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Pete Preston
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All things family...Amateur photographer...into nature...birds especially..music (gigs) ...reading..66 years old...Currently living in West Somerset
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Yesterday afternoon we went to RSPB Ham Wall to see the Starling murmuration...These images do not do the 'spectacle' real justice...Just awe inspiring what nature does without humans...#starlingmurmuration #thelevels #RSPBhamwall #canon5dmk4
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#birds #LTT Finally got a reasonable ( heavily cropped) image of these exquisite wee birds !
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Clevedon Pier photo 'bimble' this morning
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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First light...Quantock Hills, Somerset.
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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#stripes Theme of the day...An oldie from me...Nuthatch striking a pose....
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Couple of weeks ago went for a photo 'bimble' at Dead Woman's ditch with Livethedreamphotography .... Just looked at this again...Not good on a small screen...
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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'kicked' myself outta bed early to sort out my current camera 'slump' ! Porlock Quay sunrise...
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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At the small and imperfectly formed Salut! Folk site, Maggie Holland’s classic and classy compilation Bones is Album of the Month. Please share

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Album of the month: Bones by Maggie Holland - Salut! Folk
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November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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"No pairing of hill and lake in Lakeland have a closer partnership than these [Mellbreak and Crummock Water]" ~ Alfred Wainwright
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Autumn gold
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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🪬🧿 Leith, Edinburgh

#edinburgh #scotland #leith #cityscape #mountains #travel #aerial #uk #architecture #europe #alttext
An eye-level aerial shot captures a portion of Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland, featuring a canal, building rooftops, and a mountain range in the background. The tranquil canal is lined by various structures. On the left is a large boat and on the right is a building with gray rooftops. Bridges crossing the canal have cars and trucks on them. Buildings are arranged in blocks and roads throughout the city have cars on them. In the background a mountain range rises. The cloudy sky provides ample lighting, which illuminates the scene.
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Having a 'mooch' through some old photo's....These images of Robbers Bridge (Exmoor) taken in November 2023 ...
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Pool Bridge, Horner. this afternoon...Waterfalls and shrooms...
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Shrooms at Horner Wood yesterday
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Autumn colours at Pool Bridge, Horner earlier today.
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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'Dead Woman's' ditch this morning ... shrooms....
October 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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West Street beach, Watchet...Bit wild this evening ..
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Thank you to @naturehawk.bsky.social for another top #FoxOfTheDay !
September 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The One That Got Away #ShareMondays2025

Look closely and you'll spot a lucky #grasshopper leaping away from the clutches of this beautiful #kestrel in #BushyPark last week. @theroyalparks.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nature #wildlife #birding #fujifilm_uk
The image shows a kestrel swooping into long grasses, hunting for grasshoppers at Bushy Park in Teddington, London. The golden grasses are bending slightly to the left in a strong breeze. The kestrel is dropping in from the upper left side of the image. They often hunt into the wind to help them hover in the air for longer. The wings are pointing up in a V shape with the kestrel looking down at the ground past his outstretched talons that are poised to grasp the prey. Just behind the outstretched limb is a grasshopper with its' wings out as it propels itself away from the kestrel's clutches. The background is a blurred landscape of golden grasses in the lower two-thirds of the scene and the green hues of trees in the upper third. Here's the RSPB's description of a kestrel: Both males and females have pale undersides with black speckles. Males have a slate-grey head and uppertail with a single black band at the tip. Females are browner all over, with bars all along the uppertail Both males and females have dark ‘tear’ marks extending below each eye. Wing tips are more pointed than a Sparrowhawk’s. Longer tail than other falcons, with a black band at the end. Fanned out while hovering. The beak is yellow and black. Legs are yellow. They are between 32 and 35cm in length.
September 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Blue Anchor...Blue Hour
August 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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One from my visit to the Dorset Sunflower trail
August 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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First attempt at doing a photo panel....Images from my garden...
August 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Hospital overwhelmed as lack of NHS dentists sends patients to A&E

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Hospital overwhelmed as lack of NHS dentists sends patients to A&E
New data reveals a growing dental care crisis in Wiltshire, with over 4,000 people turning to A&E at Great Western Hospital due to lack of access to NHS dentists
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July 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM