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Down the river from yesterdays photograph is Roydon which is where I nipped out at lunchtime today to capture this HDR photograph. We seem to have run into Summer again – I saw my first butterfly of the year here as well.
The sun finally made an appearance today so I nipped down to the River Stort by the A414 to catch the sunset this evening.
On the edge of Rowney Woods is this structure which, I assume, is for pheasant shooters.
Our walk today took us through Rowney Woods and out to Broadoaks Manor in Wimbish. This HDR photograph was taken the other side of the Manor as we followed the public footpaths back round to Rowney Woods.
This is Broadoaks Manor, a Tudor manor house surrounded by a moat. In the 1590’s the house sheltered a catholic priest, Father John Gerard, during Queen Elizabeth I’s persecution of the Catholic faith…which was fairly typical of the Tudor monarchs of the time. The manor house itself is in excellent
I spotted this fellow on a wander through Dunmow last Sunday morning. I accidentally disturbed him (I had no idea he was there) and he flew off into these trees. This looks to my very untrained eye to be a Little Egret – a type of heron to you and
I’d just got back from work, it had been solid grey all day, and I just happened to glance out of the window. It was really quite dark, but there was a great red sunset happening, I grabbed my camera and took this. One minute later and we were back
I was up early on Sunday, but missed the sun rise…so not that early. Still, Dunmow was quiet and Doctors Pond was very still giving some great reflections.
Spring is certainly on its way as these catkins found in Rowney Woods demonstrate.
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