitation … Continue reading →

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Discarded fishing tackle

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Discarded fishing lines Upon river banks Anglers they call themselves Many are planks They don’t use their common sense Discarding shot Discarding fishing gear They do it a lot Even in my time In the countryside Bait boxes maggots Where … Continue reading →

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Take your litter home

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Too many people these days Leave litter everywhere In our precious countryside Considerable despair Is caused to birds and fishes And other wildlife too Plastic cartons and Tins of soft drink It’s what idiots do Can’t be bothered to take … Continue reading →

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Victims of fox hunting

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Nasty bits of work Whether horse or hound Fox lovers are sworn at And foxes if they are found Are torn to bits and harried This is what hunts do Harm our wonderful wild life

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Hen Harriers

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A beautiful bird the Hen Harrier a small bird of prey Seen over marshes and grasslands Intensely persecuted they Found on driven grouse moors Often gliding low meadow pipits and voles they eat

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A year in the life of an Osprey

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Rex Tyler

It happened in Latvia Not long ago A camera was fitted To watch the show An Osprey family High in the crown Of a tree in a forest It’s a long long way down All kinds of branches Hefty and … Continue reading →

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The non passerine SWIFTS

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A visit from Africa Who comes back eVery year Two toes forward Two toes backward It is very clear They own a dedication To flight and all it holds Long pointed wings Short fork tails A high pitched scream That … Continue reading →

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Snowdonia ERYRI. My Love

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Snowdonia it is A magic kingdom And it be Where My house is ringed by mountains It’s where Their snow tops smile at me Expressions unfamiliar Mysterious and bold Far across the valley Where stone city has took hold Lots … Continue reading →

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Warmth

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Sea gulls on chimney pots Often they be Happening somewhere Very far from the sea Nearer an estuary A perch maybe Warmer than some It’s no controversy Outside my window Three pots and a cowl On top of a roof … Continue reading →

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Red kites and their future nesting materials

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Wildness the truest pedigree That imprint on one’s soul How to preserve an ongoing home And, stay in control Using the godly remnants Leaves and Barks and Roots Flotsam from the human world And dodge the Hunters shoots A schedule … Continue reading →

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Awelfa’s feeling it tonight

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Rex Tyler

There’s a roaring And the chimney’s Kind of howling The trees are really feeling it Tonight It just feels like a boat out on the ocean What has really happened to the light There is anger in the mountains Gusting … Continue reading →

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Cats are not guilty

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Apparently pussy cats Are getting the blame For wild birds getting scarcer That’s what people claim Birds and bees are suffering And it’s cats, and I say NO It’s not their feline antics It’s 5 G you need to know … Continue reading →

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The birds and bees

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Rex Tyler

The birds and bees Are more sensitive That’s our human population 5G 6g Precautionary Measures, the sensation Of electromagnetic fields To navigate and communicate Seemingly it wields A vulnerability on migrations And orientation We are dumb nuts tragically As for … Continue reading →

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Feeding the birds

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Rex Tyler

A lady loves birds Who shares whistling words Understanding their diction Is real it’s not fiction Flighted their angels They come for to see Loved to be loved Love to be free

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Orange

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Both male and female Robins sing red breasted clarions ecliptic ring Cryptochrome a magnetic field an orange sigh  perchance they yield with solitary stature ever tested male is female brood on  show in female birds that’s if you know ears … Continue reading →

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Who said murder

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Rex Tyler

A murder in the vicinity A lot of caring birds Looking at the evidence It’s the humans lost for words

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