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Darren Needham

@dneedham68.bsky.social

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Nottingham Forest Season Card holder. Work in IT. It's boring but it pays the bills, but also prevents me spending more time surrounded by nature, taking pictures. If you didn't photograph it, why did you bother going?

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · Nov 13

This is my first Bluesky post, so I wanted to give you an idea of what interests me.

If you like some of the same things, let's follow each other.

#nature #sunset #photography #astro #wildlife #countryside

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 12h

Highland cattle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 1d

Sunset at Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 2d

Higger Tor, looking over Hope Valley, Peak District, South Yorkshire.

It was a long wait for the skies to clear and also a really cold and windy night.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 3d

The unbranched antlers of this red deer mark it out as a pricket, which is the term for a male deer in its second year of life.

Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 4d

Water droplets on a sycamore leaf.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 5d

Magpie mine, Sheldon, Peak District, Derbyshire.

Mining engineer John Taylor took over management in 1839, establishing a complex of new limestone buildings and innovative equipment. The 2 chimneys, agent's house and smithy were built in the 1840s and the Cornish engine house in 1869.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 6d

Highland Cattle, or Heilan Coo if you're Scottish, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 7d

Sunset, Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 8d

Thin cloud and mist starting to cover the stars and planets at The Roaches, Peak District, Staffordshire. I had to call it a night shortly after this.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 9d

A young red deer stag, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 10d

The rolling hills of the Perth and Kinross countryside.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you, Martin.

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 11d

Sunset at Magpie mine, Sheldon, Peak District, Derbyshire.

#Photography

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 12d

Caerlaverock castle undergoing restoration, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you, Nicole 🤗

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 13d

Sunset at Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks Cliff.

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you, Cliff.

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 14d

Stars over the The Roaches, Peak District, Staffordshire.

#Photography

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 15d

Red deer stag, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 16d

I wish I was still there.

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 16d

A beautiful day near Glenfarg, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

The house in the trees was our holiday stay for a week and fabulous it was too.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 17d

Magpie mine at sunset, Sheldon, Peak District, Derbyshire.

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Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 18d

Caerlaverock castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography

Darren Needham @dneedham68.bsky.social · 19d

Sunset. Rough Island, Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

#Photography