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  • Start date Feb 3, 2017
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 12, 2019
  • #246
Captain Dart said:
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Exact enough. :emoji_smiley:
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Bugger! Bit out of the way from me! I'd hoped there'd be one near me in Malvern area but as yet had no luck in finding one! :-(
 

Captain Dart

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  • Mar 13, 2019
  • #247
Try Wales, I got this map googling Waterfalls Wales.
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 13, 2019
  • #248
Now, that's a plan! Might just start looking at a few when the weather improves. Cheers for that Capt.!
 

Gazolba

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 15, 2019
  • #249
Captain Dart said:
Try Wales, I got this map googling Waterfalls Wales.
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Pistyll Rhaedr in Wales is spectacular.
It's also near a quaint Welsh village (Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant) where you will hear people speaking Welsh.
I've been there a couple of times. I even have photos of it stashed away somehere.
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 15, 2019
  • #250
Gazolba said:
Pistyll Rhaedr in Wales is spectacular.
It's also near a quaint Welsh village (Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant) where you will hear people speaking Welsh.
I've been there a couple of times. I even have photos of it stashed away somehere.
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Just had a look at their webpage. Me and the missus have decided to make a day of it in the summer.
 
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Gazolba

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  • Mar 17, 2019
  • #251
Houchens Head said:
Just had a look at their webpage. Me and the missus have decided to make a day of it in the summer.
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Let us know how you like it and post a photo. Looks like it's changed quite a bit since I was there. There was no cafe or paid parking that I remember. In any case we didn't drive, we walked there. There used to be one or two B&B's in the village. Also a pub/inn called the Wynnstay Arms. Don't know if they are still there.
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 17, 2019
  • #252
Gazolba said:
Let us know how you like it and post a photo. Looks like it's changed quite a bit since I was there. There was no cafe or paid parking that I remember. In any case we didn't drive, we walked there. There used to be one or two B&B's in the village. Also a pub/inn called the Wynnstay Arms. Don't know if they are still there.
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With my dodgy knees and other health issues, I doubt that we'll be walking there! No plans just but it's now on our "places to visit" list for this year.
 
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xcraigx

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 17, 2019
  • #253
Houchens Head said:
Now, that's a plan! Might just start looking at a few when the weather improves. Cheers for that Capt.!
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Best time to see them is when the weather is manky. Devils falls by Aberystwyth will look incredible at the moment due to all the rain the area has had recently.
 
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Gazolba

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 23, 2019
  • #254
California poppies in my garden. These flowers bloom in the Spring. They open up during the daytime and close at night:
 
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Gazolba

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  • Mar 23, 2019
  • #255
Couple of birds I shot recently.
These are both regular visitors to my garden.
Difficult to photograph. Photographed zoomed all the way out to 500mm through a glass window.
Then I had to crop to just a small portion of the image, so the results are not great.
First is a white-crowned sparrow. Just like a normal sparrow except they have black and white stripes on their heads.
Second is an Abert's Towhee; they are only found in the most south-western tip of the US.
 
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richnrg

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 25, 2019
  • #256
fuckin big egg that second one has laid!
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 25, 2019
  • #257
Aysgarth and surrounding area in Yorkshire - cracking waterfalls. Again, bit of a treck from Malvern!

Not the best pictures, but only ones on my phone.


 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 25, 2019
  • #258
That looks brilliant NW!
 

Paul Anthony

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  • Mar 25, 2019
  • #259
Taken on a recent visit to Kenilworth, maybe two weeks ago. Thought it made for a very interesting scene, looked very pretty too. Went back there Saturday just gone, and they were nowhere to be seen!
 

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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 25, 2019
  • #260
Paul Anthony said:
Taken on a recent visit to Kenilworth, maybe two weeks ago. Thought it made for a very interesting scene, looked very pretty too. Went back there Saturday just gone, and they were nowhere to be seen!
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I don't think they last more than a few days to a couple of weeks Paul. Lovely colours though. As I've said before, I'm a sucker for pictures of flowers! I have about 200 or so. Not even sure what they all are either! I just love nature.
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 25, 2019
  • #261
Gazolba said:
California poppies in my garden. These flowers bloom in the Spring. They open up during the daytime and close at night:
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Meant to comment earlier. These are stunning colours! I only knew red poppies but apparently they come in many colours!
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 26, 2019
  • #262
Holiday in Somerset a couple of years back. No idea who the people are, but I liked the way they were looking out to sea.

