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Phil Mottram
@philmottram.uk
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Liverpool, UK
Perpetual beginner photographer. I post a mix of city and nature photos particularly of Liverpool and Anglesey (Ynys Môn).
I'm also attempting to learn Welsh. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg
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When I was looking through my photos from the top of Moel Siabod I spotted something familiar. This is Liverpool city centre from ~72km (~45 miles) away. It's not the clearest pic but hopefully you can make it out.

#Liverpool #Wales #Cymru #city #landscape
A distant view of Liverpool city centre. The foreground is green countryside while the buildings of Liverpool sit behind. They appear small due to the large distance.
April 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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This time last week I was climbing a mountain and taking selfies. I don't do either often at all! I loved my walk up Moel Siabod in Eryri.

#mountain #Eryri #Snowdonia #Cymru #Wales #hillwalking #MoelSiabod #YrWyddfa #landscape #outdoors #mynydd
A selfie of a man at the top of a mountain with another mountain in the background. The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds. The trig point at the summit of Moel Siabod. It is a stone colum approximately 1.2 tall. A wide shot of a mountains. The sky is filled with fluffy white clouds with blue showing through.
April 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Richard 'Dic' Evans gazes out to sea from the RNLI Seawatch Centre at Moelfre, Anglesey

Mae Richard 'Dic' Evans yn syllu allan i'r môr – ar Moelfre, Ynys Môn 📷

#photography #YnysMon #Anglesey #Moelfre #Cymru #Wales #blackandwhite #monochrome #RNLI #Nikon #PhotoHour
A black and white picture of a bronze statue of a coxswain of a lifeboat. He is holding on to the boats wheel. It is shot looking up at his face from below.
March 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Y Tryfan godidog yn hydref. Mae'r mynydd yn brydferth

The magnificent Tryfan in autumn. I love this mountain. There's just something special about the shape and ruggedness. I'd love to climb it one day 📷

#Tryfan #Cymru #Wales #Eryri #Snowdonia #mountain #mynydd #glyderau #photography #landscape
A stone path leads up from the bottom of the picture up to a rocky fan shaped mountain with dark grey clouds behind. There are small patches of blue sky showing through in places. The grasses have taken on the more yellow colour of autumn.
March 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Anfield Stadium, the home of Liverpool FC, as seen from the top of Liverpool Cathedral.

#Liverpool #LFC #Anfield #football #LiverpoolFC #photography #city #England #UK

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An zoomed image of Liverpool's football stadium seen from an elevated viewpoint over 2 miles away (~3.8 km). The image has been heavily edited to darken the foreground and background. The stadium has been selectively lightened to make it stand out.
February 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Looking down the valley of Nant Gwynant in Eryri on an autumn afternoon last year 📷

#photography #landscape #Eryri #Cymru #Wales #Snowdonia #nikon #autumn
A view down a green, Welsh valley on an autumn afternoon. The colours are warm with high contrast clouds in the sky. A lake is visible in the middle of the picture.
January 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Looking 175ft (~53m) up to the vaulted ceiling under the bell tower in Liverpool Cathedral. It such a stunning building and space 📷

#Liverpool #photography #cathedral #architecture #LCR

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The view up to the vault of a red/pink sandstone cathedral. The ceiling is flanked by stained glass windows above and below
January 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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St Johns Beacon (aka Radio City Tower) as seen from the roof of Liverpool Cathedral

#photography #Liverpool #LiverpoolCathedral #city #architecture #LCR #RadioCity #StJohns

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The top of a tall (138m) concrete observation tower. The most prominent structure is the glazed "crows nest" that housed the viewing gallery and former studios of the Radio City station. The name of the station is displayed in yellow lettering that circles the crows nest.
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Everton's new stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock taken from Everton Park on Friday evening 📷

#EFC #EvertonFC #BramleyMoore #BMD #football #Liverpool #LCR #photography
A new football stadium that has been built next to the River Mersey in Liverpool. The stadium is large in the centre of the frame. There are other buildings and trees in the foreground. The river and the Wirral are visible behind the stadium as is the orange sky of sunset.
January 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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📷 A misty sunset looking over Liverpool city centre yesterday evening

#Liverpool #LCR #UK #photography #skyline #city
A panoramic view across a section of a city showing a cluster of tall buildings. The scene is misty which adds a hazy quality to the buildings. The sky behind the buildings is a warm yellow/orange of sunset.
January 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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That's a great photo. I think I actually caught this mountain from across the Irish Sea on Anglesey in October! It's to the very right in this pic.
An image showing hazy distant mountains above the horizon and blue sea.
January 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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It's been a few months since I had the camera out so it was nice to be treated to such a lovely sunset at West Kirby just before New Year 📷

#Wirral #LCR #photography #sunset
A sunset view across a beach at the mouth of a river over to the land on the other side. The sky is coloured with warm oranges, pinks with some dark clouds warmly lit below.
January 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Hmm, the previous version looks a bit dark now that I've looked at it again. Is this any better?

