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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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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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Aldeburgh Groyne
HDR

Groynes at Aldeburgh

A common sight on the North Sea coastline are groynes, ordinarily these are pretty old and derelict, but Aldeburgh have a set of nice new ones.

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A seagull at Aldeburgh
Birds

On The Beach at Aldeburgh

We ventured outside the county borders today and had a trip to the seaside. We originally intended visiting Southwold, indeed we got to Southwold, drove into the absolutely packed car park and drove straight out again, the place was thronged! So, we pottered down the coast to Aldeburgh. Aldeburgh was

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St Mary's Great Dunmow
Churches

St Mary’s Church, Great Dunmow

Along with the photograph of Doctors Pond taken at the crack of dawn on Sunday morning I also took this one of Great Dunmow’s Parish Church. I’ve photographed loads of Churches in Essex over the last 6 months or so, but strangely haven’t investigated my local church in Dunmow, so,

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Doctors Pond, Great Dunmow
Doctors Pond

Cat causes an early rise

Saturday night I joked with my wife that I really needed to be up at the crack of dawn to catch the sun rise, especially in view of the good weather we’re having, we agreed, there was no chance I’d get up at 5.00am to catch it…clearly the cat had

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Dandelion Seed head
Macro Photography

Dandelion Heads

Along with yesterdays bug photographs, I also photographed some dandelion heads. A bit cliched now, but for a good reason – they make good pictures. So here are two of mine

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Berners Roding Church Looking In
Churches

Berners Roding Church

If you’ve been following this blog you will now know that I enjoy photographing Churches and derelict buildings…so what could be better than to find a derelict Church! Berners Roding Church is certainly in a poor state. Rumour has it that it may be sold for residential use, though the

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Beauchamp Roding Church - The Chancel
Churches

Inside the church at Beauchamp Roding

Inside the church you can see that some work is needed to bring the Church into pristine condition, but the church boasts a nice collection of stained glass and an attractive altar. Here’s a picture of the chancel including the altar: Looking around I came across the following wooden box

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Approaching the Church at Beauchamp Roding

So, as you walk through the gate you are actually approaching the rear of the church. Walking round the front of the Church (where the West Tower is) you pass the original door which is no longer used. Coming round the Tower you see the South Porch which was rebuilt

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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.