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Hanging Around
Bugs and Critters

Hanging Around

We’ve not had a song title/reference for a while so see if you can get this one. We visited West Wood just outside Thaxted at the weekend (actually on our way back to Dunmow from Rowney Wood) and found this chap hanging around in a most peculiar position!

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Young Pheasant
Birds

Young Dumb Pheasant

We were back in Rowley Woods this weekend, a mid afternoon visit so we weren’t expecting to see much Deer action – but we ran into a family group again and a Muntjac that must have been hiding from the larger fallow deer. Despite being pretty close to the Muntjac

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Running Pheasant
Birds

Leg it! A young peasant greets the approaching photographer

I have a lot of photographs of birds disappearing into the middle distance, I have neither the super long lens of a wildlife photographer, nor have I the patience, finesse or light footedness to approach such creatures in such a way as not to put the fear of god into

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Fluffy Chick
Birds

Fluffy Chick

And now for something completely different… Debbie does lots of knitting, she makes large quantities of jumpers, scarves, hats, baby clothes…it’s a real production line. For something a little different she made this recently.

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Incy Wincy Spider
Bugs and Critters

Who’s that lurking in the bath?

Found today in the bath was this monster. He cast quite a shadow! He was caught and put out in the garden. Debbie thought she could hear him walking on the gravel!

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Duelling Geese on Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow
Birds

Canada Geese On Doctors Pond 2

You may recall our last post about the Canada Geese that frequent the Doctors Pond here in Dunmow, and I mentioned they liked to have a good go at each other. Well, here’s a good example taken earlier this year.

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The Broken Raven
Birds

Broken Wing

Following up from yesterday’s image of the silhouetted gull, by chance I captured these 2 pictures of a passing raven today: I’m delighted to report that he wasn’t flying in circles 😉

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Flying Home B&W
Birds

Flying Home

A second black & white photograph for you today, taken a couple of days ago in Fyfield. This seagull decided it was time to fly home, even if that meant heading straight into a storm.

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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.