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Two of the group of Exmoor pony's who are now helping to keep the vegetation down in the Wild Ken Hill re-wilding area. nice of them to pose for me yesterday.
A backlit birch at the waters edge on a late summers morning. A low mist above the water added to the atmosphere. I loved the ancient tree roots in the foreground.
While exploring the village of Kam Tin in Hong Kong’s New Territories I stumbled upon a housing complex that seemed to have been completely abandoned. The houses were modern and, as I wandered around, I began to get a little creeped out, wondering why exactly the complex had been abandoned. After exploring a couple of the houses I decided it might be best to depart, leaving behind the rest of the complex and many unanswered questions.
Sunrise through the trees at Fritton Lake. Stitched panorama constructed from 7 vertical images stitched together using Microsoft Image composite editor (ICE)
Taken on the 08/05/2023 at 06:08:33Hrs using a NikonD3100 with a Sigma 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS Lens, through the open patio doors of woodland lodge No. 43.
Fritton Lake is in the heart of a thousand-acre Norfolk rewilding project and is a private holiday club in Norfolk, East Anglia.
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Recuperação do bosque de carvalhos Quercus faginea em encosta exposta a norte no Monumento Natural Local do Canhão Cársico de Ota - Alenquer
Just to say Happy New Year to all my Flickr Friends. Thanks for all your encouragement over the last year and I'm looking forward to seeing your new work in 2018
After years of intensive industrial harvesting since the 1950's, Ireland is now returning it's vast peatland's back to nature. These vast areas of mostly semi state owned land have now become Ireland's most secret new wildernesses landscapes.
Peatlands are the earth’s largest store of land carbon. By protecting and restoring the peatlands, it helps to protect our climate.
DJI - M2 (2023)
Photo By: Cate Infinity
Title: Where The Wild Waits
Artist Statement By: Cate Infinity
"Where the Wild Waits" is a series born from observation and erosion - from the quiet way nature overtakes the structures we leave behind. It is a visual exploration of transition spaces: forgotten fences, leaning gates, overgrown fields, and shallow woods where light and decay live side by side. These are not abandoned places. They are transformed.
Inspired by farm life and rural edge lands, I seek out scenes where the human hand has retreated just enough for the wild to enter. I work primarily with layered photography and digital textures, often shooting through moisture - covered glass or distressed lenses. Each piece begins as a straightforward photograph but evolves into a composite of moods, memories, and natural detail.
The process is intuitive, built on slowness and patience. I let each scene tell me what it’s becoming - not just what it was. I pay close attention to contrast and subtle tension: rust against green, thorns and moss, barbed wire silhouetted by soft fog. What’s sharp in one moment blurs in another.
This work is not nostalgic. It’s reverent. It honors both the human impulse to shape the land and the land’s deeper rhythm to reclaim, reseed, and rewild. These images invite the viewer to linger where structure fades - not to mourn what’s lost, but to witness what takes its place when we stop trying to control the view.
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Taken from the gorse covered lower slopes of Knipe Scar just above Scarside Farm. Looking towards Hawsewater and the High Street hills across the Lowther valley.
The land around Haweswater has had a lot of attention recently. Streams have been bent, woods planted and sheep grazing limited. Rewilding is the touch word of the moment.
Two of the group of Exmoor pony's who are now helping to keep the vegetation down in the Wild Ken Hill re-wilding area. nice of them to pose for me yesterday.
... more detail on markings ...
I noticed how my find this year had additional markings to previous years' Purple Emperors at Knepp Rewilding
Let me explain about the fascination of the stunning Purple Emperor butterfly ...
An elusive prize for butterfly enthusiasts, the male Purple Emperor spends most of the day perching in the canopy of a particular favourite oak, or other 'master tree', rising occasionally to battle other males, glinting high above the treetops. Sometimes, usually mid-morning, or indeed late afternoon, the male descends to feed from damp puddles, animal droppings or even decaying carcasses, providing photographers with their best opportunities.
The cows were driven through and a male just couldn't resist the fresh salts! Yes I know but his tastes are variable from honey dew and sap run on the trees to the less favourable delectation.
