Normanby Hall Country Park is a Jewel in the North of Lincolnshire.
There is something for everyone from the Victorian walled Gardens, exploring and learning the history of its regency mansion, attending the exciting events. I adore Normanby Hall for its beautiful wildlife, one of my favorite attractions are the Peacocks. This blog post is a collection of photographs I took on my iphone 3G of the stunning peacocks. There is more about my Normanby Hall adventures on the DreamwallStyle Blog here: http://dreamwall1.wordpress.com/
Proud Peacock of Normanby Hall
chasing Peacocks
Beautiful Peacock of Normanby Hall
wandering peacocks in the grounds of Normanby Hall
relaxing Peacock in one of the entrances into Normanby Hall
Mr Peacock
Flying Peacock
Peacock of Normanby Hall
Mr Peacock of Normanby Hall
Peacock at Normanby
peeping peacock at Normanby
peacock at Normanby
chasing the Peacock at the walled gardens Normanby Hall
What a privilege to live so close to ‘Donna Nook’, Donna Nook is one of the most accessible sites for seeing the Grey Atlantic seals at a time of breeding in the UK. Elsewhere they either gather on beaches but in far away places like the Scottish islands, or they are out to sea in rocky outcrops. In Lincolnshire it is a short ride from near my home town Grimsby to the beach and there they are, in late autumn (October) and early winter (December)
The map to the seals of Donna Nook
Do not underestimate the size of the seal colony at Donna Nook and its importance to wildlife watchers around UK and Europe.
Seals at Donna Nook (Mother and pup)
The Seals at Donna Nook are VERY VERY close to the shore line, it really is an experience that any lover of wildlife should really experience, the real life Frozen Planet.
A up seal at Donna Nook
The seals can be photographed quite easily, as you can see from my photographs all taken on the i-phone 3GS
The Pup Seal Donna Nook
The seals attract over 40,000 visitors to the Lincolnshire coast from end October to end of December every year and I highly recommend that everyone should visit.
The vast beach at Donna Nook with the seals
Donna Nook Seals
Donna Nook seal Pup
Photographs at Donna Nook
A chinook at RAF Donna Nook flying above the Seals all dotted about below
A blog in Pictures: Healing Craft fair 2011 from the ‘DreamwallStyle Blog visit” see here http://dreamwall1.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/healing-craft-fair-2011-lincolnshire/
A Blog in Pictures: Appreciating my local picturesque Scenery.
Sometimes we forget to appreciate what is on our doorstep, with the longer lighter nights of summer it is time to get out more and enjoy our local surroundings and that is exactly what I did. The following collection of photographs are all taken on my 3G iphone, they capture my local rural picturesque scenery that I appreciate here in North East Lincolnshire.
The Long farm track across the fields of North East Lincolnshire
This years Lincolnshire Show was a roaring success, celebrating its 127th Show at the Grange de Lings Showground Lincoln. The show took place over two consecutive days in June. As a Lincolnshire born lass or a ‘Yellow Belly’ as some may say, it is a somewhat tradition to attend the big annual event.
THE EVENT
The event is known for it agriculture with farmers from across the country collectively bringing their best livestock to compete for best categories. Along with livestock the show is appreciated by the equestrian world with equine events from show-jumping, dressage and cross-country. With over 600 trade stands to suit all walks of life selling everything from exercise equipment to rubber wellies! A favourite attraction to the Lincolnshire is the food stalls, with lots of home-made mouth-watering food to taste and purchase. I especially enjoyed a spot of shopping in the ‘Mews’ as well as the craft, home interior tents and I even Celebrated the launch of my friends new business ‘Unreal Gardens’ Below is just a collection of pictures of my own adventures at the 2011 Lincolnshire Show ENJOY!
Last month I made a visit to the wonderful Spurn Point Heritage Coast. I took along my mountain bike so I could explore and my i-phone to take the pictures. Spurn Point Heritage coast is a wonderful coastline which consists of a long, curving hook of shingle and sand arcing into the mouth of the River Humber. Find below a blog in pictures of my wonderful adventures at Spurn Point.
Miles of beautiful untouched coast at Spurn point
The coast at Spurn point
Kilnsea Caravan site at the start of Spurn point
Out on my mountain Bike enjoying the Spurn point coast line
Beautiful beaches at Spurn Point looking out to the North Sea
Riding on my bike on the narrow road Spurn point
Traveling on my bike toward the famous Spurn Point Lighthouse
Spurn point light house
Spurn point light house
upclose the Spurn Point Lighthouse
The sun shining on the lighthouse
The light house at Spurn point
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust at Spurn point
spurn point coast
spurn point coast road
spurn point coast road
spurn point coast road
Spurn Point looking out into the River Humber
Spurn Point looking out into the River Humber
Spurn Point looking out into the River Humber
The pebbles at spurn point
The pebbles at spurn point
The North Sea side of Spurn Point
North sea waves at Spurn point
Spurn Point Beaches
Spurn Point Beaches
The Erosion of the coast line at Spurn Point
The Erosion at Spurn Point
The Erosion shown on the coastline at Spurn Point
Spurn Point Nature Reserve
To find out more about the amazing Spurn Point Heritage coast please take a look at the following links below
The Power of a Greedy Bridlington Seagull that swept through the nation like bird Flu!
The Greedy Bridlington Seagull eating a chip that swept through the nation like Birdflu Picture by Hannah Coleman as seen on the BBC
I met this cheeky Herring Gull who was hungry for chips in Bridlington. He was fascinating to watch and wasn’t scared of anyone all he wanted was chips. I took many snaps of him on my i-phone, it was only when I got back home to download the photographs I found this amazing picture of him in mid gulp. I tweeted the picture on to my Twitter account and was amazed at how many people retweeted the picture and the feedback received was incredible. Since then the Greedy seagull went Birdflu (viral) Mr greedy graced the pages of The Grimsby Evening Telegraph as the picture of the day.
Grimsby Evening Telegraph printed the seagull eating chip as the Picture of the day
Seagull eating chip in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph
Soon after the Greedy Gull appeared on Twitter and in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, his greediness created a national pandemic like birdflu since his 100 + retweets he has since appeared in the Daily Express
Followed by the BBC who LOVED him and used him on the BBC ‘The one show”
Seagull eating chip BBC the one show with Denise Welch
He then was used on Peter Levy’s BBC Look North programme TWICE!
BBC LOOK NORTH
Seagull eating chip BBC as seen on the one show and BBC look north
Most recently my seagull eating a chip was used on the main BBC UK news website and I was even name checked as the photographer!
Bridlington Seagull picture taken by Hannah Coleman as used by the BBC
BBC NEWS website as screen grabbed on the 13th July with my seagull eating chip on the main page
What a crazy frenzy Mr Greedy Seagull has had, he is now that famous he now has his own media agent, ‘Hot Spot Media’ http://www.hotspotmedia.co.uk/
The demand for him still continues that I now can sell prints, canvases, posters, mugs, wall murals and more products with him on if anyone is interested in purchasing any of the ‘Greedy Gull’ products then do get in touch with me via emailinfo@dreamwall.co.uk
I wonder if he will recover from his birdflu pandemic through the nation. Seagulls are going viral all over the world this funny YOUTUBE video of a seagull stealing a camcorder also went international viral.
Its been an amazing few weeks for “The Seagull Eating a Chip” photograph, I’ve been overwhelmed with the response especially as I took the canny snap on a 3G I-phone of all the cameras! I studied photography at Sandwell College back in 1992, but never did anything professionally with my qualification its amazing that 19 years on, a simple snap caught at the right time on my 3G i-phone has been a national sensation and I admit I’ve never felt so proud. 😉 I’ve just entered him into the BBC Country file calendar 2011 competition so fingers crossed they like him too 😉
To see more photographs and learn how of this very Greedy seagull go here http://bit.ly/lgcGUn
