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Views From An Urban Lake

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Views From An Urban Lake
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  • Home
  • About
    • About Views From an Urban Lake
    • Introducing The Patch
    • Map of the Patch
    • Contact Views From an Urban Lake
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
  • Photography Projects
    • Butterflies of Milton Keynes
    • Dragonflies of Milton Keynes
    • How to Photograph Dragonflies
    • How to Photograph Moths
  • Hiking/Walking
    • Milton Keynes Walks
    • Walking Routes
    • Hiking Posts
  • Nature Posts
  • Camping Posts
  • Geocaching
    • What is Geocaching – A guide to your new Hobby
    • Types of Geocache – A guide to the differences
    • 100 Plus Geocaching Terms you may not know
    • 10 things you need to take when geocaching
    • Geocaching Posts
  • Gear Reviews
  • Shop
    • Urban Lake Photography
    • Etsy Shop
  • Guides,  Nature

    How to Photograph Kingfisher – a brief guide

    Ashley Beolens / 19 January, 2021

    It is often a dream of many bird watchers to see a Kingfisher, the flash of blue, the stunning oranges, they are truly a dream bird for many. The same can often be…

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  • Peaceful Sunday Morning Wanderings at the Floodplain Forest
    Nature

    Peaceful Sunday Morning Wanderings at the Floodplain Forest

    Ashley Beolens / 17 January, 2021

    The heady scent of smouldering wood filled the air as light smoke rose from the small stoves housed on the local barges, when my journey along the still dark canal began. I wanted…

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  • Nature

    Wet and Wild walk on the patch

    Ashley Beolens / 14 January, 2021

    Large, heavy, drops of rain slowly drenched through my coat as it persistently fell from the leaden skies above. I was soaked before I even reached a viewpoint over the floodplain forest nature…

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  • Hiking,  Nature

    Muddy walking Routes and Special Sunset Birds

    Ashley Beolens / 6 January, 2021

    After hurting my leg late last year (Badly sprained thigh muscle, never felt pain like it) I finally managed a new year walk today. And it was a tough one. Not the distance…

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  • European Robin
    Featured,  Nature

    What birds hold special meaning to you?

    Ashley Beolens / 14 December, 2020

    Over the last year or so of selling my photographs (www.urbanlakephotography.com if you are interested) at various fairs, and markets, I have come to realise that there are certain birds that are deemed…

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