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It's that time of year when I am keener on going out than my dogs are.... (more)

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Larch, and Larch, and Larch, and Larch all kissed with the glory of the sun... (more)

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A deer-and-dog-walker track through a plantation, and the context for... (more)

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Some sort of Fern growing in a dry drainage channel. The same plant can be... (more)

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Much of the undergrowth in Bourne Woods is either Bracken or Bramble. This is... (more)

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This started out as a deer path, but has been used by dogwalkers for the last 20... (more)

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I recorded the morning birdsong at this point. It is available on Wikimedia... (more)

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The trunk of TF0820 : Oak Tree complete with woodcrete birdbox number 42. There is... (more)

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I like Oak Trees. For an audio recording I made of birdsong, and the wind in... (more)

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There are many more walkers out this morning than the dogs and I are accustomed... (more)

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This is the path past TF0820 : Weary Bridge and along TF0820 : Tree-lined path that eventually reaches... (more)

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I don't know if this is the official name for this little parapet, which is... (more)

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Not just any garden gate. The one next to which I placed my recording apparatus... (more)

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Here we are again. Out walking before I start work, along one of the former... (more)

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The pillars of that great Cathedral, the Forest of Kesteven are better than any... (more)

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A small oak, overshadowed by the taller trees in the canopy. See also... (more)

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I make no apology, this time, for converging verticals, which convey something... (more)

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I was struck, during the rainy weather, how dark these branches looked against... (more)

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A long established dog-walking track. Actually one of my favourites, and I have... (more)

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Sunlight from within the shadows. This is quite near where I spotted several... (more)

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These beehives are all in use, and the bees are enjoying the warm weather. I... (more)

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I made an audio recording of the 11:00 silence on the 75th anniversary of VE... (more)

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I was struck by the vividness of the colours this morning, and here we have the... (more)

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This is a compound of three images taken with my Pixel3 phone, stitched with... (more)

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This is a Mercator-style projection of a hemi-spherical panorama. The top edge... (more)

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30 minutes after this image was taken I returned and set up the sound recording... (more)

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Recording equipment in place (see also TF0820 : A spring morning) For nearly two hours of... (more)

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A pollarded Hazel, a Scots Pine, an Oak trunk, and an absence of undergrowth in... (more)

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One of the firebreaks and forest tracks that split the wood. The early hour... (more)

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Winter trees, reach naked fingers into a sky slowly brightening into day. The... (more)

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The bare upper branches of the trees as morning glimmers into life. This is a... (more)

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Looking into the plantation next to the public footpath. Listen to a birdsong... (more)

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I like the outline of this tree, natural and unaffected by any others around it.... (more)

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Any day now I will have to stop talking of us being in Autumn. We are in the... (more)

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The light in Autumn is different - and it is happening now To hear the... (more)

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Sound recording equipment and my "compost" heap - actually sticks and... (more)

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The edge of the wood seen from my back gate. Illustrating Sound recordings... (more)

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The last dozen years or so I have been leaving the grass in the orchard long to... (more)

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Larch, Ash, and Oak I recorded the birdsong on this morning, and it is stored... (more)

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After a wet week it was back to sunshine for our morning walk. For a... (more)

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Under the trees again, recharging my emotional batteries. And making the sound... (more)

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The public footpath, all wet from overnight rain and palled with morning mists... (more)

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Long grass in my orchard. This was shot to illustrate the location of the... (more)

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The Hazels here seem to have shaded out most of the undergrowth. The soil is... (more)

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The small clearing into which I escaped faced with the social distancing dilemma... (more)

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Eeekkk! Another human! Narrow path! Panic! We are supposed to be social... (more)

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An isolated ash where Silver Birch were felled twenty years back, and there is a... (more)

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An early hour, because I had started a recording of the new Dawn Chorus, which... (more)

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The second nearest bush is a field maple, with dozens of stems. You'd not... (more)

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Number 101 is one of the woodcrete bird boxes erected over a decade ago.... (more)

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