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This blog is an archive of all of the daily nature photos I sent out via my newsletter.
I started this newsletter in March 2020; the idea was to help keep people's spirits up during the lockdown when they might not be able to get outside as much as they would like. I posted these photos on my facebook and instagram pages as well as sending them out by email, but I wanted everyone to be able to enjoy them - particularly the older generation who may not have social media.
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Apr 22, 20201 min read
No. 31, 23rd April: The dandelion clock
This year seems to be a particular good one for forget-me-nots. There is a sea of them in my garden and I've been thinking for a while...
Apr 21, 20201 min read
No. 30, 22nd April: A wary eye
I crept from tree to tree, trying to make as little noise as possible - but the woodland floor was covered with sticks and dry leaf...
Apr 20, 20201 min read
No. 29, 21st April: Painted lady
This is a photo from last summer, when we saw a bit of a boom in painted lady numbers here in the UK. It's amazing to think that painted...
Apr 19, 20201 min read
No. 28, 20th April: Spring lamb
I startled this lamb yesterday afternoon as it was poking its head up over a bank of grass. I thought it was too cute not to share! I...
Apr 18, 20201 min read
No. 27, 19th April: Coot
I took this photo of a coot on a cycle ride outside Cambridge last summer. Initially I found the photos I was taking a little boring, but...
Apr 17, 20201 min read
No. 26, 18th April: Daisy
Here's a simple portrait of a daisy I took a couple of days ago. The daisy itself was in shadow but the afternoon sun was lighting up the...
Apr 16, 20201 min read
No. 25, 17th April: Treecreeper
This is another recent photo - taken the same evening as yesterday's pied flycatcher. I think there must be a treecreeper nest in the...
Apr 15, 20201 min read
No. 24, 16th April: Pied flycatcher portrait
I took this photo of a pied flycatcher yesterday evening in the last of the sun's rays. I like the dreamy fusions of colour in the...
Apr 14, 20201 min read
No. 23, 15th April: The woodpecker
This is a photo I overlooked when I first took it. I re-discovered it on my hard drive a couple of days ago and was surprised it hadn't...
Apr 13, 20201 min read
No. 22, 14th April: Tree at sunset
Do you recognise this tree? It's the same one I sent a photo of a couple of weeks ago, just a different sunset! I take quite a lot of...
Apr 12, 20201 min read
No. 21, 13th April: Swallow over barley
In celebration of the return of the swallows, here's one skimming over a barley field in Pembrokeshire. This is quite an old photo but...
Apr 11, 20201 min read
No. 20, 12th April: Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! Here's a little lamb to brighten your morning. I hope you manage to enjoy today even if it feels different to usual. This...
Apr 10, 20201 min read
No. 19, 11th April: Pied flycatcher
The pied flycatchers are back! This photo is hot off the press; I took it only a couple of hours ago! I'm so glad to have their cheerful...
Apr 9, 20201 min read
No. 18, 10th April: Morning dew
This photo was taken the same morning as the tree-sunrise I posted a few days ago. Dew in early morning light is always beautiful to...
Apr 8, 20201 min read
No. 17, 9th April: Whooper swan
It always amazes me how swans are able to bend their necks into such tightly curled shapes. I took this photo from a hide at the WWT's...
Apr 7, 20201 min read
No. 16, 8th April: Shadow beetle
This is an old photo from 2015 that I keep coming back to. It has inspired many attempts to catch other insects' shadows, but so far this...
Apr 6, 20201 min read
No. 15, 7th April: Catkins
This is a photo I took a few evenings ago. The low sun was just peering through the hedgerow and illuminating the edges of these catkins....
Apr 5, 20201 min read
No. 14, 6th April: The smiling fox
Here's a smiling fox to brighten up your Monday! This photo was taken last August in the field below my house. Strangely, just a few...
Apr 4, 20201 min read
No. 13, 5th April: Starry night
A dark night is always good for putting things in perspective. There are so many stars and they are all so big and far away. It makes you...
Apr 3, 20201 min read
No. 12, 4th April: Chaffinch in flight
This photo was taken a few years ago at the feeding stations of Ynys Hir Nature Reserve. They have a lot of 'more interesting' birds out...
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