 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Mar 26, 2019
  • #263
That's what holidays are about though NW. Well, my sort of holidays are, anyway!
 

Johnnythespider

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  • Mar 27, 2019
  • #264
Deleted member 5849 said:
Holiday in Somerset a couple of years back. No idea who the people are, but I liked the way they were looking out to sea.

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Ooh look petunia it's a sailing dinghy, that's what they call them you know, sailing dinghy's
 

Gazolba

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  • Mar 28, 2019
  • #265
Deleted member 5849 said:
Holiday in Somerset a couple of years back. No idea who the people are, but I liked the way they were looking out to sea.

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Fantasic picture! Love the way the three people are transfixed by the view, which is so serene.
A clear sky like that is so rare in Britain.
 

Captain Dart

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  • Apr 3, 2019
  • #266
Flowers on a tree
 
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Gazolba

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  • Apr 3, 2019
  • #267
Captain Dart said:
Flowers on a tree
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Beautiful shot. Looks like a cherry tree.

Bird cherry (Prunus padus) - Woodland Trust
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Apr 3, 2019
  • #268
Took me a while to identify what this lovely plant was in our local park, but then I did a "reverse image search" on Google. It's a Crown Imperial...….
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Apr 3, 2019
  • #269
Also this was in the same flower bed. Lovely begonia...…….
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Apr 3, 2019
  • #270
Paul Anthony said:
Taken on a recent visit to Kenilworth, maybe two weeks ago. Thought it made for a very interesting scene, looked very pretty too. Went back there Saturday just gone, and they were nowhere to be seen!
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Spring Crocus. Unfortunately, they don't last that long. Lovely colours. They come in lavender, orange, pink, purple, white, and gold.
 
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richnrg

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  • Apr 4, 2019
  • #271
Houchens Head said:
Also this was in the same flower bed. Lovely begonia...…….
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looks more like a Chaenomeles to me.

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skyblueinBaku

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  • Apr 4, 2019
  • #272
richnrg said:
looks more like a Chaenomeles to me.

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I think you are right, Rich. We have one growing along the front wall of our house.
 

Captain Dart

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  • Apr 4, 2019
  • #273
Pool reflections.

Canalside reflections.
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Apr 4, 2019
  • #274
richnrg said:
looks more like a Chaenomeles to me.

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You may well be right Rich. I was only guessing.
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Apr 4, 2019
  • #275
Captain Dart said:
Pool reflections.
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Canalside reflections.
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I love pics like this.
 
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Gazolba

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  • Apr 5, 2019
  • #276
Houchens Head said:
Took me a while to identify what this lovely plant was in our local park, but then I did a "reverse image search" on Google. It's a Crown Imperial...….
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The natural world is amazing. The colours and shapes and the permutations are almost infinite.
I've been a lover of flowers since I was about 5 years old and saved up my pocket money to buy a little book entitled "The Observers Book of Wild Flowers".
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Apr 5, 2019
  • #277
Gazolba said:
The natural world is amazing. The colours and shapes and the permutations are almost infinite.
I've been a lover of flowers since I was about 5 years old and saved up my pocket money to buy a little book entitled "The Observers Book of Wild Flowers".
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Same here. Although I didn't have the Observers Book Of Wild Flowers. I am passionate of all things in nature; animals, insects and plant life. I love it. Can't get enough of it.
 
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Gazolba

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  • Apr 5, 2019
  • #278
This is a Gila Woodpecker on one of the palm trees in my back garden.
It was really high up and they tend to hide behind the tree if they see you.
They have a bright red patch on the top of their heads, which unfortunately you can't see it in these shots.
All taken fully zoomed out to 500mm.
 
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Gazolba

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 5, 2019
  • #279
Birds on my bird feeder.
This is a House Finch.
The males are very pretty and reddish coloured.
Both taken through a glass window zoomed out to 500mm.

 
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Gazolba

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  • Apr 5, 2019
  • #280
Abert's Towhee at my bird feeder.
This shot is the best of many I took since it shows its face really well.
Taken through a glass window at 500mm zoom.
 
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