On a breezy April afternoon, in the midst of John Clare Countryside, a Nightingale, hidden in the heart of a Hawthorn bush, pours out its song…
#johnclarecountryside #birds
#johnclarecountryside #birds
April 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
On a breezy April afternoon, in the midst of John Clare Countryside, a Nightingale, hidden in the heart of a Hawthorn bush, pours out its song…
#johnclarecountryside #birds
#johnclarecountryside #birds
A blissful morning at Castor Hanglands NNR with nine Nightingales, singing alongside Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, Blackcaps, Song Thrushes and my first Garden Warbler of the spring...the damp air gently perfumed with Crab Apple and Bluebells...
#ukwildlife #birds #johnclarecountryside
#ukwildlife #birds #johnclarecountryside
April 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A blissful morning at Castor Hanglands NNR with nine Nightingales, singing alongside Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, Blackcaps, Song Thrushes and my first Garden Warbler of the spring...the damp air gently perfumed with Crab Apple and Bluebells...
#ukwildlife #birds #johnclarecountryside
#ukwildlife #birds #johnclarecountryside
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar, taken in November 2022.
The fleeting moment when a shaft of late afternoon sunshine lit-up the copper-coloured leaves of Aspen growing on the bank of the River Nene west of Peterborough.
#johnclarecountryside #trees #photography
The fleeting moment when a shaft of late afternoon sunshine lit-up the copper-coloured leaves of Aspen growing on the bank of the River Nene west of Peterborough.
#johnclarecountryside #trees #photography
December 2, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar, taken in November 2022.
The fleeting moment when a shaft of late afternoon sunshine lit-up the copper-coloured leaves of Aspen growing on the bank of the River Nene west of Peterborough.
#johnclarecountryside #trees #photography
The fleeting moment when a shaft of late afternoon sunshine lit-up the copper-coloured leaves of Aspen growing on the bank of the River Nene west of Peterborough.
#johnclarecountryside #trees #photography
#YellowFlowers for #wildflowerhour.
Coconut scented Gorse on what was once Emmonsail Heath.
Primrose and Lesser Celandine lighting up woodland rides and drain banks everywhere.
Tough Colt's-foot colonising inhospitable gravel banks round a quarry.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #johnclarecountryside
Coconut scented Gorse on what was once Emmonsail Heath.
Primrose and Lesser Celandine lighting up woodland rides and drain banks everywhere.
Tough Colt's-foot colonising inhospitable gravel banks round a quarry.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #johnclarecountryside
March 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#YellowFlowers for #wildflowerhour.
Coconut scented Gorse on what was once Emmonsail Heath.
Primrose and Lesser Celandine lighting up woodland rides and drain banks everywhere.
Tough Colt's-foot colonising inhospitable gravel banks round a quarry.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #johnclarecountryside
Coconut scented Gorse on what was once Emmonsail Heath.
Primrose and Lesser Celandine lighting up woodland rides and drain banks everywhere.
Tough Colt's-foot colonising inhospitable gravel banks round a quarry.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #johnclarecountryside
First Dingy Skippers of the year for me - freshly emerged, with not a scale out of place. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR, in a recently scraped area of former limestone quarry, management supported by @savebutterflies.bsky.social
#ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
#ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
April 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
First Dingy Skippers of the year for me - freshly emerged, with not a scale out of place. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR, in a recently scraped area of former limestone quarry, management supported by @savebutterflies.bsky.social
#ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
#ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
Late for #ThickTrunkTuesday - a mature elm tree on the bank of the South Drain, which now forms the southern boundary of the former floodplain meadow known as Westings. The only significant mature elm remaining in the Peterborough District
#johnclarecountryside
#johnclarecountryside
December 4, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Late for #ThickTrunkTuesday - a mature elm tree on the bank of the South Drain, which now forms the southern boundary of the former floodplain meadow known as Westings. The only significant mature elm remaining in the Peterborough District
#johnclarecountryside
#johnclarecountryside
Blackberry diversity at Swaddywell NR, a wonderfully rich reserve managed by Langdyke Countryside Trust and located in John Clare's home parish of Helpston, Cambridgeshire...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#johnclarecountryside
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#johnclarecountryside
Country diary: There’s a bounty of blackberries out there – 350 species of them | Sarah Lambert
Swaddywell, Cambridgeshire: This common plant is surprisingly varied. Late in the season, I venture out to pick what I can
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September 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Blackberry diversity at Swaddywell NR, a wonderfully rich reserve managed by Langdyke Countryside Trust and located in John Clare's home parish of Helpston, Cambridgeshire...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#johnclarecountryside
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#johnclarecountryside
Wood Anemones, Bluebells and Lesser Celandines carpet the floor of an ancient woodland replanted with Beech - green, blue, white and yellow co-existing in perfect harmony.
