Sunday Snaps ~ A New Visitor in the Garden #birds #greattit #naturephotography
#SundayStills ~ Looking Back ~ the Ups and Downs of 2021 #NaturePhotography #Dogs
#SundayStills ~ The Colour is White ~ A Large Part of #Nature #Photography
#WordlessWednesday ~ Garden Birds #Nature #Photography
#SundayStills ~ It’s all about #Pink #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt.
This week’s theme is ‘The Pink Side of Life’ so a pretty orchid for the header photo and pink clouds at sunrise.
Pink flowers add a splash of colour to the small Saxon church of St John the Baptist in Edlingham, Northumberland.
Pink hebe with butterfly and bee…
and a blue tit amid the blossom.
Vibrant pink flowers alongside one of the many pathways running through Bodnant Gardens in North Wales.
And a pink backdrop to one of the historical tableaux to be found in St Andrews castle in Scotland.
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#SundayStills ~ Shades of #Orange #NaturePhotography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt.
This week’s theme is orange – burnt orange to blood orange. I’ve sneaked in a little russet as well.
The orange tones on these flowers make them stand out.
A lovely sunset taken from our last house.
Although known as robin redbreast, the colour is actually more orange than red, as with the Red Admiral in the header photo.
A wintery scene
Little and large…
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#SundayStills ~ On the Water #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature usually hosted by Terry Webster Schrandt. Terry is on a blogging break so for the next three weeks Sunday Stills will be hosted by Natalie the Explorer.
The theme this week is ‘Afloat’ which brings to mind boats, wildlife but not immediately planes. We saw this seaplane in Scotland on Loch Lomond.
River cruise anyone?
Life on river, canal and ocean
Our transport across the river
Sailboat in the bay
Some life boat manoeuvres to finish
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#SundayStills ~ In My Garden #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature usually hosted by Terry Webster Schrandt. Terry is on a blogging break so for the next three weeks Sunday Stills will be hosted by Natalie the Explorer.
The theme this week is your garden. Since we moved at the end of March this year, the garden has been a work in progress, and still is, but the plants have been growing well and there’s quite a bit of colour.
This Great spotted Woodpecker seemed happy to sit on the fence for a while
Strictly speaking the fox wasn’t in the garden but he could have been! He (or she) was in the field on the other side of the fence.
We don’t have a huge garden but I wanted to add a tree. I went for a rowan and buddleja, which aren’t trees, I know, but great for pollinators.
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#BirdWeekly ~ Birds We See All The Time #NaturePhotography #Birds
Lisa Coleman’s Bird Weekly photography challenge this week is birds common to your area.
The header photo is a starling and one of the juveniles.
Since we moved we’ve been visited numerous times by a great spotted woodpecker who hogs the fat balls.
Lots of noisy crows…
and a scary looking jackdaw
One of the juvenile blackbirds
and the resident buzzard
and not forgetting the robin and magpie
I did spot a barn owl a couple of times but wasn’t quick enough to get a picture.
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#SundayStills ~ Exploring the Great Outdoors #Nature #Landscape
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Shrandt. This week the prompt is the ‘Great Outdoors’
This photo, along with the header, were taken on the beautiful Llanddwyn Island, a small tidal island off the coast of Anglesey, facing out over the Irish Sea and the southern entrance to the Menai Strait, with views of Snowdonia.
The following images were taken on walks in and around Snowdonia. All these photos encapsulate my idea of the great outdoors.
The view from Dunster castle in Somerset, over the edge of Exmoor National Park towards the Bristol Channel.
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#SundayStills ~ Sunrise and Sunset Skies #naturePhotography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Shrandt. This week the prompt is sunrise and sunset. The photos are all from the archives.
We had some lovely sunrises where we used to live…
…as well as sunsets, although more often than not there was cloud. These were taken from the living room window.
The sun going down over Conwy, you can just see the silhoutte of the castle towers.
This and the header photo was sunset on Llanddwyn Island on Anglesey taken from slightly different angles. It had been a beautifully clear day and the island was crowded with people intent on catching the sunset.
Happy summer solstice
Image by G4889166 from Pixabay
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#SundayStills ~ So many shades of #pink in #nature
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt. This week’s colour prompt is pink.
So many shades of pink, from pretty flowers…
…to beautiful skies…
…and artwork painted on pebbles by children
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#SundayStills ~ Celestial Skies #Nature #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature, hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt. Today’s prompt is celestial, a word described as meaning ‘positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy’
The moon is as outer space as I can get. The left image was taken just as the sun was beginning to rise, the right as the moon was rising. The camera was focussing on the tree rather than the moon.
In the days when we could travel freely without any worries
I’ve posted these two photos before but I love them for the cloud formations. Clouds are so fascinating.
The trees look like they’re reaching for the sky.
Rather them than me!
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#SundayStills ~ What is your favourite Vacation Spot? #Holidays #Leisure
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt. This week’s prompt is favourite holiday spots.
