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Photography. Wildlife. Walking. Rewilding. Permaculture. Standing Stones. Wales. Occasional haiku. Absolutely no AI. That kind of thing, like that.

A pair of turnstones on a rocky shore with seaweed
Five ripe pumpkins in a window alcove in summer morning light.
A large rock outlier on a beach with white surf and a backdrop of houses tucked in below cliffs.
A rocky Welsh mountain with the moon setting in a blue sky.
A burial chamber / dolmen on a coastal headland with blue sky, sea and beach in the background
Three Snipe in a winter reed bed with reflections on the water
A GR cipher red postbox with letters only wording in a museum on an island in Pembrokeshire
A Painted Lady butterfly resting on a human hand in a polytunnel.
A Northern Fulmar gliding over blue sea and sky.
A Painted Lady butterfly on a large sunflower in a hot polytunnel in July
A photo of the underside of a Great Skua flying in front of a blue sky.
Two Dutch barns on a snowy January morning with a full moon
A Grey Heron looks out over a sea weed filled estuary at low tide.
A blue/grey sea and a blue/grey sky with a strip of brightness where they meet.
A Bridled Guillemot on rippled sea
Bluegrey could formstions over a rippled bluegrey sea
A head shot of a puffin peeping out of grass and flowers.
A black and white macro photo of the inside of a Hollyhock flower on a sunny summer day.
A large white butterfly on a kale plant in a garden in a summers day.
A female Eider Duck a seaweed covered rock in calm sea
A black and white fingerpost in a village setting featuring text in Welsh and English and a circular topper framing a full moon
A sign explaining entrance restrictions at the Balmoral Castle estate, traditionally the summer residence of the UK Royal Family who despite massive private wealth are still funded by the UK taxpayer…
Mediocre linocut of Curlew wading in a n estuary
A close up of a Red Poppy in summer.
A common redshank wading in shallow water.
A Common Blue Butterfly on dune grass in summer.
Wave sets on a long beach with blue sky on a clear day in early winter.
A strip of Oystercatchers feeding between marsh and sea.
A burial chamber / dolmen on a hilltop on Gower, South West Wales with a small offering of flowers on the stones in front of the structure.
A Red Kite chick peeping out through a dense canopy of Sycamore leaves with the look of a bored teenager.
A male Shoveler duck swimming with a background of reeds. Can’t remember where this one was taken tbh.
A view from water level down a wooded river gorge in high summer. Photo taken from a kayak with a path of light leading down river. Strong Heart of Darkness vibes here abut no sign of Col Kurtz.
Lush vegetation of giant rhubarb? And ferns next to a pond adjoining a coniferous plantation.
A water rail swimming in a marsh in winter morning light
A small peninsula on the Welsh coast with blue sea and sky.
Two black tailed godwits feeding in Welsh estuary mud
Summer Solstice dawn at an ancient stone circle in the Preseli Mountains of Pembrokeshire.
A poem about a ewe in a North Wales landscape with a photo of a lone sheep standing on a rocky hill in a mountain landscape.
A Comma butterfly perched on bramble flowers in front of bright green leaves.
A grey heron stood on a bent branch backlit by morning light.
A wren on a lichen covered rock on the Shetland island of Mousa. A distinct sub-species as I remember.
A VR? cipher postbox on a wooden post with a red roof topper in a rural Scottish valley.
A bound head carving on a cathedral wall .
A black and white view of hedges and fields taken through two window gaps of a corrugated iron barn.
Two Meadow Brown butterflies interrupted by a photographer while having a “knee-trembler” on a Rowan tree branch.
A Whitethroat on a gorse bush.
Stacks of stones next to a small pond in a west wales garden in summer.
Meadow Pippit on a Heather bush.
A bumblebee visiting a red/pink cosmos flower in a polytunnel.?
A spotted flycatcher on an oak branch in high summer.
A bluestone (located here by helicopter in recent times) in the foreground with the Preseli mountain ridge on the horizon and a blue sky with contrails.
A Chough taking a break from feeding in red ants on a grass bank.
Summer Solstice Dawn at a standing stone circle in the Preseli mountains of Pembrokeshire Wales
A ginger cat peeking round a tree trunk
Sunlight seen through a Giant Rhubarb leaf.