I am fortunate in not living far from Exmoor - one of the UK's national parks. This means I can easily head out that way with the family for a short break in a wildlife-rich landscape of moors, cliffs and woods. This visit finds the fields yellow and brown and coincides with the breaking of a hot summer drought.
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| Low clouds creep along the fringes of Woody Bay bringing moisture to the woodlands that coat the steep cliffs. |
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| A Jay high in a conifer: Woody Bay |
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| Bumblebee - one of hundreds harvesting pollen in a lavender bed: Tapley House |
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| Young blue tit - perhaps experiencing its first rainfall: Woody Bay |
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| Great spotted woodpecekrs at the bird feeder: Woody Bay |
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| 'Lyn': Woody Bay Station |
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| A blanket of cloud creeps across the Devon landscape |
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| Lesser Horseshoe Bats via the 'batcam' at Arlington Court. The bats have their large babies wrapped in their wings |
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| Silhouetted raven: Arlington House |
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| More creeping clouds around Woody Bay |
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| Delicate fungi: Watersmeet |
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| Grey wagtail: Watersmeet |
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| Young robin: Watersmeet |
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| Speckled Wood: Woody Bay |
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| Red Admiral: Valley of the Rocks |
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| Common Blue near Lee Abbey |
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| The Gatekeeper: Braughton Burrows |
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| Kestrel: Braughton Burrows |
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| 'Dune bunny': Braughton Burrows |
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| Hare: Braughton Burrows |
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| Waterfall neat Watersmeet |
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| Brown trout: East Lyn River |
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