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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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Cirrus Over Dunmow
2021 - 365 Project

055-365v4 Cirrus Over Dunmow

I’m no cloud expert, but I think these are Cirrus clouds and they were looking pretty interesting on my early morning walk today. As with many photographers, I collect pictures of the sky for use in photoshop, particularly useful with photoshops new Replace Sky feature which i use periodically and

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A 10% Chance
2021 - 365 Project

053-365v4 A 10% Chance

There is a 10% chance (actually 9.26%, but forgive my artistic licence) that a picture of this tree will appear in a random search of this current 365 project. It’s the 5th time I have chosen a picture including it. It’s the best tree on my morning walk, but today

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Catkins Galore.
2021 - 365 Project

052-365v4 Catkins Galore

A quiet day, no rat action to report and I took a whole host of photographs, none of which really inspired me. This is the best of the bunch. The twisted willow has produced a huge number of catkins, a small number of them can be seen here. I hadn’t

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The Tree on Bigod Lane in Great Dunmow
2021 - 365 Project

050/365v4 Spring peaks over winter’s sill

On my morning walk it really felt like spring was just around the corner. It helps that my walk now starts at sunrise rather than stepping out into the dark and the temperature has improved hugely over last week. You can see in today’s image of my favourite local tree

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Great Tit (Parus major)
2021 - 365 Project

044-365v4 Great Tit (Parus major)

Today we are back in the garden (via the kitchen window). We still have a few regular visitors to cover and today is one of those – the Great Tit. We have a few of these who visit the feeding stations regularly. More on yesterday’s little puzzle picture to follow

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Peek a Boo
2021 - 365 Project

042-365v4 Peek a Boo

Limited opportunities for photography today, so I just have a bit of a grab shot of this A Dunnock (Prunella modularis) who was keeping a close eye on me as I moved around the kitchen. They love the twisted willow and spend quite a lot of time in there, but

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The Eurasian Collared Dove
2021 - 365 Project

028-365v4 The Eurasian Collared Dove

If you have been following this blog for any length of time you will know that I usually start these with something along the lines of “This isn’t the picture I intended to produce today!” Today is no exception, so you get another garden shot…I’m beginning to get quite a

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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.