Sunset
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This picture was taken at the reservior up Tootle Heights at Longridge, waiting for the sun to go behind the tree to enable me to take the stunning sunset as it was so bright !! Image cannot be loaded
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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To wish Chris & Sarah and all on POE EVERY HAPPINESS THIS CHRISTMAS AND SINCERE GOODS WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR ... a walk around the winter wonderland at Longridge in Lancashire. Image cannot be loaded
Male Chaffinch
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This male chaffinch was sitting pretty for me ... this is the kind of pictures I get the opportunity to take whilst walking around Hothersall, its just full of wildlife. Image cannot be loaded
Winters walk
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Early morning winters walk around Written Stone Lane in Longridge, Lancashire ... the cold effected the suns rays and in this picture you can see both blue and pink !! Image cannot be loaded
Gate
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I liked the way that this gate picture in black and white makes you question whether it's day or night and is it the sun or the moon ?? Well I will leave that up to you !! ... the picture was taken up Tootle Heights at Longridge, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire. Image cannot be loaded
Rainbow
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This rainbow is looking for a bit of devine inspiration as it enters the Church tower of St. Paul's Church, I also like the way you can see all the range of colours so clearly ... at Longridge, in Lancashire. Image cannot be loaded
Snow Longridge
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To wish Chris & Sarah and all on POE EVERY HAPPINESS THIS CHRISTMAS AND SINCERE GOODS WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR ... a winters walk around Tootle Heights with a view of Spade Mill Reservoir at Longridge in Lancashire. Image cannot be loaded
Ladybirds
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Coccinellidae ... is a family of beetles known as Ladybirds - they will hibernate in large groups in sites which are used year after year. The name ladybird comes from the Middle Ages when the colourful insects were known as the Image cannot be loaded
Cloud
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Altocumulus Clouds ... A view from my back door ... I noticed this cloud formation and thought it was so beautiful, I looked up the name of them and have hopefully got the correct name for them !!! Image cannot be loaded
Pink Bluebell
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I have not seen many of these beautiful flowers the Pink Bluebell ... I spotted this one this year while out and about around Longridge, in Lancashire, a chance to capture it on picture, as it may not be there next year !! Image cannot be loaded
Hare sitting very still !!
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I managed to take this picture whilst I was walking around Hothersall, the hare was aware I was there but I had just enough time to take the picture before it sped off. Image cannot be loaded
John Smith's Park
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John Smith's Park at Longridge, in Lancashire ... in the early 1800's it was one of the many quarries in the area, stone from which was used for local buildings and major developments in Lancashire. Evidence of it's history is still visible in the park, the quarry tunnels, a cast iron base of a crane, and glimpses of the quarry face. Image cannot be loaded
Icebow or Sundog ??
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I have looked through many explanations for this phenomenon and I think that it is an icebow or sundog ... is a rainbow-like spot in a cirrus cloud, light shines through ice crystals in the cloud making a icebow or sundog, much like light shining through raindrops makes a rainbow. In a real rainbow light is diffracted through a circular drop of rain, producing many different colours, In the icebow diffraction is through a specific face of the hexagonal ice crystal, which only gives rise to one colour ... I was so excited to see this it was a very very cold morning and the sun had just risen in Longridge, in Lancashire and it's certainly a one off for me, and something that I've never seen before. Image cannot be loaded
Chickens
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I was asked by a friend to take some pics of his chickens for him as he was going to sell their eggs locally ... I couldn't resist this pic they were all lined up feeding and thought it was a perfect photograph for him and I couldn't resist showing you all. Image cannot be loaded
Gate
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The Gate ... I've taken this picture up Tootle Heights in Longridge, Lancashire ... it's the original shot that I sent through some days ago in black and white asking everyone on POE wether they thought it was the sun or the moon well this shows you exactly what time of day it was and yes it was the sun setting. Image cannot be loaded
Snow Longrigde
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To wish Chris & Sarah and all on POE EVERY HAPPINESS THIS CHRISTMAS AND SINCERE GOODS WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR ... a winters walk around Tootle Heights with a view of Spade Mill Reservoir at Longridge in Lancashire. Image cannot be loaded
Long-tailed tit
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Long-tailed tit (Aegithalidae) ... one of many excitable little birds - I couldn't believe how many there where in such a small area there was about 12 at least !! - just managed to capture this one from quite a distance though. Image cannot be loaded
Misty morning
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You can just make out the tractors working the fields through the mist that covered the valley like a blanket in the early morning, at Longridge, in Lancashire. Image cannot be loaded
Hothersall
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A cold winters walk around the area of Hothersall that lies between Longridge and Ribchester in Lancashire ... the end of the day along Hothersall Lane with the last bit of winters sun. Image cannot be loaded
Marsh Marigold
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Caltha palustris ... is known by a variety of common names which include Marsh Marigold and Kingcup (the two most frequently used common names), Mayflower, May Blobs, Mollyblobs, Pollyblobs, Horse Blob, Water Blobs, Water Bubbles, Gollins and the Publican. The common name of Marigold refers to its use in Churches in medieval times at Easter time as a tribute to the Virgin Mary, as in Mary gold. Image cannot be loaded