Rarer opportunities have them salt searching on the passerby!
The female is rarely seen. The female (larger than the male) lacks the rich, iridescent purple sheen of the male
Preview.
🌳Nature Interrupted🌿
Presented by Infinite Art Gallery
Cate Infinity, Esta Republic, and Amanda Tamatzui are contemporary visual artists whose practices intersect at the edges of ecology, abstraction, and transformation. Together, their work forms a richly layered dialogue between organic systems and human perception.
Cate Infinity explores the poetics of memory, decay, and rewilding through meditative digital compositions. Her "glitch witch" process merges abstract forms with imagined flora, crafting spectral environments where time dissolves.
Esta Republic maps the hidden mathematics of nature—spirals, grids, and patterns—into visual rhythms. Her work invites reflection on growth, erosion, and the recursive beauty of natural systems.
Amanda Tamatzui brings bold energy and emotional urgency to her art. Through vibrant color and movement, she reframes interruption as joy, reclaiming space and spirit with celebratory force.
Together, these artists illuminate nature’s complexity through distinct yet interwoven lenses, creating immersive experiences rooted in transformation, pattern, and presence.
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6:30-8pm - Poppy Morris
8-9:30pm - Christo Winslet
Dress Code: Come As You Are
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Produced by The Refuge Productions
Build: Cate Infinity
Taxi: Nature Interrupted
down by the frog pond... Brooksville, Florida
Check out the pollen on this wasp...!
The ironic thing about this image is that for about 30 years I systematically tried to eliminate this "weed" from my property... "Beggarticks (Bidens alba), also commonly referred to as Spanish needle, is perhaps one of Florida’s most controversial wildflowers". It was such a pain ... the seeds would hitchhike on my clothes... I couldn't get rid of them... I called them... "Al's Bain"! a single plant can produce 3,000–6,000 seeds that are dispersed by wind, water, and most often, by becoming attached to fur or clothing. It was a fight I couldn't win...! But, I learned that "bidens alba is a great source of nectar (food) for pollinators, it is a host plant to certain species of butterflies and moths. Host plants are specific plants that a female butterfly chooses to lay its eggs. The caterpillars will feed on it also." (Florida Native Plant Society) So I started letting them populate certain areas... This coincided with my new focus of rewilding my property as I watched areas around me becoming monocultures...(new housing with immaculate lawns).
This was my last photo of a (male) Purple Emperor before we made our journey home. A long day walking the tracks and pathways with either your head up looking at the tree canopy or, as here the male salt feeding on the ground ... this is the one we photographers want, alongside the ever important open wing shot of the iridescence!
Whether the sky is strong enough to pull this composition off is debatable.
Loch Arklet's surrounding slopes are gradually 'rewilding', thanks in part to a cryptosporidium outbreak in Glasgow, back in 2002. It's waters are used to top up nearby Loch Katrine, which in turn supplies Glasgow's drinking water. The outbreak was traced to sheep-contaminated 'run off'. This was seeping into Loch Arklet & eventually the water supply. The decision was made to remove the sheep - & now the trees are returning. Hurrah!
The Scottish wildcat is a small feline with brown mottled fur and markings similar, but not identical, to that of a domestic tabby. It has a distinctive thick, blunt tail with a black tip and rings.
Not to be confused with domestic cats. The wildcat is stockier and more muscular. It has longer legs and a larger, flatter head with ears that stick out to the side. Fur markings can also help identification: wildcats do not have white feet or stomachs, and do not have a line down their tails, unlike tabby cats.
down by the frog pond...