#Anglesey #YnysMon #Cymru #Wales #Ireland #Eire #photography #Wicklow
A sunset view looking out across the sea with warm coloured clouds contrasted with dark clouds. A hazy distant mountain range is visible on the horizon.
December 18, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Over the past few months I've taken quite a few pictures that I just haven't got around to looking at properly. Here's one that I took from South Stack, Anglesey. The Wicklow Mountains in Ireland from across the Irish Sea.

#Anglesey #YnysMon #Cymru #Wales #Ireland #Eire #photography #Wicklow
A sunset view looking out across the sea with warm coloured clouds contrasted with dark clouds. A hazy distant mountain range is visible on the horizon. A generated, annotated diagram showing and labelling the mountains visible in the previous picture.
December 18, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #108,860!

So I'm an Elder, eh?
A caption showing that I was the 108,860th person to sign up to Bluesky with a stamp saying "Certified Bluesky Elder" and "First 10%"
September 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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I had an overnight visit to London at the weekend, the first in a few years. I managed to get the camera out for a few snaps. It was nice to spend a few hours at the top of The Shard with a few drinks and taking in the view as it got dark.

#London #TheShard #city #photography #architecture #night
A night time view from the street of the tall, pyramidal shaped Shard building in London, UK. The building occupies the middle of the frame while two low rise buildings on the same street as the photographer flank it either side. The top of the Shard is light up in bright white lighting.
September 11, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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A statue lifeboatman Richard 'Dic' Evans that stands outside the RNLI Seawatch Centre in Moelfre, Anglesey. Over his 50 years of service for the RNLI, Dic was involved in 179 rescues and the saving of over 200 lives.

#RNLI #Moelfre #Anglesey #YnysMon #monochrome #photography #Cymru #Wales
A black and white image of the bronze statue of Richard 'Dic' Evans. He stands looking into distance wearing a long coat and hat. He holds the wheel of a boat that is attached to a column.
September 5, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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I spotted Risso's dolphins at Point Lynas, Anglesey, on my last visit 2 weeks ago. I believe they tend to be spotted from the end of August through to October so I think I got lucky with an early sighting! 📷

#dolphins #nature #wildlife #photography #sea #Anglesey #YnysMon #Wales #Cymru
A Risso's dolphin jumping vertically out of the water with the heads of two others visible to the left. Risso's dolphins have a bulbous head with a vertical crease down the middle.
August 28, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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A monument to King Edward VII at Liverpool's Pier Head. The Royal Liver Building can be seen in the background 📷

#Liverpool #photography #history #architecture #UK #England
A copper statue of King Edward VII on horseback with one of the Liver bird topped towers of the Royal Liver Building slightly out of focus in the background
August 27, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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Two 18ft tall Liver birds stand stop the towers of Liverpool's Royal Liver Building. Bella (pictured here) looks out to the Irish Sea. The other, Bertie, looks back over the city. The Liver bird is the symbol of the city of Liverpool 📷

#Liverpool #architecture #photography #UK #England
An 18ft copper statue of the Liver bird against a deep blue sky. The bird stands with its wings outspread. A sprig of foliage is in the birds beak.
August 27, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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A bumble bee with a mite hanging off a sea holly flower in my garden 📷

#bees #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #UKwildlife
A bumble bee with a mite attached hangs upside down from a lavender coloured flower
August 27, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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The mountain of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) as seen from Anglesey, Wales.
A panoramic image of an imposing 1085m (3,560 ft) mountain that fills the width of the image. The mountain rises behind a lower hill that slopes up from the left of the image to the right. Bright, white , fluffy clouds appear behind the mountain.
August 23, 2023 at 9:51 AM
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An Iron Man stares out to sea.
Crosby Beach
A cast iron statue of a man stands in the sand of a beach looking out to the grey sea and distant wind turbines. The sky he is staring off into is dark with grey clouds. He is covered in layer of seaweed in places and small barnacles all over.
July 25, 2023 at 8:37 AM
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I've lost a bit of momentum here but I'd still like use Bluesky so I'm going to post some recent pics.

This is from Crosby just north of Liverpool city centre. It was a wet and windy evening
A lone statue of a man made out of iron stands in choppy waves in the sea. A windfarm stands on the horizon backed by dark grey clouds. A red boat is moving to the left of the picture in front of the wind turbines.
July 24, 2023 at 11:24 AM
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@storms.wales
Forgive my bad labelling skills!
July 9, 2023 at 6:04 PM