We have a bit of split opinion in the office about this, what do you all think and why? Poll below and feel free to illustrate your opinion with pictures and comments!
Warden Intern at Otmoor.
Unknown said: I've just scrolled through those 'seasons cycle' (all you XTC fans) photos once more. What a wonderful country we have around us. Truly inspiring. Thankyou for reminding me of the true beauty and simplicity of the countryside. It's so easy to forget to hit the 'pause' button in our lives sometimes and the simple pleasures are often the most rewarding.
I've just scrolled through those 'seasons cycle' (all you XTC fans) photos once more. What a wonderful country we have around us. Truly inspiring. Thankyou for reminding me of the true beauty and simplicity of the countryside. It's so easy to forget to hit the 'pause' button in our lives sometimes and the simple pleasures are often the most rewarding.
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
There are some fantastic photos on here and sentiments too' if I was forced to choose the seasons they would be in this order, although I like them all for [again] different reasons and just glad my Ma & Pa were born in the UK and never wanted to emigrate:-)
>Autumn
>Spring
>Summer
>Winter
Just for the record there are loads of my photos of autumnal scenes here, I'm just so lucky that I have all of these within 40 minutes drive too, some much closer to home
suffolk.activeboard.com/.../autumn-in-suffolk
and if anyone likes the heaths and brecks have a look here
http://suffolk.activeboard.com/t30339286/suffolk-heaths-and-the-brecks/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16304936@N06/
http://suffolk.activeboard.com/f528553/birds-of-suffolk/
Or to quote Ferris Bueller's Day Off:
"I've said it before and I'll say it again: life moves pretty fast, (if) you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it"
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
spring hands down for me.just the anticipation of things to come. I like the different birds that visit the garden in the winter but I never get chance to watch them cos it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I get home too
Monkey Cheese wrote:
or as my father used to say
'Life is but a mere flick of the eyelid'
Summer makes me think of long days, long walks, beautiful wild flowers, and birds flying to and fro. Autumn has the beautiful colours, migrating birds leaving and arriving, and the chance to kick up all those leaves on the ground! Then there's Winter with the snow, frost and ice that have a beauty all of their own. And then you start to notice little pale green buds on bushes and trees, birdsong, it isn't quite so cold and dark, and it's all starting again. It's Spring, and I love it, so that's where my vote goes.
Annie
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Einstein
Easily Winter for me! I just love the crisp winter mornings, plus The Lodge looks like Narnia in the snow! Here's a photo from last Winter, best place to work :)
It seems like spring has the most fans!!! It seems such a long way off having just turned the clocks back.
Scenes like this have already hit the north, autumn is on it's way out and winter is looming...apart from the crisp mornings and snow covered scenes, what else can winter deliver to keep us all out of SAD?
Top 3 winter wildlife spectacles for me would be starling murmurations, pink-footed geese at the wash and short-eared owls hunting in the lowlands.
What are yours?
I voted for Summer and here are a few photos of the young sparrows who grew up in my garden over the Summer months this year. These charming little bundles of feathers were enough to sway my vote. Hopefully next year will bring more of them. Apologies if some of these photos have been posted before, but they are worth a second look if you have seen them already :-)
Finally, a young robin, but it's not Baby R. This is one of the other three young robins that appeared during the Summer for a day or so. I wonder where they all went?