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[Broch]

Field at the back of where we live in Sussex.

I'm amazed at how quickly all the streams here have run dry considering all the wet we had over winter - it looks like it's the same with you.

 

[Nice65]

I'm amazed at how quickly all the streams here have run dry considering all the wet we had over winter - it looks like it's the same with you.

It didn’t take long at all, that stream is fairly occasional anyway. The main part of The Lavant is still flowing well. Traditionally there’s the Duck Race in May and then the river gets smaller until it dries up again. We’re in a chalk valley, water will sweep off the Downs and into the streams, and then the chalk absorbs it.

 

[brancho]

Here are some shots taken from home during the lockdown and I went for mono as I thought it suited the shots

This is a 2 shot panorama

Ennerdale panorama by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Single shots

Ennerdale mono by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Pillar mono by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[bobnewboy]

From my wife's camera - a few weeks ago when it was raining.....A soggy sparrowhawk resting in one of our beech trees:

 

[Robbi]

Yesterday.... ( the first of 5 on the dry fly. it's good to be out again

 

[SoldierPalmer]

Some of the burns we’ve had in South Wales

 

[Bishop]

Proof that girls do bushcraft. Jules uploading to Yomp-it-uk

 

[punkrockcaveman]

 

[brancho]

I went to Wasdale for a short trip out as the weather was very calm and there was a chance of a reflection not my usual tome of year for landscapes but I wanted to try my Olympus E-M1ii (for landscapes) and fancied getting somewhere a bit calm after a long day at work.

I chose mono as I felt it suited the scene

Wasdale mono reflection by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Wander]

Was out on the Downs today since my gammy toe was feeling a lot better and I could go for a walk.
Managed to find a decent haul of wild strawberries. Small they may be, but they pack a massive whallop in your mouth...

It's that time of year and there were loads of pyramid orchids sprouting up...

And little dots of scarlet pimpernels on the chalk trackways:

Not seen so many adders so far this year, but they are about. The lizards are still here though:

 

[Wander]

Come on, everyone - I've got a fire going. Fill your mugs...

 

[Herman30]

A quick snap from my kitchen window.

 

[Woody girl]

 

[punkrockcaveman]

Nice we have already had a few of those around here

 

[Wander]

A nice windy day today so I went for a walk on the Downs.
The recent rain and sun has brought out a lot of flora and fauna...

Musk Mallow

Pyramid Orchids (loads of these)

Speckled Orchids

Cinnabar Moth caterpillars

Narrow-Bordered Five-Spot Burnet caterpillar

common lizard

and a pair of adders

 

[cipherdias]

Dolforwyn castle from the air

 

[cipherdias]

Friendly little fella on Todays walk

 

[brancho]

Well here is a shot of Whitehaven harbour (outer harbour now) at sunset in summer taken on Saturday

A summer evening in Cumbria by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[bobnewboy]

Well, we've had quite a day of unusual sightings, mostly without a camera to hand....First off, we saw Rachel Johnson in the M&S filling station near us....but on to less common fauna! This morning we saw a stoat on the lookout for rabbits while we were fixing the fruit cage, a large (!) fledgling green woodpecker in the garden chasing flying ants, a buzzard on a roadside post (a few feet away), rabbits everywhere, and the subject of the picture - a young sparrowhawk. We saw him/her land on our feeder frame, and then zoom down to chase some songbirds into the hedge - unsuccessfully in the end. The hawk then took off and zoomed round the corner of our house, then snatched a fledgling (we think it was a young robin) from the roof of the fruit cage, and dropped down to the area by our compost bins. I pointed this out to my missus, and she crept round there with her camera. She managed to snap a couple of shots before the hawk flew off, fledgling in talons:

We felt a bit sorry for the little one, but that is nature.

Cheers, Bob

 

[brancho]

Well, we've had quite a day of unusual sightings, mostly without a camera to hand....First off, we saw Rachel Johnson in the M&S filling station near us....but on to less common fauna! This morning we saw a stoat on the lookout for rabbits while we were fixing the fruit cage, a large (!) fledgling green woodpecker in the garden chasing flying ants, a buzzard on a roadside post (a few feet away), rabbits everywhere, and the subject of the picture - a young sparrowhawk. We saw him/her land on our feeder frame, and then zoom down to chase some songbirds into the hedge - unsuccessfully in the end. The hawk then took off and zoomed round the corner of our house, then snatched a fledgling (we think it was a young robin) from the roof of the fruit cage, and dropped down to the area by our compost bins. I pointed this out to my missus, and she crept round there with her camera. She managed to snap a couple of shots before the hawk flew off, fledgling in talons:

We felt a bit sorry for the little one, but that is nature.

Cheers, Bob

Nice shot