#woodlandplants #wildflowerhour #photography #johnclarecountryside
#woodlandplants #wildflowerhour #photography #johnclarecountryside
April 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wood Anemones, Bluebells and Lesser Celandines carpet the floor of an ancient woodland replanted with Beech - green, blue, white and yellow co-existing in perfect harmony.
#woodlandplants #wildflowerhour #photography #johnclarecountryside
#woodlandplants #wildflowerhour #photography #johnclarecountryside
Day 17 of #artadventcalendar
A leaf-strewn grassy lane, hedged with golden Field Maples, overtopped by a magnificent, spreading open-grown Pedunculate Oak. Such trees are one of the key features of the claylands in the #johnclarecountryside
#photography #alteredimage
A leaf-strewn grassy lane, hedged with golden Field Maples, overtopped by a magnificent, spreading open-grown Pedunculate Oak. Such trees are one of the key features of the claylands in the #johnclarecountryside
#photography #alteredimage
December 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Day 17 of #artadventcalendar
A leaf-strewn grassy lane, hedged with golden Field Maples, overtopped by a magnificent, spreading open-grown Pedunculate Oak. Such trees are one of the key features of the claylands in the #johnclarecountryside
#photography #alteredimage
A leaf-strewn grassy lane, hedged with golden Field Maples, overtopped by a magnificent, spreading open-grown Pedunculate Oak. Such trees are one of the key features of the claylands in the #johnclarecountryside
#photography #alteredimage
Favourite moments from this morning's walk at Castor Hanglands NNR- a chorus of Nightingales, cool pools of Bluebells under rugged oaks and the first flowers of Wood Melick, possibly the most elegant of woodland grasses...
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Favourite moments from this morning's walk at Castor Hanglands NNR- a chorus of Nightingales, cool pools of Bluebells under rugged oaks and the first flowers of Wood Melick, possibly the most elegant of woodland grasses...
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Evening walk along the River Nene, setting sun silhouetting willows and ash.
Two Grey Wagtails busy feeding at the weir.
A solitary Kestrel surveying its territory from a dead tree.
The sociable sound of a Rookery in full swing...
#naturewriting #birds #photography #johnclarecountryside
Two Grey Wagtails busy feeding at the weir.
A solitary Kestrel surveying its territory from a dead tree.
The sociable sound of a Rookery in full swing...
#naturewriting #birds #photography #johnclarecountryside
March 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Evening walk along the River Nene, setting sun silhouetting willows and ash.
Two Grey Wagtails busy feeding at the weir.
A solitary Kestrel surveying its territory from a dead tree.
The sociable sound of a Rookery in full swing...
#naturewriting #birds #photography #johnclarecountryside
Two Grey Wagtails busy feeding at the weir.
A solitary Kestrel surveying its territory from a dead tree.
The sociable sound of a Rookery in full swing...
#naturewriting #birds #photography #johnclarecountryside
Good to catch up with my local pair of Stonechats this afternoon, feeding in an area of developing scrub and tall grass at Ferry Meadows, while further on a perched male Kestrel was making a pair of Wrens very angry...
