Dartmoor Ponies- Princetown One of my favourite wildlife sights on Dartmoor is to see the Dartmoor ponies up on the moors, especially as the summer months approach and a large proportion of the ponies come into foal, their little bounding legs leaping around as the…
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Natural History Reading- Monday Mindfulness
This week’s Mindful Monday is all about books; or to be more specific reading books! According to health experts reading for just 30 minutes a week has been proven to increase health and wellbeing; it is also a great way to ‘escape’ from the real…
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Surprising Encounters- one reason I love wildlife photography
I have tried many different genres -so to speak- of photography since I was first given a ‘proper’ DSLR camera 6 years ago. I’ve tried photographing objects, landscapes, cityscapes, portraits etc. However, I always find myself returning to wildlife. This may of course be down…
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Wildflower identification and drawing – Monday Mindfulness
This week’s Mindful Monday is identifying and drawing wildflowers! The creation of art and drawing has long been linked to mindfulness (how do you think they sold all those adult colouring in books!), so this week with an added nature based twist I set out…