On Minster Beach in November

Receeding tides leave

Polished sand flats mirroring

Oystercatcher's stride

Autumn on the North Downs

Pheasant struts the fields
Copper, gold and bronze feathers
Gird the early mist

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Startled by engine
Pheasant leaps from the hedgerow
Tail feather flag flies

Crow

Crow on the chainlink
A bright balance of feathers
Catching the free breeze