Loving Linnets…....From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….
by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 29 April 2025
Loving Linnets…..
There was a female Linnet perched on the Cotoneaster in front of the house ….
A male arrived…
…and started to feed her. Apparently, this is part of their courtship/breeding behaviour….
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/linnet-2/#single-animal-text
By the time Mike got his camera, the feeding had stopped and they were just perching amicably together on the Cotoneaster….
You learn something new every day.
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From 'Emergence' Magazine....
by Daisy Hildyard
“Time and water passed in great volumes.”
We know ourselves as terrestrial beings, bound to the stability of dry land. But what would it mean to remember our primordial entanglement with the sea, the cradle of all life? English novelist Daisy Hildyard envisions the deep time evolution of the coastline of Scarborough, North Yorkshire: from a prehistoric meteor strike, to a 19th-century seaside aquarium devoid of fish, a present-day spate of dead tides, and a far future where part of the human population has evolved into a hybrid marine species. Created as part of Wild Eye—an art and nature trail in Yorkshire—and vividly narrated by acclaimed British actor Colin Salmon, this short story traces the forever-shifting tides of our relationship with the sea, asking: while we dredge and trawl and pollute the waters that birthed us, can we find our way back into a stewardship of our shared well-being?”
https://emergencemagazine.org/fiction/the-aquarium/
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