#ukbirds #johnclarecountryside 🪶
#ukbirds #johnclarecountryside 🪶
January 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Good to catch up with my local pair of Stonechats this afternoon, feeding in an area of developing scrub and tall grass at Ferry Meadows, while further on a perched male Kestrel was making a pair of Wrens very angry...
#ukbirds #johnclarecountryside 🪶
#ukbirds #johnclarecountryside 🪶
Spent some time with our local Goosander family this afternoon, watching them ducking and diving for food, a young one attempting to eat a Bullhead and the nine offspring finally settling themselves into two snoozy snuggles while Mum stood guard...
#birds #ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
#birds #ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
April 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Spent some time with our local Goosander family this afternoon, watching them ducking and diving for food, a young one attempting to eat a Bullhead and the nine offspring finally settling themselves into two snoozy snuggles while Mum stood guard...
#birds #ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
#birds #ukwildlife #johnclarecountryside
Well worth the chill last night to see such an awesome light show over Helpston, Rice Wood and Simon’s Wood - heard a Long-eared Owl too and shared the aurora with a local farmer who came to see if I was alright!
#Auroraborealis #JohnClareCountryside
#Auroraborealis #JohnClareCountryside
October 11, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Well worth the chill last night to see such an awesome light show over Helpston, Rice Wood and Simon’s Wood - heard a Long-eared Owl too and shared the aurora with a local farmer who came to see if I was alright!
#Auroraborealis #JohnClareCountryside
#Auroraborealis #JohnClareCountryside
Hedgerow fruit, field and forest fungi, leaves aflame in red and gold – autumn whispers its magic.
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
October 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hedgerow fruit, field and forest fungi, leaves aflame in red and gold – autumn whispers its magic.
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
A weekend wander in #johnclarecountryside admiring some of the wonderful veteran pollard oaks that still remain - many bordering an area of former common land that John Clare knew as The Snow. Long term nature recovery plans aim to increase the area of parkland habitat locally...
#thicktrunktuesday
#thicktrunktuesday
March 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A weekend wander in #johnclarecountryside admiring some of the wonderful veteran pollard oaks that still remain - many bordering an area of former common land that John Clare knew as The Snow. Long term nature recovery plans aim to increase the area of parkland habitat locally...
#thicktrunktuesday
#thicktrunktuesday
For #WildWebsWednesday, the beauty of decay found in Rice Wood, Helpston - a colourful mix of fungi, slime-moulds and algae reminiscent of undersea corals, plus a fine Leopard Slug taking advantage of this seasonal feast.
#johnclarecountryside
#johnclarecountryside
October 23, 2024 at 8:26 AM
For #WildWebsWednesday, the beauty of decay found in Rice Wood, Helpston - a colourful mix of fungi, slime-moulds and algae reminiscent of undersea corals, plus a fine Leopard Slug taking advantage of this seasonal feast.
#johnclarecountryside
#johnclarecountryside
One from Bainton Heath NR in #johnclarecountryside
It's also frequent at Holme Fen NNR - plenty of Birch Polypore there!
It's also frequent at Holme Fen NNR - plenty of Birch Polypore there!
March 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
One from Bainton Heath NR in #johnclarecountryside
It's also frequent at Holme Fen NNR - plenty of Birch Polypore there!
It's also frequent at Holme Fen NNR - plenty of Birch Polypore there!
Lots to see at our exhibition this weekend! Ecoprints, photography, miniature porcelain sculptures & more - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and me - inspired by the work of #LangdykeCountrysideTrust & #JohnClareCountryside.
In the cabin at Torpel Nature Reserve, Helpston, Peterborough
In the cabin at Torpel Nature Reserve, Helpston, Peterborough
November 8, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Lots to see at our exhibition this weekend! Ecoprints, photography, miniature porcelain sculptures & more - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and me - inspired by the work of #LangdykeCountrysideTrust & #JohnClareCountryside.
In the cabin at Torpel Nature Reserve, Helpston, Peterborough
In the cabin at Torpel Nature Reserve, Helpston, Peterborough