…on those March days when the sun shines hot yet the wind blows cold, when it’s summer in the light and winter in the shade.
#ribes #ribessanguineum #hoverfly #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #bees #insect #flora #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Saproxylic
#fungus #fungi #polypores #bracket #turkeytail #trametesversicolor #henofthewoods #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #llanafan #aberystwyth
Buzzin’ the blue sky.
#buteobuteo #buzzard #commonbuzzard #bluesky #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdlife #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion #wales @rspb.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Change, the only constant.
#spring #springtime #hope #crocus #flowers #newstart #flora #llanafan #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth
Titillation
#bluetit #Cyanistescaeruleus #biggardenbirdwatch #wildlife #nature #birds #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birdlife #llanafan #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspb.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Don’t sing because you have the answer, sing because you have a song.
#longtailedtit #aegithaloscaudatus #biggardenbirdwatch #wildlife #nature #birds #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birdlife #llanafan #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspb.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Snowfall.
#snow #winter #snowflakes #snowstorm #storm #blizzard #weather #monochrome #blackandwhite #llanafan #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Downfall
#snowfall #snow #winter #weather #storm #silence #slomo #llanafan #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion
A garden birds miscellany.
#birds #birdlife #nuthatch #starling #sparrow #chaffinch #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #llanafan #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #Aberystwyth #ceredigion #Wales @rspb.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
A sun low in the sky, a plantation.
#forest #woodland #forestry #plantation #winter #sunlight #goldenhour #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #tynybedw #aberystwyth #llanafan
Light/dark
#sunset #evening #goldenhour #silhouette #skyscape #skyline #trawscoed #trawsgoed #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #talfan #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion
The Christmas Dunnock.
#birds #birdlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #woodland #dunnock #prunellamodularis #tynybedw #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspb.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Cold, hard stare.
#coaltit #tits #periparusater #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #llanafan #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion @rspb.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
Think the balance has finally tipped and the old apple tree is now essentially more lower plant than fruit tree.
#lichen #moss #lowerplants #plants #ecology #botany #botanical #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #detail #llanafan #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Persistence if not permanence.
#oak #tree #loneliness #isolation #moody #winter #bleakness #silhouette #nature #naturephotography #trawscoed #trawsgoed #llanafan #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth
The greatest ideas are the simplest.
#lordoftheflies #williamgolding #flies #fly #insect #diptera #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #llanafan #ystwythvalley #ceredigion
(What’s up?) Dock Bug
#dockbug #shieldbug #bug #insect #coreusmarginatus #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #llanafan #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion
As summer slips out unnoticed, some are still clinging to the wreckage…
#cosmos #hoverfly #marigold #latesummer #autumn #fall #flora #flowers #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Prevailing winds
#oak #oaktree #solitary #talfan #uplands #wind #prevailingwinds #storm #hillside #outdoors #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #trawscoed #trawsgoed #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Robin Goch, Gelli Ddu
#blackcovert #gelliddu #birchgrove #woodland #robin #birds #birdlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #trawscoed #trawsgoed #ystwythvalley #llanafan #ceredigion
Drone
#dronefly #hoverfly #eristalistenax #mimic #honeybee #insect #diptera #garden #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #closeup #closeupphotography #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Alfresco
#outdoors #garden #nature #wildlife #summer #autumn #seasonal #pond #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #llanafan #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Admirable
#redadmiral #vanessaatalanta #butterfly #lepidoptera #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #garden #llanafan #ystwythvalley #aberystwyth #ceredigion
Sometimes it’s stormy.
#storm #rain #weather #valley #skies #grogwynion #groystwyth #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #river #rivervalley #meanders #shingle #llanafan #Trawscoed #trawsgoed #ceredigion
Llanafan walkabout, canyon.
#llanafan #llanafanbridge #ystwythbridge #trawscoed #trawsgoed #blackcovert #gelliddu #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #ystwythtrail #cutting #canyon #tynybedw #grogwynion #birchgrove
Llanafan walkabout, packhorse bridge.
#llanafan #llanafanbridge #ystwythbridge #trawscoed #trawsgoed #blackcovert #gelliddu #ystwyth #ystwythvalley #ystwythtrail #cutting #canyon #tynybedw #grogwynion #birchgrove
Haf
#summer #summertime #countryside #foxglove #forest #geology #nature #evening #sunset #goldenhour #llanafan #trawscoed #trawsgoed #aberystwyth #ystwythvalley #ystwyth #ceredigion
Low flow
#river #shingle #woodland #forest #nature #naturephotography #ystwyth #afonystwyth #ystwythvalley #blackcovert #gelliddu #birchgrove #llanafan #trawscoed #trawsgoed #aberystwyth #ceredigion
