February 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A pen and watercolour woodland sketch at the Beechwoods nature reserve near Cambridge UK.
#watercolour #watercolor #enpleinair
#watercolour #watercolor #enpleinair
March 10, 2026 at 7:53 AM
A pen and watercolour woodland sketch at the Beechwoods nature reserve near Cambridge UK.
#watercolour #watercolor #enpleinair
#watercolour #watercolor #enpleinair
Definitely a positive start to the butterfly season (March 9th) in these Wiltshire Beechwoods.
Lots of Brimstones & Commas and a bonus Red Admiral.
Here's hoping for a good butterfly year.
#butterflies #beechwoods #chalk #wiltshire
Lots of Brimstones & Commas and a bonus Red Admiral.
Here's hoping for a good butterfly year.
#butterflies #beechwoods #chalk #wiltshire
March 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Definitely a positive start to the butterfly season (March 9th) in these Wiltshire Beechwoods.
Lots of Brimstones & Commas and a bonus Red Admiral.
Here's hoping for a good butterfly year.
#butterflies #beechwoods #chalk #wiltshire
Lots of Brimstones & Commas and a bonus Red Admiral.
Here's hoping for a good butterfly year.
#butterflies #beechwoods #chalk #wiltshire
Out of the Beechwoods into harvest time.
#landscapes
#landscapes
August 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Out of the Beechwoods into harvest time.
#landscapes
#landscapes
Autumn in the beechwoods
November 15, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Autumn in the beechwoods
Very pleasing numbers of White Helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium in the beechwoods nr Sparsholt, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge
June 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Very pleasing numbers of White Helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium in the beechwoods nr Sparsholt, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge
In the bluebell wood... 🪻
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk
April 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In the bluebell wood... 🪻
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk
Rosebay Willowherb or Fireweed in partial shade at the edge of Beechwoods NR, Cambridgeshire
#WildflowerHour #RosebayWillowherb #Fireweed @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
#WildflowerHour #RosebayWillowherb #Fireweed @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
July 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rosebay Willowherb or Fireweed in partial shade at the edge of Beechwoods NR, Cambridgeshire
#WildflowerHour #RosebayWillowherb #Fireweed @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
#WildflowerHour #RosebayWillowherb #Fireweed @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
Another portrait with bluebells in the Chiltern beechwoods.
#nude #malemodel #pubes #pubichair
@aluckyartist.bsky.social
#nude #malemodel #pubes #pubichair
@aluckyartist.bsky.social
May 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Another portrait with bluebells in the Chiltern beechwoods.
#nude #malemodel #pubes #pubichair
@aluckyartist.bsky.social
#nude #malemodel #pubes #pubichair
@aluckyartist.bsky.social
#Stillflowering this week in light gaps in the Cotswold Beechwoods. Wood Barley and Deadly Nightshade VC33 #Wildflowerhour
July 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#Stillflowering this week in light gaps in the Cotswold Beechwoods. Wood Barley and Deadly Nightshade VC33 #Wildflowerhour
Afternoon walk around Beechwoods Nature Reserve, it's quite nice after it's been snowing.
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Afternoon walk around Beechwoods Nature Reserve, it's quite nice after it's been snowing.
Spurge laurel (daphne laureola) in full bloom now in the Chiltern beechwoods #wildflowerhour
February 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Spurge laurel (daphne laureola) in full bloom now in the Chiltern beechwoods #wildflowerhour
Bit of a curate's tree trunk! Parts of it are very thick. Beech tree with large canker high in its trunk at @wildlifebcn.org Beechwoods reserve near #Cambridge.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#ThickTrunkTuesday
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Bit of a curate's tree trunk! Parts of it are very thick. Beech tree with large canker high in its trunk at @wildlifebcn.org Beechwoods reserve near #Cambridge.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#ThickTrunkTuesday
An autumn walk in the Chiltern beechwoods
November 22, 2024 at 8:25 PM
An autumn walk in the Chiltern beechwoods
A good day to be out exploring Beechwoods Nature Reserve.
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A good day to be out exploring Beechwoods Nature Reserve.
