Paul Gamble

And… yes… there’s a second raven in the pic.

One of a dozen ravens seen above a quiet Chilterns valley yesterday. They circled above me emitting bass cronks, while, at the other end of my frequency range, a gang of goldcrests sent thin calls from the heart of a yew. 🍂🌿 #nature

After a few virus-inflicted ‘off-games’ weeks, it was good to be back out for a slither along some squelchy Oxfordshire Way miles. 🚶🏻🥳

Indeed! It was to be seen in Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum last summer - a great exhibition on Olympics and art - focusing on the Paris 1924 games.

Painted by Ireland’s first Olympic medallist, as I suspect @wildtwin.bsky.social knows.

What a striking contrast in habitat management methods: 1/4 ‘take no prisoners’ contractors in much-loved local woodland; 2/4 & 3/4 carefully targeted scrub-bashing and lopping by @savebutterflies.bsky.social volunteers to help wild strawberry growth and boost grizzled skipper prospects (4/4). 🦋💚

Welcome! 🤗

Such wise and sustaining words. One of many passages in TCFS that gave energy to my creative efforts. Your inspiration is undimmed, be in no doubt about that. It’s good to know you’re here! 🌿💚

Only just getting going on here, but I’ve been around for a while. These are from 1991, more than half a life ago. Shetland - rocking the wannabe farmer look and getting close to the Hermaness puffins.

A rosy rip over Oxford this late-afternoon

Please add me, Nic. Lovely initiative. 🙏🏼✍️

60 years on from its closure, I’m walking a stretch of the Hull >Withernsea line. I’m told I travelled this way, in the pram phase. Childlike excitement today at the masses of fieldfares and redwings, the skeins of geese overhead. But most of all when I heard and spotted the shape of a hawfinch. 🤩

It flows through Cartmel - in Cumbria nowadays, Lancashire in pre-1974 terms. 🌊

🤦‍♂️ Failed to add #naturewriting to my reply. Now remedied… and allowing me to say thanks for today’s GCD. Great to meet the River Hiz, though the River Eea remains my favourite 3-letter waterway. 😊

Thanks for the nudge to head into this space, Nic. Looking forward to uplifting, inspiring and informative content from friends old and new. Here’s some pics from last week in southern Turkey to start my contribution. 🦋🌸🌿