Over the last few years our favourite holiday spots have been in the UK. Every year we book at the very least one week, but usually more, in a dog friendly cottage, ranging from Scotland to Cornwall. Hoping to be able to do that again soon.
The header image is St Ives in Cornwall. Below left is a beach just up the coast from the town, and right is the quaint fishing village of Mevagissey.
Another favourite place is the beautiful county of Northumberland, with its fabulous beaches and stunning countryside.
Dunstanburgh Castle ruins taken from the beach and the walk to the castle.
One corner of the tidal island of Lindisfarne, just behind the castle.
Coquet Island, an RSPB nature reserve, with the Farne Islands in the far distance.
Another favourite place is Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast.
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#BirdWeekly ~ Birds with a G in the title #NaturePhotography #Birds
Welcome to Lisa Coleman’s bird weekly photo challenge. This week’s prompt is birds with a G in the name.
The header photo is the greenfinch.
We had a visit from a greater spotted woodpecker the other day
This green winged macaw is showing off his beautiful, colourful plumage.
And lastly a goldfinch perching on the highest branch available.
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#SundayStills ~ Grey Skies #Landscape #Photography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt. The theme this week is grey.
I haven’t taken many photos lately what with one thing and another, so these are from the archives. The header photo is from a visit to the Wolf Conservation Trust a few years ago.
A grey misty valley
Dark clouds over the estuary
A grey-ish sunset
The castle ruins look stark against the cloudy sky
A lowering sky meant storms ahead, we just made it home in time.
A mixture of grey and bright white clouds over Whitby, but sure enough it wasn’t long before the rain arrived.
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#SundayStills ~ Water All Around #NaturePhotography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt. The theme this week is water.
The header photo is a lake in Snowdonia.
I love being by water, especially waterfalls…High Force on the left drops seventy feet into the rives Tees in Northumberland, and on the right, boulders at the base of Aber Falls.
Swallow Falls cascades down the river Llugwy for almost 130 feet
Llandudno pier
The turbulence of the ocean
And the sound of waves on the beach
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#FOTD ~ Flower of the Day ~ Rock Rose #FloweringShrub #Nature
This lovely, sunny coloured rock rose is ready and waiting to be planted, and is my entry for Cee’s flower of the day (21st April)
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#SundayStills ~ Spring Emerging #NaturePhotography
Welcome to Terry Webster Shrandt’s Sunday Stills feature, hosted this week by Marsha Ingrao at Always Write
This week’s prompt is ‘Emerging’ and the blossom tree is budding. Not sure what kind of blossom, we’ll have to wait and see…
There’s new life pending as well. The previous owners of the house left the bird box as it was already occupied. I think this little blue tit was wondering where her/his mate was with the food.
There’s also a couple of clematis which are just beginning to bud.
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#FOTD ~ Echinacea or Coneflower #NaturePhotography #Flowers
#BirdWeekly ~ Birds in Black and White #Nature #Photography
Welcome to Lisa Coleman’s bird weekly photo challenge with a selection of black and white shots.
There were berries in the hedging that the blackbird in the header shot was particularly interested in.
A cormorant drying off after successfully fishing for his dinner
Two juveniles from last summer — a herring gull and a robin
The always elegant swan
This male house sparrow posed for quite a while right outside the window.
Having a leisurely feed before the madness of the nesting season.
And the little thrush that visited the garden earlier in the year.
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#SundayStills ~ Shades of Spring Green #NaturePhotography
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt. The theme this week is spring green.
New growth with some colour for the header photo.
There are so many beautiful shades of green, these are just a few in the garden of our temporary home. I’m not sure what the plants are, except for the ones below, which are a climbing hydrangea.
Lots of lush greenery on this walk, it almost felt tropical
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#SundayStills ~ Seeing Things In Black and White #NaturePhotography #Landscape
Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terry Webster Shrandt. The theme this week is black and white.
I hardly ever take black and white photos, and I have messed around with these slightly.
The Boston skyline…
The gothic styled St Margaret’s Church with a 202 foot steeple in Bodelwyddan on the left, and the church of St Lawrence in Warkworth.
The ruins of St Dwynwen’s church, dating from the 16th century, on Llanddwyn Island
One of the wolves at UKWCT. He didn’t want to pose for the camera.
A magnificent (and huge) Sika stag about to catch an acorn, one of their favourite things apparently.
Part of Castlerigg stone circle in the Lake District
And one of my favourite photos of my much loved and missed Finn
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#FOTD ~ Flower of the Day ~ Orchid #NaturePhotography #Flower
#BirdWeekly ~ Hawks #NaturePhotography #Wildlife
Lisa Coleman’s Bird Weekly challenge this week features Hawks
One of my favourites is Harris’s Hawk. It’s not native to Britain but is very popular in falconry so can often be seen.
Buzzards are common in the UK. They usually mate for life and survive in most habitats.
Peregrine falcons are often seen hovering over hedgerows and open fields.
A few years ago my sister and and I visited the Wolf Conversation Trust and red kites were waiting for any scraps left by the wolves after feeding time.
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