The ironic thing about this image is that for about 30 years I systematically tried to eliminate this "weed" from my property... "Beggarticks (Bidens alba), also commonly referred to as Spanish needle, is perhaps one of Florida’s most controversial wildflowers". It was such a pain ... the seeds would hitchhike on my clothes... I couldn't get rid of them... I called them... "Al's Bain"! A single plant can produce 3,000–6,000 seeds that are dispersed by wind, water, and most often, by becoming attached to fur or clothing. It was a fight I couldn't win...! But, I learned that "bidens alba is a great source of nectar (food) for pollinators, it is a host plant to certain species of butterflies and moths. Host plants are specific plants that a female butterfly chooses to lay its eggs. The caterpillars will feed on it also." (Florida Native Plant Society) So I started letting them populate certain areas... This coincided with my new focus of rewilding my property as I watched areas around me becoming monocultures...(new housing with immaculate lawns). They support a whole host of insects and birds...
Based on photographs taken at Darts Hill garden, I intend to complete a life sized botanical drawing that shows the stages that lead to mature plant and flower. The plant does not respond well to transplanting and digging up flowering plants will most often result in their demise. They do grow well from seed and with patience will naturalize if given a location that is moist in the spring.
To propagate, sow seeds in pots in the fall. Plunge the pot or container into a shady area of the garden. (I protected my pots with a layer of mesh because the squirrels were disturbing the soil too much.) The small corms can be transplanted the second season but it will be four to five years before the bulb is large enough to support flowering.
Old oak tree near The Bothy, Knepp rewilding estate.
Minolta Autocord, orange filter, Kentmere 100 @ISO 100, 45 minutes in Caffenol CL-CS @15-20°C, Zone Imaging Eco Zonefix.
down by the frog pond...
The ironic thing about this image is that for about 30 years I systematically tried to eliminate this "weed" from my property... "Beggarticks (Bidens alba), also commonly referred to as Spanish needle, is perhaps one of Florida’s most controversial wildflowers". It was such a pain ... the seeds would hitchhike on my clothes... I couldn't get rid of them... I called them... "Al's Bain"! a single plant can produce 3,000–6,000 seeds that are dispersed by wind, water, and most often, by becoming attached to fur or clothing. It was a fight I couldn't win...! But, I learned that "bidens alba is a great source of nectar (food) for pollinators, it is a host plant to certain species of butterflies and moths. Host plants are specific plants that a female butterfly chooses to lay its eggs. The caterpillars will feed on it also." (Florida Native Plant Society) So I started letting them populate certain areas... This coincided with my new focus of rewilding my property as I watched areas around me becoming monocultures...(new housing with immaculate lawns). I have been bringing back long needled Pines and even Cypress (which had been nearly logged out in the early 1900's). I'm so happy I did... My ecology is so much richer now... (and lots and lots of butterflies and so many insects and birds live here now)!
down by the frog pond...
The ironic thing about this image is that for about 30 years I systematically tried to eliminate this "weed" from my property... "Beggarticks (Bidens alba), also commonly referred to as Spanish needle, is perhaps one of Florida’s most controversial wildflowers". It was such a pain ... the seeds would hitchhike on my clothes... I couldn't get rid of them... I called them... "Al's Bane"!!! A single plant can produce 3,000–6,000 seeds that are dispersed by wind, water, and most often, by becoming attached to fur or clothing. It was a fight I couldn't win...! But, I learned that ... "bidens alba is a great source of nectar (food) for pollinators, it is a host plant to certain species of butterflies and moths. Host plants are specific plants that a female butterfly chooses to lay its eggs. The caterpillars will feed on it also." (Florida Native Plant Society) So I started letting them populate certain areas... This coincided with my new focus of rewilding my property as I watched areas around me becoming monocultures...(new housing with immaculate lawns and the chemicals to maintain them ...) My ecology is so much richer for it... (and lots and lots of butterflies and so many insects and birds live here now)!
Looking out to the Forest of Bowland Landscape, across the River Lune. It's green because of all the rain we've had. This area and the 5 acre meadow adjacent are part of a community-driven re-wilding project.
The keep at Knepp Rewilding Project
Seems like I need a noise reduction tool if I'm work attempt fine art with my new 15stop Lee.
At least the cloud blur worked...
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) flight_1918
Elegant, agile flier that looks like a cross between a plover and a swallow. Adult is warm gray-brown with an elegant "necklace" and red bill base. Juvenile is grayer, with white-fringed feathers. Very narrow (sometimes unnoticeable) white trailing edges to wings and dark rusty underwings distinguish this species from similar pratincoles.
