365 days wild – Dragon goes Wild

Rumbling around

Dragon — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:34:58 +0000

Following the radar images on Metcheck.com, I could tell the rain was heading this way, but I hadn’t anticipated quite so much thunder to go with it! The rain was heading from the south, but this was the view to the north-east before the rain arrived.

I still haven’t managed to get my timing right to take a photo of lightning, but I did get lucky with a video, and was able to take a still from that…. it does look really weird, with the glow from the lightning above the main cloud.

After the storm passed by, it was like a different day’s weather entirely – there was a really clear halo around the sun as it seemed to break through the clouds.

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A pair of cloudscapes

Dragon — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:00:32 +0000

Following on from yesterday’s cloudscapes, I took these photos one straight after the other, but looking in slightly different directions for each. It’s interesting to see how different the colour of the sky looks, but also the way the clouds had spread out in the second photo.

The vapour trail can clearly be seen in both photos, so you can see how they should line up – the second picture is off to the left of the first one.

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Cloudscapes

Dragon — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 09:00:31 +0000

One of my favourite ‘wild’ things to photograph would have to be cloudscapes – there’s a surprising number of different cloud formations, and that means each photo can look totally different!

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Buzzing Around

Dragon — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 09:00:30 +0000

I was hoping to be able to spot some birds in the garden, but they had other ideas. I did however manage to spot this insect (I’m pretty sure it’s a bee, but it was moving a little too quickly for easy identification!), which seemed to be keen on these flowers in particular.

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What a racket!

Dragon — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 15:00:29 +0000

I knew from the loud rattling shouts that there was a Jay somewhere nearby, but I hadn’t expected it to land right in the top of the tree. As I was taking these photos, a second Jay flew past, but this one just stayed in the tree, appearing to enjoy a shower from the rain.

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Autumnal Feel

Dragon — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:00:56 +0000

Today’s photos have a real autumnal feel, despite it still being Summer. The fog seems to lie in a strange way across the valley, and almost looked like smoke against the hills.

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Smiley Face Clouds??

Dragon — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:00:55 +0000

I’d taken the photo for the small hint of a rainbow, but looking again, there’s a definite smiley face made from the clouds.

Those clouds really do seem to make two eyes, a mouth and some hair!

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Cloudscape Combination

Dragon — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:00:54 +0000

Quite a combination of clouds for this morning’s photo, but the two vapour trails set it off brilliantly!

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Hunting for Insects

Dragon — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:00:46 +0000

It’s not me hunting for insects, but a Wren in the garden – standing near the kitchen window, I suddenly spotted this little bird sitting in one of the shrubs in the garden.

Wrens don’t eat “human food”, preferring insects and aphids, so by the time little little one has finished, I think that shrub should be free of greenfly at least!

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Soggy Sparrow in the Saucer

Dragon — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:00:45 +0000

The sparrows have returned again, not only for food, but also for a bath! Three sparrows were in the main bird bath, so this clever youngster decided to have a bath all to itself in the plant saucer instead.

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