poem
Flash of Blue
A stitch of sapphire
along the river’s hush —
gone before the pencil lands.
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Field note
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
Spotted by the river on a quiet morning. Impossibly blue — gone in a flash before the pencil could keep up!
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- Spotted
- 11 July 2026
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