‘Through the year’ project

This is a large ongoing project to photograph the ‘local’ habitats I regularly visit in Yorkshire and a few surrounding counties. These include farmland, meadows, riverbanks, moorland, woodland, coastal cliffs etc. I wanted to show the flora and fauna found in these ecosystems throughout the year.

The North Yorkshire Moors offer inspiration from snowy winters to the heather flowering in late summer.

Early spring on the North Yorkshire moors
Red grouse – Early spring on the North Yorkshire moors
Curlew – Early spring on the North Yorkshire moors
Red grouse – Early spring on the North Yorkshire moors
Green hairstreak – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Snipe at dawn – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Female stonechat with nesting material – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
skylark on the North Yorks Moors
Golden plover in spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Male stonechat – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Stonechat in spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
backlit snipe – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Female stonechat in spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Curlew on moorland – spring on the North Yorkshire moors
Meadow Pipit with food – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
skylark flight multiple exposure – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Goldfinch – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
female stonechat – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Cotton grass – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Barn swallow – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Green hairstreak – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Curlew – spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Whinchat – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
skylark – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Stonechat taking flight – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
skylark in flight – Spring on the North Yorkshire Moors
Common blue butterfly – summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
Grouse at dawn in summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
Red grouse – summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
Large skipper butterfly – summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
Common blue butterfly – summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
Grouse at dawn in summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
red grouse – summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
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Common blue butterfly – summer on the North Yorkshire Moors
summer on the North Yorkshire Moors

In the Yorkshire Wolds farmland and flower meadows there are birds, animals, flowers and insects to be found year-round:

Spring in the flower meadow
Spring in the Wolds farmland
Spring in the flower meadow
Yellowhammer – Spring on the wolds farmland
Spring in the flower meadow
Hare in the wolds farmland
Spring in the flower meadow
Spring in the Wolds farmland
Spring in the flower meadow
Red kite – Spring in the wolds farmland
Spring in the flower meadow
Spring in the flower meadow
Summer in the flower meadow
Summer on the wolds
Summer in the flower meadow
Roe deer – Summer in the Wolds farmland
Summer in the flower meadow
Summer in the Wolds farmland
Marbled white butterfly – Summer in the Wolds farmland
Summer in the Wolds farmland
Roe deer – Summer in the Wolds farmland
Red kite – Summer in the wolds farmland
Summer in the Wolds farmland
Summer in the Wolds farmland
Silver Y moth – Summer in the Wolds farmland
Summer in the flower meadow
Red kite – Summer in the wolds farmland
Summer in the flower meadow
Summer in the Wolds farmland
Autumn in the Wolds
Barn owl – autumn in the wolds
Winter in the wolds farmland
Redwing – winter in the wolds farmland
Winter in the wolds farmland

Local woodland in the Vale of York, Yorkshire Wolds and Moors and Howardian Hills is particularly beautiful in autumn, but full of life in the spring and summer as well.

Long-tailed tit, Forge Valley – March in the woodland
Long-tailed tit, Forge Valley – March in the woodland
Blackbird, Forge Valley – March in the woodland
Long-tailed tit, Forge Valley – March in the woodland
Nuthatch, Forge Valley, March in the woodland
Long-tailed tit, Forge Valley – March in the woodland
Robin, Forge Valley – March in the woodland
Nuthatch – Spring in the woodland
Wood anemone – Spring in the woodland
Jay – Spring in the woodland
Wood anemone – Spring in the woodland
Great spotted woodpecker – Spring in the woodland
Wood anemone – Spring in the woodland
Nuthatch – Spring in the woodland
Great spotted woodpecker – Spring in the woodland
Nuthatch – Spring in the woodland
Orange-tip butterfly – Spring in the woodland
Jay – Spring in the woodland
Bluebell woods in May 7
Bluebell woods in May 6
Bluebell woods in May 5
Bluebell woods in May 8
Bluebell woods in May 4
Bluebell woods in May 3
Bluebell woods in May 2
Spring in the bluebell woods
Bluebell woods in May 1
autumn in the woodland
Nuthatch, Forge Valley – autumn in the woodland
Wren – autumn in the woodland
Nuthatch – autumn in the woodland
Forge Valley – autumn in the woodland
Blue-tit – autumn in the woodland
autumn in the woodland
autumn in the woodland
Autumn in the woodland
Autumn in the woodland
Autumn in the woodland
Autumn in the woodland
Autumn in the woodland
Autumn in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Bullfinch – winter in the woods
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland
Allerthorpe woods – winter in the woodland

Yorkshire has some impressive coastal cliffs full of seabirds, such as those at Bempton cliffs (RSPB reserve). These are full of wildlife all year, but bustling with seabirds in the spring and summer: