A gathering of photos from our walk on 23rd January 2026. Enjoy…
23rd January 2026
🔼 The most unexpected sight of the day. A family of otters sporting in the Yare as we cross the bridge. Didn’t expect that in an industrial area. Shows how clean our rivers are 🔽 Ivy reaches out with her tendrils. Invasive in gardens, but happy to see her greenery here
23rd January 2026
23rd January 2026
🔼 Ivy berries provide a safe haven for an overwintering ladybird 🔽 A lone beech leaf looking like a copper sculpture
23rd January 2026
🔽 No, it’s not the same egret. It’s another
23rd January 2026
23rd January 2026
I do not apologise for including 3 photos of the wild clematis, Old Man’s Beard aka Travellers’ Joy 🔼🔽⏬
23rd January 2026
23rd January 2026
23rd January 2026
Spring flowers, so good to see them: 🔼 Hellebore and 🔽 Snowdrops
23rd January 2026
23rd January 2026
And for the fungi fans, these provide welcome winter colour 🔼🔽⏬
23rd January 2026
23rd January 2026
Alas, that’s all for now folks.
Now to see if I can find something entirely different for next week
crispina kemp 
Such different Januaries we have! Lovely share, Crispina.
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Happy to share. And now we have February. To me, February is He’ll Month, no matter the trees are budding and flowers pushing through. I never feel ‘right’ in February. I want to hibernate.ok, rant over. I’m walking the camera tomorrow. Let’s see what we find!
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Hell, you mean? 😉
It’s the longest friggen month of the year! It goes on and on despite the lack of days.
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Typos only happen when I’m using the phone!
And yes, Hell. Never ending Hell
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I know! When I typed in Hell with my phone, it tried to change it to He’ll 😉
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I had to override autocorrect 3 times to type that reply!
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Hahaha! I hear ya.
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Some beautiful photos here – the otters what a spot! Also the snowdrops one of my favourite flowers- sign that spring isn’t too far away 🙌
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We all rejoice at the first sign of snowdrops!
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🙌😃
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Violets and primroses next. Then we’ll know spring is here
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Hooray 🥳
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Spring flowers! A welcome sight indeed!
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But still plenty of cold to come. I want warm days!
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Very colorful pics
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Always good to have colour at this time of year
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Very true dear friend
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I seek it out wherever it’s hiding!
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🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼
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Gorgeous always–I especially like the blue Ivy berries, as I was not familiar with them.
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Ivy berries look black. But closer to, they are various shades of purple and blue according to ripeness
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Very pretty!
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I would direct you to a photo of the ‘ripening’ berries, where all the hues are included, but I’m not sure where to find it. Probably a November/December post from a previous year,But which year? Yet I do know I’ve posted one
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Thanks!
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Try this link. I hope it works
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Oh yes, gorgeous!
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I’m sure I have better shots, but this was in my media library, nicely convenient
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😊
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Beautiful photos, Crispina. You get so many fungi to shoot. Snowdrop is so beautiful.
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The fungi are plentiful this year, because so is the rain! It’s been exceptionally wet, and it’s expected to continue that way, too
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I have seen only wild ones, only white.
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