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Deer entering Rowney Woods
Bugs and Critters

Deer Entering Rowney Woods

We’re heading back to Rowney Woods this weekend, but here’s a shot from our last visit of some of the many deer entering Rowney Woods.

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Berners Roding Sunset
HDR

Berners Roding at Sunset

Out and about in the Rodings today and caught this sunset looking out from Berners Roding. If you’d like to see the view lookin the other way then visit my 365 Project pages.

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Bush Road
The Essex Countryside

Bush Road, Great Sampford, Essex

Pictures can sometimes be misleading. You wouldn’t believe that, top right there is a scrap yard and criss-crossing back and forth all over the fields and trees are a number of electricity pylons and a telephone line – it did not look appealing, but with a careful bit of positioning

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Tree and Moon, black and white
Black & White

West Wood – Between Thaxted and Great Sampford

We’ve been to West Wood before but not for a few months so it was nice to get out there on Monday before the weather closed in. We had lovely bright weather and the moon followed us around all day. So here’s a black and white shot of the moon

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Looking out of Rowney Woods
HDR

What a difference a few months can make…

If you’ve been following this blog for a few months then you may recall the Viper’s Bugloss, sea of purple photograph taken looking out of Rowney Woods back in July. That field now looks like this.

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Rowney Woods Sunset
Rowney Woods

Rowney Woods Sunset

We finally made our escape from the confines of the house and Christmas and took a stroll around Rowney Woods this afternoon. Plenty of wildlife on view today including 3 hawks of some variety, a large variety of tits and finches, a number of grey squirrels and 29 deer. Not

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Left or right
Rowney Woods

Which way to go?

Winter had certainly arrived on Sunday when we arrived at Rowney Woods, we even had the remains of some light snow in parts and the wind was very cold. The woods, as you would expect, are now looking very forlorn. Not long since, this junction was shrouded in green vegetation,

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The Last Fungus
Rowney Woods

The last of the fungus?

We finally got out and about again after 3 weeks either stuck indoors ill or out visiting family so it was nice to visit Rowney Woods today. Having just commented that we hadn’t seen any fungus in the woods we immediately spotted these.

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This is what passes for a hill in these parts
The Essex Countryside

This is what passes for a hill in these parts…

Rolling, I think, is the adjective. It was deceptively steep when you walked up and down this area just outside Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex. It was the different colours of the ground against the blue of the sky that caught my eye.

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Umbrella Mushroom
Rowney Woods

Umbrella

A small family of these had gathered on the lawn in front of a delightful thatched cottage on the edge of Rowney Woods.  

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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.