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Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
2021 - 365 Project

040-365v4 Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

A second appearance for this little fellow on the blog (you can see this Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) here as well), it was a month ago so I hope you’ll forgive this repeat. S/he is a happy little soul always bouncing around the garden, even ratty doesn’t chase him/her, unlike

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A Sparrow in the Twisted Willow
Birds

039-365v4 Sparrow in the Hazel

As with much of the East of England today we have had a moderate snow fall. As we are in the South this has caused complete chaos. This, of course, makes no difference to me as I work from home, long gone are the “snow days” when it was perfectly

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Staring at the Starlings waiting for the Snow
2021 - 365 Project

024-365v4 Staring at the Starlings waiting for the Snow

Today was supposed to be a snow day. It was due to start at 11am (it did) and continue until the evening (it did). What is didn’t do, in Great Dunmow at least, is settle to any degree, which rather buggered my photo plans for the day. Not only that,

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The Shell House, Hatfield Forest
Flash/Artificial Lighting

The Shell House

My first attempt at light painting on a larger scale. This is the Shell House in Hatfield Forest.

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Snowy Goose
Great Dunmow

Snowy Goose

This Canadian goose demonstrates the excellent insulating properties of a feathery down ;-). Taken on Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow, Essex

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A Frozen Doctors Pond
Great Dunmow

A Frozen Doctors Pond

The snow we were all promised didn’t really materialise overnight. What little we had is shown here on a rather frozen Doctors Pond.

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Out The Bathroom Window - Snow
2012 - 366 Project

340/366 Out the Bathroom Window – First Snow of Winter

We were surprised, as I think everyone was, to wake up this morning and find the world was white. No indication had been given the night before on the forecast that this was on the way, still, it meant I won’t be scrabbling around at 11.45pm tonight trying to work

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Robin at a feeder
Birds

Where’s my Breakfast?

Marching around Dunmow after the snow fall a couple of Sunday’s ago I spotted this character searching out his breakfast.

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Rowney Woods in the Snow
Rowney Woods

Snow in Rowney Woods

This shot was from last Saturday in Rowney Woods. Snow was still deep through the open rides of the wood and it was clear that not that many people had been through the woods in the last few days…no doubt, because of the snow.

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a past Chairman and Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions. I have recently moved to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.