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Soaring High

This land we share with many a beast, but the sky belongs to the birds alone. Your Sky, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

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Tuesday Treat: Birds & Bees

The flowers and fauna seen on our walk on 1st June 2021. Enjoy Poppy… One of the many cranesbills… Buttercup… up close and personal… Forget-me-nots… and stinging nettes Pink Campion (which is a hybrid of white & red) Above the … Continue reading

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Something Different

Monday is usually my day for answering Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt but this week I answered it straight into the comments. Which frees up today for something… different.

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Tuesday Treat: Details

A few of the smaller things seen on my walk last week (Acle to South Walsham via Upton) Remember the mistletoe tree? Not an easy shot, but… And the fairies’ garden, where the rowan leaves offered early colours Alder hung … Continue reading

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After the Snow

Yesterday I was finally able to take the camera for a walk. And I found this, lost in the midst if several acres of snow-melt. It was a day of firsts. The first clear shot I’ve had of a Little … Continue reading

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One Bird and his Post

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Making a Spectacle

The Spectacle Goose, better known as the Egyptian Goose, having escaped from some ornamental fowl collection, now breeds amongst the Norfolk Broads. I snapped these at South Walsham Broad. Photos taken at South Walsham Broad.

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Too High, Too Low, Across the Water, Amid the Nettles

When you can’t get close-in, the only thing to do is to ‘zoom’ and ‘crop’. The resolution remains, but the picture goes small. Some of these barely measure 5″ square.

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At The Broads’ Edge

At the Broads’ edge is Breydon Water, the meagre remains of the once Great Estuary (See Broadly). Here the three main Broads’ rivers join (the Bure, the Yare and the Waveney) to flow as one through the port of Great … Continue reading

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Tipping a Wink at Whitlingham

While I have no intention of making this post a promotion of Whitlingham Country Park (I’m sure they’ve their own department devoted to it), I will agree that it makes an ideal destination for a family day out. Sailing, canoeing, … Continue reading

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