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Mostly UK wildlife and prehistory. A drinker of real ale, real cider & real coffee. Wolves FC supporter. All 📸 my own.

Swinside (Sunkenkirk) stone circle.
Decorated stone at Little Meg.
Long Meg. 3.6 metre red sandstone monolith, with rock art. Stood in a grassy field enclosed by a drystone wall. A few trees and the distant hills are in the background.
Three Common Toads mating on a bed of dry Bracken. Larger female underneath two suitors.
Stone built bridge constructed with four, square, piers and two abutments and surfaced with large flagstones. The photo is taken in the winter with leafless trees showing through the mist.
East tower decorated with flushwork using knapped flint against stone. The lettering over the west window spells out SCT. EDMUND ORA P. NOBIS translated as St. Edmund pray for us.
Sun setting over beach, sea partly obscured by Marram Grass.
Grey Seal pup, partly hidden by rocks, on a sandy beach.
Waves breaking on rocky shoreline with the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance.
Looking down the valley of Mickleden with the prominent domed summit of Pike of Stickle rising up in the background.
Common Field Grasshopper on wooden beam.
Cylindrical pillar of red sandstone standing in dappled sunlight beneath the trees.
Painted Lady butterfly (and a small fly) on a yellow dahlia.
Close up of overlapping Bracken fronds.
Pentre Ifan dolmen, Pembrokeshire.
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly resting on orange flowers.
Three lichen covered standing stones at Machrie Moor, Arran.
Speckled eggs of the Ringed Plover in nest made of shell fragments and shingle.
Bottle of Berryland Wild Perry with glass of perry poured out.
Lesser Celandine in woodland.
Peacock butterfly on moss covered rock
Shadows of Pentre Ifan.
Pentre Ifan dolmen