Archive for the ‘Landscape’ Category
Tarn Park – Winter Sunshine, Frosty Morning
Posted: January 25, 2021 in Landscape, Natural HistoryTags: Tarn Park
Some pictures from my walk around the Tarn this morning
Beautiful Sunset
Some more photos from my archive. This time of a Sunset taken from a train one evening in 2017
Walthamstow Wildlife
Posted: November 3, 2020 in Landscape, Natural HistoryTags: Walthamstow Wetlands
A few more pictures from our trip to Walthamstow last week
Walthamstow Wetlands
Posted: October 23, 2020 in Birds, Landscape, Natural HistoryTags: Walthamstow Wetlands
A nice autumnal day and a visit to Walthamstow Wetlands Nature Reserve in East London. This is a complex of reservoirs, which although still functional are maintained as a nature reserve and open space.
There were the usual selection of bird species present and a couple of Migrant Hawker dragonflies. but even though we didn’t find anything out of the ordinary, it was a lovely walk in the autumn sun.
Greylag Goose 
Moorhen 
Coot 
Grey Heron 
Great Crested Grebe
What a glorious sunset
On this night in 2018 Fraser Island treated us to a visiting dingo and a blazing sunset reflected in the wet sand.
Who stole the Reservoir?
Posted: September 25, 2020 in Landscape, Natural HistoryTags: bough beech reservoir
Went to Bough Beech Reservoir in Kent yesterday and was shocked to see how little water there was! The main reservoir was very low and the northern basin was totally devoid of water. Was this the result of the recent changes in wildlife management or was there some other reason for the change?
Another Birder told me he had recently visited Abberton Reservoir which is in Essex on the other side of the Thames and that was very low too. So it seems it is just a reflection of the dry summer we had. Let’s hope it rains soon to replenish supplies.
I guess that one of the big downsides of lockdown for me has been the restriction on travel and I am really missing the wide open spaces. I have been reflecting this in my painting and so am sharing with you a couple of paintings I have done on this theme over the past couple of weeks.
Looking forward to the time when I can experience them in reality
