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Matthew Halstead
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Art Teacher, Artist, Amateur photographer with a love of landscape photography, stars, the Milky Way and Aurora.
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Very slight hint of #Aurora above the #LongMynd, #ChurchStretton, #Shropshire tonight.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Tonight, looking east. The bright star on the left above the highest point on the horizon is #Jupiter. The two stars above it are part of #Gemini. To the right of the photo is #Orion. Look just to the right of the 3 star belt, you can just make out the #nebular.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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#WeekUForUnloved
#AlphabetChallenge
Abandoned Land Rover near Truro, Cornwall
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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A secret #Shropshire cave. Unfortunately, I couldn’t go in today as it’s a popular place for bats to sleep. #photography #wildlife
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Still the odd patch of #snow around on the #LongMynd today. Not for long…
#ChurchStretton #Shropshire #Weather #photograghy
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Stump of the week!
#Fungi #FungiFriends #StumpoftheWeek
What a stump, loads of fungi and moss growing on a tree stump. Candlesnuff fungus and Artists Bracket?? Mica Cap?? At the base of the stump
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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A wander along the #riversevern this evening in #Shrewsbury, #Shropshire. #Weather #photograghy
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Still looking for #snow, so climbed Yr Wyddfa (#Snowden) today. Simply stunning. #photography
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A #snow covered, freezing cold #LongMynd, #ChurchStretton, #Shropshire.
#MilkyWay #Weather
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Another beautiful, freezing cold, moon free night in the #snow.
#weather #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #photograghy #MilkyWay
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The latest instalment in the harriers in headwinds series, a superb juv Marsh Harrier over the vole fields #ukbirding
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Another freezing night on a snowy #LongMynd, #ChurchStretton, #Shropshire tonight. #snow #weather #MilkyWay
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Well, that was an exciting commute! #Snow #LongMynd #ChurchStretron #Weather
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Frosty morning… #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #Weather
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Already frozen on tbe top of the #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire tonight. #Weather #MilkyWay
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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#Squirrel #kite #penguin migration.
Might have lied about the penguins. 🤣

#LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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A grey and calm #weather day following the floods caused by #StormClaidia yesterday. Looking north towards the #Wrekin from the top of Caradoc.

#ChurchStretton, #Shropshire
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Flooding continues as a result of #StormClaudia.

#LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Light Spout in Cardingmill Valley, full as night falls.

#StormClaudia #weather #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #longexposure #photograghy
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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It’s very wet…

#StormClaudia #weather #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #longexposure #photograghy
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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A totally unexpected celestial treat on my way home just now!

#MilkyWay #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Masterful use of the headwind by one of today's Sunk Island Hen Harriers #loveautumn #ukbirding
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Lots of colourful circles in the sky over #Shropshire today. Lunar halo and fireworks over Church Stretton and a late afternoon rainbow over the Wrekin #atmosphericoptics #ukweather #stormhour
22 degree lunar halo formed by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in cirrus Fireworks over Church Stretton bonfire Late afternoon rainbow over the Wrekin
November 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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It rained. So off to the #waterfall again for a #longexposure #photo. #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #photography
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

#RemembranceDay #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM