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Ending the year under Blue Skies

Movie Time

Frosting...

Done

Tracks

Big up Barton

Surrey Story Tree

Blooms

Oxfordshire Sunset

Spin

Shortest Day

Flare

Candlelight

Ready to Walk

Ice with That?

Moonshine

Nightlight

The Special One

backpack

Waiting

Otmoor Mists

Look, No Reindeer

TGIF

Evening Shopping

Winter Morning

Evening Lights

Busy

Pick a ball, any ball

Latte

Sunrise?

Only temporary

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Ross Mackenzie
Oxford, United Kingdom
Sometimes travel and wildlife photographer, Sometimes educational technologist. Arctic and Antarctic enthusiast. Happiest outside. Often found in Oxford or on the Shetland Islands.
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Popular Posts (last 30 days)

  • Monthly Report, June 2025
    A good Shetland month --- mostly spent at the south end of the Shetland Mainland hanging out with the Sumburgh Head puffins. So I thought th...
  • Monthly Report, May 2025
    Just like April, but in reverse.   Started in Italy, then a wee while in Oxford before heading back North to spend more time with the puffin...
  • Exploring Rothiemurchus
    In both January and February I've been able to spend time exploring the Rothiemurchus Forest in the Cairngorms National Park.   This i...
  • In Search of Strudel around the Tiernsee, May 2016
    Before you reach for your atlases, the Tiernsee doesn’t really exist.   It was invented by Elinor Brent-Dyer at some point in the 1920...
  • Monthly Report, February 2025
    A Shetland Month Reporting Days: 28 Location: Shetland (south end of) Distance Walked: 180 km Distance Driven: 535 km  Auks Spotted: Lots of...

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      • Movie Time
      • Frosting...
      • Done
      • Tracks
      • Big up Barton
      • Surrey Story Tree
      • Blooms
      • Oxfordshire Sunset
      • Spin
      • Shortest Day
      • Flare
      • Candlelight
      • Ready to Walk
      • Ice with That?
      • Moonshine
      • Nightlight
      • The Special One
      • backpack
      • Waiting
      • Otmoor Mists
      • Look, No Reindeer
      • TGIF
      • Evening Shopping
      • Winter Morning
      • Evening Lights
      • Busy
      • Pick a ball, any ball
      • Latte
      • Sunrise?
      • Only temporary
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