With great plans for an active weekend including getting up before dawn to catch some frosty sunrises, I promptly caught a winter bug instead and spent 3 feverish days in bed. I did stagger out on the final evening to get some fresh air but then had a giant fight with my camera settings, as I had forgotten that I...
The UK contains a lot of wonderful countryside but is also home to many millions of people. England in particular has a significantly high population density which causes our countryside to be heavily used, and sometimes to be heavily misused. If all visitors would follow a few simple rules it would make all the difference to subsequent visitors,...
A very dark and dreary day in my part of the world so probably not the best time to try out manual settings on the camera! Luckily it was nice and invigorating to be out in the wind, and the autumnal colours were really showing before the last leaves hit the floor.
As it was predicted to be a beautiful Saturday morning this week I made sure that I got up early to make the most of it. Unfortunately, I still managed to leave late and found that the morning charge of runners and dog walkers had beaten me to it. Certain that I would not get any wildlife photographs I "contented"...
The Lindley Wood reservoir, which I believe acts as an overflow reservoir to control river levels downstream, literally filled up in a week in October 2023. It was difficult to get a comparison picture since I would need a boat to get to the position I was in in August 2023. A happy accident in today's picture of the bridge...
After recent weather it was not surprising to find most tracks more like streams on this walk. At least the wild fowl seemed at home. In addition to some very vocal Canada Geese plus a few high speed Mallard Ducks, I had a nice surprise when a couple of Mandarin Ducks wandered by.
An early Sunday morning walk introduced me to an unexpected waterfall that was not there last week. This part of Yorkshire was relatively lightly touched by storm Babet, but there is still an enormous amount of water coming off the moors. This is also demonstrated by the fact that where I was standing to take pictures last week is now...
The sunny calm weather this weekend also allowed for some more drone practice. The Holy Stone HS720R is very easy to fly but as a still nervous novice I wanted to be out of way, and most importantly not disturbing any wildlife. This spot was perfect.
Autumn is my favourite time of year and this day was as cool and fresh as they come. Perfection in the early morning sunshine.
As it was too blustery to consider drone flying this morning I did a return visit to Lindley Wood Reservoir instead. Again it was fantastic exercise for the very unfit me, and I do believe that there was more water in it than last weekend.