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If It Fits I Sits
2021 - 365 Project

068-365v4 If It Fits I Sits

This is our old cat Badger, who you will find him, periodically throughout the blog although I haven’t photographed him for a while. He’s not been well recently and is suffering from kidney failure but he continues to entertain us and wake us (well, Debbie) up at 4 in the

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Shake Ya Tail Feathers
2021 - 365 Project

067-365v4 Scrub a Dub Dunnock – aka Shake Ya Tail Feathers

One of our regular visitors, the Dunnock decided today was the day for a proper brush up so he carefully avoided the actual birdbath that we have kindly provided amd decided the flooded plant pot would do much better. S/he was in there for ages and made sure she was

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Duck Patrol at Doctors Pond
2021 - 365 Project

066-365v4 Duck Patrol at Dunmow Pond

The ducks are pairing up on Doctors Pond for the mating season. This is the only time they come visiting in our garden as they look for somewhere to lay their eggs. We always get losts of visitors, but they never stay…probably just as well as we still haven’t rid

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Fieldfare on Bigods Lane
2021 - 365 Project

064-365v4 Redwings & Fieldfare on Bigods Lane

We took our usual walk around our local area earlier today and saw the Fieldfare had arrived. They always turn up at this time of year on the fields around Bigods Lane in Great Dunmow. They are part of the thrush family and winter in the UK before heading north

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Leaping Squirrel
2021 - 365 Project

062-365v4 A Bumper Day of Photographs!

After struggling for an image yesterday, I’ve got them coming out of my ears today…this is what often happens when doing a 365 project. The featured image today is one of our regular squirrel’s who visits daily. This is the bigger of the two and he has discovered that if

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The Dark Assassin Returns - Sneeky Return
2021 - 365 Project

059-365v4 The Dark Assassin Returns

The rats are definitely winning at the moment, no more captures for almost a week…we still have Big Mama and 3 of her children left to evict. Fortunately for us (not so much the ratty and her family) the dark assassin has returned. Not only has s/he been watching from

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An Explosion of Cuteness
2021 - 365 Project

054-365v4 An Explosion of Cuteness

I work for a company that has a number of concerns, one of which is a farm – Intwood Farm to be exact. Found out of the outskirts of Norwich in Norfolk they produce beef, pork and lamb meat from rare breeds and hugely tasty it is too. If you

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We all have our crosses to bear
2021 - 365 Project

051-365v4 We all have our crosses to bear

Apparently, our lot to bear currently are the rats…but we scored another “goal” today with an early morning capture of one of the youngsters. He was looking a little forlorn (see below) when we arrived at his release site at the back of the churchyard in Great Dunmow 😉 So,

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Squirell eating Monkey Nuts in the rain
2021 - 365 Project

049-365v4 – Luncheon in the Rain

I finally finished the photoshop project I keep trailing on here…but you can’t see it yet because it goes into the Bishop’s Stortford camera club competition on Tuesday…you can see it after that, I know you can’t wait. So, in the meantime squirelly came visiting today. She is really enjoying

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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.