Helen Bennett 🌿

Deep snow covers the foot path that leafs away into the depths of the forest, the barren branches and foliage laden with wet, pristine snow

'Into the Wilderness' (2026) -- Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, ME

'In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect' -- Alice Walker

#Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #BWFri ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

Thank you Jaycee... happy Friday to you too and hope you have a good weekend 🤗👋✨

Beautiful 💙 Wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead Mick 🕊️

A coastal view on a sunny December day looking across the English side of the Solway Firth to Criffel Hill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. At Mawbray Banks, Solway Coast National Landscape, Cumbria, England. In the foreground are sand dunes covered in marram grass which is moving in the breeze. Behind this is a glimpse of the blue sea of the Solway Firth. Scotland and the distinctive shape of Criffel Hill is in the distance. The sky is bright blue in colour with some thin clouds above the distant land.

#scape
Mawbray Banks, Solway Coast National Landscape, Cumbria.(Dec 2025).
Through the dunes & marram grass on a sunny winters day, looking across the Solway Firth towards Scotland and Criffel Hill, Dumfries & Galloway.
#mawbray #cumbria #solway #coastal #nature #winter #photography #eastcoastkin

That's kind of you Mick, thank you always for your kind comments. I hope you are well 🕊️👋🪶

Thank you Audrey ✨🕊️

They are delightful... lovely capture ✨️🪶

A gray duck with brown head and white breast floats in blue water lit by pretty golden light.

A lot of the delightful winter ducks will be moving on soon. Here’s an elegant Northern Pintail

#birds 🌿

Wow, Marg!!... this is absolutely stunning!! 🌅🧡
Wishing you a lovely day ahead 🤗🕊️

Through the silhouetted trees of Winter a Crimson sky pushes through the misty waterway as the clouds gently drift above.

An awakening that seeks no need to look back 📷🕊️ …

Thank you Marg 🤗 yes, it is always a joy to see the birds arriving again and to see some sunshine. I hope you are keeping well 🙏🫶🤍

Thank you, Rüm... they are lovely birds and have arrived early here this year! 😊👋✨

Beautiful image Alan! 🤎
I hope everything goes well with the lambing... take care of yourself too ✨🕊️👋

A small brown sparrow perches on a branch of a hawthorn bush surrounded by glossy green leaves and bright red berries. The bird’s soft, buff-brown feathers catch the sunlight, and pieces of crushed berry cling to the tip of its beak as it pauses mid-meal. Several berries around it show hollowed centres where they’ve already been eaten, while the blurred green background makes the warm reds and earthy tones of the bird stand out.

I’m sorry folks but back to work for me. May be around in evening for a short time. Not sure. Take care of yourselves and your loved ones. Please support each other. Comment on a couple of BOTD posts, repost them. It’s our community. Ta. #ColourfulCaptures #BirdOfTheDay #birds #EastCoastKin

Whether it’s a first Lesser Celandine flower of the year or Elder leaves unfurling. The first #WildflowerHour challenge of the year is to spot #SignsOfSpring! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm. Below is the link if you would like to record your #NaturesCalendar sightings ⬇️ @bsbibotany.bsky.social

They look great! 👏

With it being World Book Day, I wanted to mention our BMS books.
Bk 1: focuses on grassland indicators with range of assocd species. Bk 2 has >200 different plants + assocd species. Example pages below.
£10 each: £2.70 postage for one, £3.90 for two,
bigmeadowsearch@gmail.com

Thank goodness tomorrow’s Flyday!

Post original photos & art of live, self-propelled, flying creatures. 1 or more submissions welcome tagged:

#FlyDay #EastCoastKin

Welcome no matter location, nor skill level.

#photography #painting #Art #ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts

Questions/comments? @grays.art

A beautiful and peaceful scene Jules... looks like a wonderful place to walk! 🫶💚🕊️

Sun shining through tall forest trees… a narrow stream flowing over muddy ground into a small pond… sunlight on the water… branches and grass surround the area

Good morning and happy Friday BS! 🦋 … Wishing you a great end to the week and a wonderful weekend!
☕️🌱☀️🌳💛🎄🌿✨🥂

#nature #ForestFriday

Many thanks Rob... Happy Friday 🕊️👋

Thank you so much Marg 🤗 While I do love these bright cold wintery days... they are pretty... after so much rain here it is wonderful to start see some signs of Spring! 🤍🕊️

Thank you Jules 🤗 Hope you have a good weekend ahead 🫶✨🕊️

Thank you Mike 🙂👋

Soldierfly Quiz! 📝

Can you name these four UK species?

Soldierflies are bold, metallic flower visitors with fascinating life histories.

Want to learn how to identify them? 🧪

Join our #entoLEARN on 16 Apr:

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976906539...

@kitenet.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

A photograph of a Willow branch, showing several soft, silvery-grey furry catkins along a bare woody stem. One catkin in the centre has burst open releasing its golden pollen where two flies are seen feeding. The background is bright in a buff colour. Taken on 5 March 26 UK

The Willow trees now providing much needed early food for all the emerging pollinators - lovely to see them again!

Happy #FlyDay everyone. Wishing you all the best weekend possible 📷🕊️

#Photography #Invert #Pollinators #Scape #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin

Beautiful 👍

Pine Beauty to light in the North Hampshire garden last night, only the second garden record here. Also notable was a max count of 64 Small Quaker. #TeamMoth

#FlyDay #EastCoastKin #Photography #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Spring #Gardening #Nature #NaturePhotography #Bluesky #bee

Wonderful image Gray! 👏