@bsag Sometimes itās a wave of alarm calls that alerts me to a sparrowhawkās presence. I like to try and work out where they are, often getting just a brief glance. I once saw a male take a sharp turn, then barrel roll through a forked birch tree trunkā¦
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\nI often see sparrowhawks and it is so frequently a brief, intense moment.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/88185559","date_published":"2026-04-13T19:56:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 19:56","date_timestamp":1776110169,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83302741","content_html":"@Miraz itās also the frequency with which we spot characters wearing raincoats, wellies etcā¦š
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/83302741","date_published":"2026-01-31T19:15:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-31 19:15","date_timestamp":1769886902,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83236033","content_html":"@Miraz Iāll be watching out for this in the UK - we enjoy Brokenwood. I like the implication in the review that there isnāt quite so much sunshine in Brokenwood š. I donāt recall seeing it actively rain but there is often evidence of recent rainfall. We feel a sense of solidarity, given we live in a country that has a lot of rain tooā¦
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\n\n\n\nToday is murky, not properly light and I just want to hunker down.
\n\n\n\nThatās how it goes this time of year.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/81837072","date_published":"2026-01-11T19:05:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-11 19:05","date_timestamp":1768158355,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81784198","content_html":"Yesterday I had my final assessment of a process that Iāve been going through and was given a diagnosis of ADHD. There is so much to process that Iām not going to get into it now because I hardly know where to begin, let alone end.
Suffice to say that this is not the end of a journey so much as the beginning.
Heard ravens and spotted a pair mobbing a raptor of similar size to them. Sparrowhawk like. A goshawk? That would be something.
Or did I hear ravens and then see a pair of different, smaller corvids mobbing a sparrowhawk?
@BestofTimes I did wonder šLtl here. Say hello to Jason Isaacsā¦.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/81279820","date_published":"2026-01-03T19:01:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-03 19:01","date_timestamp":1767466885,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81201182","content_html":"@BestofTimes Are you by any chance a wittertainee?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/81201182","date_published":"2026-01-02T15:27:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-02 15:27","date_timestamp":1767367663,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81055809","content_html":"So long 2025, and I appreciate the cold, dry weather while we are taking a break. Makes it so much easier to get outside on these shortest of days.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/41933662","date_published":"2024-07-21T04:45:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-21 04:45","date_timestamp":1721537100,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"41736514","content_html":"Nearly two months since I last posted here. Havenāt had the head space to think about blogging. Mumās rapid decline and death. Feels a bit like a dream.\n\n\nRationally, I believe death is very much part of life, a necessary part of the cycle of renewal. Emotionally, itās been a wave that I could see coming, ... strandlines.blog","summary":"","url":"https://strandlines.blog/2024/07/18/1498/","date_published":"2024-07-18T04:41:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-18 04:41","date_timestamp":1721277692,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"38106740","content_html":"What a difference a few weeks make to my perspective on rain. The end of March and I was sick of the sight and sound of yet another Atlantic low blowing in yet another shed load of rain.\n\nTwo months on and IĆ¢m lying in bed with the window open, listening to the steady wash of what I think of as summer ra... strandlines.blog","summary":"","url":"https://strandlines.blog/2024/05/23/1493/","date_published":"2024-05-23T20:41:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-23 20:41","date_timestamp":1716496873,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"38106385","content_html":"@Miraz thank you
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/38106385","date_published":"2024-05-23T20:37:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-23 20:37","date_timestamp":1716496634,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"37836129","content_html":"There is an odd state of limbo that I find myself in. My mumĆ¢s health has taken a rapid turn for the worse and depending on whether the medics can do something or not, could mean she is close to the end. 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Yes, I understand that it can be a protective reaction gone awry. But the idea that itās fuelled by a sense of self-worth, albeit one buried deep in the subconscious, is something Iāve not considered before. \n\nFor me, an absence of self-worth goes hand-in-hand with anxiety and depression, fuelled by a desire to be ānormalā ā whatever that is! 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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/32148163","date_published":"2024-02-21T19:42:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-02-21 19:42","date_timestamp":1708544576,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"31037292","content_html":"@Miraz it would have never occurred to me that you see Orion. āUpā here in the UK itās very visible, sometimes high in the night sky. Iām going to have to look into how the stars track in relation to earth. Cool that you saw a fireball š
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/31037292","date_published":"2024-02-15T05:28:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-02-15 05:28","date_timestamp":1707974892,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"30569680","content_html":"@Omrrc šthanks - much of what is said resonates with me.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/30569680","date_published":"2024-02-06T20:12:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-02-06 20:12","date_timestamp":1707250347,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"29537480","content_html":"@Miraz I hope your energy returns soon.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/29537480","date_published":"2024-01-18T20:55:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-18 20:55","date_timestamp":1705611314,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"26389929","content_html":"@benwerd well put, and good on you for saying it.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/26389929","date_published":"2023-11-14T20:21:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-14 20:21","date_timestamp":1699993284,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25910714","content_html":"@Miraz I wondered if itās the same species that we have in the UK but I see they are quite different. Ours have a whinnying call which from a distance can sound disconcertingly like a pony!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/25910714","date_published":"2023-11-04T13:12:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-04 13:12","date_timestamp":1699103533,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25906084","content_html":"@Munish thank you!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/25906084","date_published":"2023-11-04T10:41:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-04 10:41","date_timestamp":1699094461,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25673557","content_html":"@Sylvia funnily, Iāve over-compensated and been too cautious about taking pictures as I havenāt wanted to use the film up too quickly. Iām going to have to strike a balance between that and the āitās digital, I can just fire awayā!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/25673557","date_published":"2023-10-30T19:41:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-30 19:41","date_timestamp":1698694890,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25640525","content_html":"@Sylvia thank you! Iāve only shot one film so far but it feels very different to shooting digital.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/25640525","date_published":"2023-10-30T05:46:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-30 05:46","date_timestamp":1698644770,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25640437","content_html":"@Alligator yes, the slowing down part appeals a lot. And I love how quiet the shutter is on the rangefinder compared to the slap of an SLR.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/25640437","date_published":"2023-10-30T05:44:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-30 05:44","date_timestamp":1698644667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"24463466","content_html":"@ptrck itās a great track, isnāt it. Love her vocals.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/24463466","date_published":"2023-10-04T19:01:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-04 19:01","date_timestamp":1696446113,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"24463381","content_html":"Thanks @Miraz and you are quite right š
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/24463381","date_published":"2023-10-04T19:00:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-04 19:00","date_timestamp":1696446033,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"24463337","content_html":"Thanks @joaopinheiro for your kind comments. Sorry to hear you have been facing issues too. As you say, one day at a timeā¦
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/strandlines/24463337","date_published":"2023-10-04T18:59:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Stephen","url":"https://strandlines.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fstrandlines%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"strandlines"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-04 18:59","date_timestamp":1696445987,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19838668","content_html":"@ptrck Iāve got that episode lined up for my listening this week. I do love some of the quirky stuff that comes up in Criminal.
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