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2023-12-09
	Fungus fly's view of a Shaggy Dryad's Saddle by M J Richardson for square NT2470 Tags: [top:Lowlands] [top:Park and Public Gardens] [top:Sport, Leisure] [top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms] [top:Woodland, Forest] A closer view from the underside of the fungi in NT2470 : Polyporus squamosus in the Hermitage of Braid. As they mature they become egg-laying targets for the fungus feeding flies [Mycetophilidae], since the... (more)
2023-12-08
	Sunrise at Ross Back Sands by Ian Capper geograph for square NU1438 Tags: [top:Air, Sky, Weather] [top:Coastal] [building:Bamburgh Castle] [type:Geograph] [place:Ross Back Sands] [sunrise] Ross Back Sands at sunrise with Bamburgh Castle in the background.
2023-12-07
	Sunrise over the Firth of Forth, Midlothian by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NT1977 Tags: [top:Coastal] [top:Defence, Military] [top:Derelict, Disused] [top:Estuary, Marine] [anti-invasion defences] [subject:estuary] [type:Geograph] [sunrise] [WWII defences] Taken from the WWII anti-shipping barrier, which incorporates the causeway to Cramond Island, and looking towards Leith.
2023-12-06
	Macclesfield Canal, Bridge#39 (Holland's Bridge) by David Dixon geograph for square SJ9273 Tags: [top:Canals] [top:City, Town centre] [bridge] [canal] [canal towpath] [canal:Macclesfield Canal] [tow path] [towing path] Holland's Bridge, number 39 on the Macclesfield Canal, is a footbridge which carries the path from Blacks Road to the allotment gardens on the eastern side of the canal.
2023-12-05
	Obelisk, Holkham Hall by paul c geograph for square TF8841 Category: Obelisk Obelisk built in 1728 at highest point of Holkham Hall estate.
2023-12-04
	Power Lines at Greenland by Steve Partridge geograph for square NR7323 Category: Power lines The line takes a right turn here and heads off towards Smerby.
2023-12-03
	Marine Lake, New Brighton by Oliver Mills geograph for square SJ3094 Tags: [top:Business, Retail, Services] [top:City, Town centre] [top:Paths] [type:Geograph] [marine lake] [place:New Brighton] [subject:promenade] [subject:seafront] [hotel:Travelodge] A Westerly view, looking towards the edge of the sea defences, now known as the Ian Fraser Walk. The density of the street lights in the distance give some impression of... (more)
2023-12-02
	Working in the fields at Over Worton in 1948 by Antony Ewart Smith for square SP4228 Tags: [top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening] [top:Village, Rural settlement] I'm fairly confident that this is the exact location of this image however, I would be grateful for any alternative suggestions.
2023-12-01
	Laithe near the river Wharfe by Stephen Craven geograph for square SD9771 Tags: [top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening] [top:Paths] [type:Geograph] [Laithe] [public footpath] At the bottom of a field, with Hawkswick Head lane (the public footpath from the stepping stones) this side of the wall.
2023-11-30
	Red Boat and Lindisfarne Castle by Adam Ward geograph for square NU1241 Tags: [top:Coastal] [top:Docks, Harbours] [top:Estuary, Marine] [top:Islands] [type:Geograph] One of the many photogenic boats on the shore of the natural harbour called The Ouse on Holy Island, looking across to Lindisfarne Castle. Seaweed and other detritus is... (more)
2023-11-29
	Crossing The Reeka by Geoffrey William Sutcliffe geograph for square SJ5969 Tags: [top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog] [top:People, Events] [top:Woodland, Forest] [type:Geograph] [subject:lake] [raft] [scanned] [scout camp] [scouts] Shown on the map as 'Reeking Hole', this small lake was always known as 'The Reeka' to scouts who visited the Forest Camp at Sandiway. Here some... (more)
2023-11-28
	Steam on Ribblehead Viaduct by Mary and Angus Hogg for square SD7579 Tags: [top:Historic sites and artefacts] [top:Railways] [top:Uplands] [type:Cross Grid] [steam locomotive] Preserved BR locomotive 45231 heading south across the Ribblehead Viaduct on its return leg of a spring steam special rail tour. As all traffic has to take the viaduct... (more)
2023-11-27
	Sugar Beet on the edge of the cliff by Sandy Gerrard for square TM5383 Tags: [top:Coastal] [top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening] [top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs] [subject:cliff] [cliff erosion] [type:Close Look] [sugar beet] When this crop was planted the cliff edge must have been elsewhere. There has clearly been rapid coastal erosion in this area in the past few months.
2023-11-26
	Burn of Glendui by Richard Webb geograph for square NO4393 Tags: [top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage] [top:Woodland, Forest] [type:Geograph] Deep in Glen Tanar Forest, view from the road.
2023-11-25
	Stooping by St Nicholas by Neil Owen geograph for square ST3158 Tags: [top:Religious sites] [top:Uplands] [top:Village, Rural settlement] [subject:bush] [type:Geograph] [wind-sculpted tree] The churchyard is perched in the top of Uphill, which itself faces out into the Bristol Channel. Such prevailing winds have twisted and sculpted this bush, set against... (more)