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Pylon
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Pylon

Out and about yesterday the photograph taking was somewhat curtailed by breaking down and having to get the RAC out to get me going again, which they did promptly and successfully. Whilst waiting for the RAC to arrive the heavens opened and it poured down – which made me feel

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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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Muntjac Deer in Rowney Woods
Rowney Woods

Muntjac Deer in Rowney Woods

This is the second muntjac deer we have seen in 2 visits to Rowney Woods recently. These are clearly very timid creatures – as soon as this one spotted me, and to be fair, I was standing right in the middle of the path, s/he was off into the wood

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Condemned
Rowney Woods

Condemned in Rowney Woods

Rowney Woods had conifers planted in it during the 1950s but is now being returned to native deciduous trees by the Forestry Commission. There are still quite a number of these pine trees around – they stand out particularly well with the large daubs of fluorescent yellow/green paint marking them

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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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Radwinter End B&W
Black & White

Dodging the rain in Radwinter End

We drove out to Radwinter End yesterday to have a look around Bendysh Woods. On the way we drove through some heavy rain but were heartened to see we were heading into better weather. On arrival the sun was bursting through and we walked into Bendysh Woods. These are clearly

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Forest Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)
Bugs and Critters

Rowney Woods Revisited

We visited Rowney Woods again today and saw loads of wildlife including a muntjac deer and a small group of fallow deer – needless to say, none were to keen to be photographed! The dragonflies were out in force and there were plenty of other smaller creatures including this Forest

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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.