50 Plus Favs 2019.

A Shelduck looks on as a flock of Avocet's arrive back at Steart Marshes, Somerset which is the first of WWT’s Working Wetlands, info www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/steart-marshes Large Please. For Sight and Sound group the link is Winter Birds by Ray LaMantagne www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHjs_WpXXX4

Spit of land jutting into one of the ponds with two Avocets and a pair of sleepy ducks, Steart Marshes wetlands Somerset. Large please

A hazy spring day on the River Parrett with the village of Combwich at the end of the footpath and the Quantock Hills forming the backdrop, The pathway is part of the Parrett trail and a link into the England Coast Path Large for details please, Link for Sight and Sound, is Riverbank by Brad Paisley, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D5XTXSbrms

First time out with the camera for ages and still the weather had the upper hand as yet another Atlantic storm soon had us running for cover, managed however to grab a few shots on the way to the car. This is Lydeard Hill on Somersets Quantock Hills Aonb with Bridgwater Bay and the Bristol Channel a short distance beyond the ridge. Full screen recommended

Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Reserve, Bridgwater Bay, Somerset. Large for detail please. For Sight and Sound another of my favourite artists, Storm Large with Pink Martini, Splendor in the Grass, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-_DiZlrUI

The patchwork fields in the Vale of Taunton Deane are next for a watering as a storm moves across from Exmoor and onward's to the gorse at Lydeard Hill, Quantock Hills AONB, Somerset' Large may be better. My link for Sight and Sound, Canadian singer Susie Arioli, Here's that rainy day, www.youtube.com/watch?v=eagfdRIsa1M

A shot from Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye across to Kyle of Lochalsh as the sun sets over the loch, Large please.

Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Fences and the kitchen sink. Large please Sight and Sound link, www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCHxt82UITE

Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Please view large. Sandy Denny, the pond and the stream is my link for the Sight and Sound Group, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_OJbKby0hw