Amaryllis abstracts….some flowers are so rich in complexity of form and colour it’s almost possible to get lost in the wanderings of your own imagination… #amaryllis #amaryllisflower #flowerphotography #flower #flowerstagram #flowerabstract #imagination #theearlybirder
‘A perfect commotion of silk and linen…’ Mary Oliver, The Swan #swan #maryoliver #abstract #abstractnature #white #abstractphotography #theearlybirder
Gorgeous sunset over Weston Turville Reservoir BBOWT reserve, the still conditions turning the water surface into a flawless mirror for the blood orange sky above…#bbowt #westonturvillereservoir #sunset #orangesky #endoftheday #theearlybirder @bbowt
I love the way these wispy cirrus clouds developing above the Chiltern escarpment overlooking Princes Risborough seem to mimic the twiggy jazz hands of the winter hedgerow’s hawthorn silhouette, almost as if it were on fire…#clouds #cloudscapes #skyscapes #meteorology #silhouette #theearlybirder
I’m in Iceland for a few days and after arriving in Reykjavik late last night I thought I’d wander down to the Sun Voyager sculpture overlooking Faxa Bay to see if the Northern Lights would put on a show. Well that they certainly #theearlybirder
The symmetry of sunrise reflected in the waters of the Grand Union canal… #sunrise #reflection #symmetry #treesilhouettes #theearlybirder
Apricity: it’s not just us. A drake mandarin sat on a fallen tree soaking up the first reflected rays of the winter morning sun… #mandarin #mandarinduck #duck #duckportrait #apricity #theearlybirder
Dew-encrusted spider web enveloping a field scabious seed head at the roadside along the lane from Little Orchard… #dew #spidersweb #seedhead #theearlybirder
Butterfly on ice… well, it’s an old zinc water container that has been reimagined as a garden planter actually - but in the sunshine it’s a favoured spot for overwintering peacock butterflies, lured into emerging by deceptively mild temperatures, to bask in the meagre, reflected sun #theearlybirder
The lone oak at Pinner Park Farm a few minutes ago. I had to stop and watch the sunrise on another day. Can’t help it…#loneoak #oak #sunrise #newday #londonsunrise #harrow #pinner #pinnerparkfarm #theearlybirder
Misty winter sunrise over West Wycombe viewed from Bledlow Ridge… #sunrise #misty #westwycombe #highwycombe #chilterns #chilternhills #landscape #theearlybirder
On my way to Wendover yesterday I had to stop off at Holy Trinity churchyard in Bledlow to see the snowdrops Galanthus nivalis that clothe the bank that faces the first rays of the morning sun #snowdrop #snowdrops #spring #theearlybirder
A mute swan illuminates the extending nighttime shadow as the setting sun turns the still waters of Wilstone Reservoir to liquid gold… #swan #swans #swansofinstagram #muteswan #tringreservoirs #theearlybirder
Sunrise filtered through the poplar rookery alongside the footpath to Henton. The remnants of last year’s nests have started to plump up as the pairs that have already been foraging together in the meadow behind Little Orchard, have started to rebuild them with wind-blown twigs… #theearlybirder
The winter sun sets over the Ouse Washes overlooked by the main observatory at Welney WWT as the ducks and swans gather to roost and feed…#welney #ousewashes #fens #theearlybirder
And just like that, they’re back. The winter aconites at Little Orchard, coaxed from the damp ground by a modicum of fog-filtered sunlight, their ruffed yellow globes the first hint that Spring is just around the corner #aconite #aconitum #winteraconites #yellow #wildflower #theearlybirder
The teasels opposite the kitchen window at Little Orchard have been a real attraction for the local goldfinches. This was them during the recent heavy frost, adorned with hoary spikes and set against the blank canvas of a freezing fog… #teasel #spiky #frost #hoar #winter #theearlybirder
Last Summer’s hogweed seed head transformed into a frosty firework to celebrate the arrival of a Winter’s day…. #frost #frosty #hoar #theearlybirder
These incredible ice sculptures were formed near a field drain where water was splashing onto nearby vegetation and enveloping it in successive layers of ice…they remind me of the rounded calcareous dripstones that develop into stalagmites in caves… #ice #icesculptures #natureart #theearlybirder
Looking out from the rounded promontory of Brush Hill, a magnificent temperature inversion yesterday, the low grounds of the dips and the valleys dissecting the landscape and leading out into the Vale of Aylesbury filled with a layer of freezing cold air… #theearlybirder
Looking back… outside the Natural History Museum yesterday just as the sun set over South Kensington to mark the conclusion of my final visit with students after almost forty years… #naturalhistorymuseum #southkensington #memories #lifetime #londonist #londonlove #londonphotography #theearlybirder
A spider web draped across the corner of the wood store and encrusted in ice crystals, caught in the artificial glow of a security light yesterday morning as I left Wigeon House at Welney WWT very early yesterday morning to join the Wetland Wakeup event…. #theearlybirder
The sun forming a fiery orb through the silhouetted winter trees as it descended below the horizon at the end of a crisp January day… #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsetlover #sunsetgram #wintersunset #sun #theearlybirder
The Chilterns have been enveloped in a fine misty cloud for what seems an interminable length of time, the beech woods almost taking on the character of cloud forest, dewy droplets settling on everything in the saturated landscape…. #theearlybirder
A monochromatic winter treescape: on a misty day leached of colour, the tightly-packed trunks of these silver birches form an arboreal barcode for change as they colonise the edge of more open heathland #tree #trees #treephotography #treesatchristmas #monochromatic #change #theearlybirder
Sometimes when you’re out searching for wildlife, it comes to you. Whilst stood scanning Batchworth Lake in the early morning mist a few days ago, this Egyptian goose came and stood alongside me as if it was wondering what I was looking at.
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The burning orb of the late afternoon sun suffusing the midwinter mist with a tangerine hue along the lane towards Lacey Green from Great Hampden in the Chilterns….#chilterns #chilternsnl #chilternhills #mist #midwinter #treesilhouette #wintersun #theearlybirder
Sunset over Bledlow Hill filtered through the feathery fingers of wild clematis reaching into the winter sky…#wildclematis #travellersjoy #plants #sunsetphotography #theearlybirder
After such a long spell of dull, sunless weather, it was a real treat to witness yesterday’s unexpected colour show at sunset…#sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsetlight #theearlybirder