16th November 2021
Planted in the 1840s, the original beech trees in Beechwoods Nature Reserve are all mature, with saplings beneath, and in Autumn the ground is carpeted in rust and fluorescent copper leaves.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at all bookshops.
Planted in the 1840s, the original beech trees in Beechwoods Nature Reserve are all mature, with saplings beneath, and in Autumn the ground is carpeted in rust and fluorescent copper leaves.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at all bookshops.
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
16th November 2021
Planted in the 1840s, the original beech trees in Beechwoods Nature Reserve are all mature, with saplings beneath, and in Autumn the ground is carpeted in rust and fluorescent copper leaves.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at all bookshops.
Planted in the 1840s, the original beech trees in Beechwoods Nature Reserve are all mature, with saplings beneath, and in Autumn the ground is carpeted in rust and fluorescent copper leaves.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at all bookshops.
In the bluebell wood 2... 🪻
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk #FlowerPhotography #weekend #green
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk #FlowerPhotography #weekend #green
May 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In the bluebell wood 2... 🪻
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk #FlowerPhotography #weekend #green
#photography #bluebells #BluebellWood #wood #trees #flower #floral #Beechwoods #NaturePhotography #Nature #ThePhotoHour #blue #woodland #walking #NatureWalk #FlowerPhotography #weekend #green
Was it Oliver Rackham who said something like "temperate deciduous woodland is safe from forest fires because it burns like wet cardboard"? He didn't figure on #ClimateChange and 35-40C in Western Europe.
Look out Chilterns beechwoods, this could be a near future...
Look out Chilterns beechwoods, this could be a near future...
Now in summer, we can confirm that a large part of the beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests that burned in low‑intensity understory fires have died. This constitutes a clear case of a low‑intensity, high‑severity fire
(I had expected bsky.app/profile/jgpa...)
🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁🪴 wildfires Picos de Europa, N Spain
(I had expected bsky.app/profile/jgpa...)
🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁🪴 wildfires Picos de Europa, N Spain
June 27, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Was it Oliver Rackham who said something like "temperate deciduous woodland is safe from forest fires because it burns like wet cardboard"? He didn't figure on #ClimateChange and 35-40C in Western Europe.
Look out Chilterns beechwoods, this could be a near future...
Look out Chilterns beechwoods, this could be a near future...
After a few years of trying, I finally managed to do a shoot amongst the bluebells in the Chiltern beechwoods right at the end of the season. @naked-guy.bsky.social
May 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
After a few years of trying, I finally managed to do a shoot amongst the bluebells in the Chiltern beechwoods right at the end of the season. @naked-guy.bsky.social
Some good #fungi today, seen on our bike ride through beechwoods in the Norfolk Brecks.
The beautiful and scarce Violet Domecap (Rugosomyces ionides) was the highlight.
#FungiFriends
The beautiful and scarce Violet Domecap (Rugosomyces ionides) was the highlight.
#FungiFriends
September 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Some good #fungi today, seen on our bike ride through beechwoods in the Norfolk Brecks.
The beautiful and scarce Violet Domecap (Rugosomyces ionides) was the highlight.
#FungiFriends
The beautiful and scarce Violet Domecap (Rugosomyces ionides) was the highlight.
#FungiFriends
I fear they might have been and gone but I will check my spot again this week.
Old Beechwoods are usually a good bet for them.
Old Beechwoods are usually a good bet for them.
September 29, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I fear they might have been and gone but I will check my spot again this week.
Old Beechwoods are usually a good bet for them.
Old Beechwoods are usually a good bet for them.
Two very old oil on canvas paintings both still hanging on my wall, very different in subject matter. One is Leadenhall Market where I painted quite often in the '90s and the other is the Beechwoods local nature reserve near Cambridge.
#art #oiloncanvas
#art #oiloncanvas
June 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Two very old oil on canvas paintings both still hanging on my wall, very different in subject matter. One is Leadenhall Market where I painted quite often in the '90s and the other is the Beechwoods local nature reserve near Cambridge.
#art #oiloncanvas
#art #oiloncanvas