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    • About Views From an Urban Lake
    • Introducing The Patch
    • Map of the Patch
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    • Privacy Policy
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  • Photography Projects
    • Butterflies of Milton Keynes
    • Dragonflies of Milton Keynes
    • How to Photograph Dragonflies
    • How to Photograph Moths
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    • What is Geocaching – A guide to your new Hobby
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  • Frosts and Ice in the Ouse Valley - Blackbird in the frosts
    Nature

    Frost and Ice in the Ouse Valley

    Ashley Beolens / 11 February, 2021

    The the grass crunched under my feet as I crossed the glittering fields of the Ouse Valley, Old Wolverton, in front of me a lush landscape, dusted white overnight, by the impish Jack…

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  • Last of the Snow - a patch walk at the Floodplains
    Nature

    Last of the Snow – a patch walk at the Floodplains

    Ashley Beolens / 26 January, 2021

    Patches of snow, clinging on from the weekends flurries, still pockmark the fields around Wolverton Mill as I began my mornings lockdown walk. Making my way past the the Holy Trinity church in…

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  • 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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