The Collared Pratincole is a bird of open country, and is often seen near water in the evening, hawking for insects. It is found in the warmer parts of Europe, Southwest Asia and Africa. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, and is rare north of the breeding range.
Numbers in the town's bowling clubs are declining. This was once a bowling green in Prince's Park, Eastbourne. There is still one green but this redundant one, instead of being left looking sad with just bare grass, has been sown with wild flowers.
Not long ago while compiling some notes on sparrows in the yard I was surprised to notice that I had not seen a house sparrow since January 2018. Granted I was gone for a little more than a year of the time between then and now, but it is still difficult to explain the rarity of this bird in the yard, considering it is common in the neighborhood and one of the most abundant on earth. My only guess is that maybe the rewilding of the yard that has been taking root over the last decade has made it a little too uncivilized for this domestic species. This is half of a male/female pair that arrived May 21 and has been here each day since, hunting for spiders in the eaves and dropping down to the fountains for drinks and baths. Eurasian house sparrow, backyard Olympia.
Note (May 28): They're still here, pretty settled into a routine.
A free afternoon was a good opportunity to walk the circuit of the Knepp Wildland where the estate owners have taken a different agriculatural approach; rewilding for diversity.
A great place to visit and walk, details at www.kneppestate.co.uk/access
The ironic thing about this image is that for about 30 years I systematically tried to eliminate this "weed" from my property... "Beggarticks (Bidens alba), also commonly referred to as Spanish needle, is perhaps one of Florida’s most controversial wildflowers". It was such a pain ... the seeds would hitchhike on my clothes... I couldn't get rid of them... I called them... "Al's Bain"!!! A single plant can produce 3,000–6,000 seeds that are dispersed by wind, water, and most often, by becoming attached to fur or clothing. It was a fight I couldn't win...! But, I learned that "bidens alba is a great source of nectar (food) for pollinators, it is a host plant to certain species of butterflies and moths. Host plants are specific plants that a female butterfly chooses to lay its eggs. The caterpillars will feed on it also." (Florida Native Plant Society) So I started letting them populate certain areas... This coincided with my new focus of rewilding my property as I watched areas around me becoming monocultures...(new housing with immaculate lawns and the chemicals to maintain it...) My ecology is so much richer for it... (and lots and lots of butterflies and so many insects and birds live here now)!
A few of the many that in history must have been prevalent across the Highlands before man got involved. At least the future is beginning to look more healthy with growning and abundant deer exclusions and larger and larger rewilding areas and projects which favour tree regeneration such as Affric Highlands
At the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, South Africa 2018 The following text is copyright of Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) The African wild dog, also commonly referred to as the wild dog, Cape hunting dog and painted dog, has been listed as Endangered in the National Red Data book (2004) for more than 20 years. The African wild dog is regarded as one of the most endangered predators in the world, but sadly it does not get as much attention as larger predators.
Their migratory habits create difficulty in ascertaining the existing number of the wild population. In South Africa, however, it is estimated that there are more than 250 animals, including about 50 breeding pairs, in the wild. The total population of wild dogs is estimated at 6,600 individuals worldwide.
African wild dogs require large protected areas with a suitably large prey base to support them. At this stage wild dog populations are limited to the Kruger National Park, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, Marakele, Pilansberg and Venetia Game Reserves.
Small populations of between five and seven wild dogs have also been introduced in Shambala, Karongwe and Shamwari private game reserves. Other than the Kruger National Park with an estimated 25 breeding pairs of dogs, the smaller reserves are limited to only one or two breeding pairs per reserve.
So far limited successes have been achieved with the incorporation of captive bred wild dogs into wild packs. Captive bred wild dogs destined for possible reintroduction into the wild should be reared in larger camps where exposure to humans is limited as much as possible. These animals will have to undergo gradual ‘rewilding’ and controlled contact with wild animals before attempts could be successful.
HESC’s African wild dog breeding programme saw the birth of 154 pups from 1991 to 2008.