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On a flat stone at a stream bank in soft side light three small rock samples, a grey pebble, a rust-coloured stone and a pale quartz chip, lie in a row on a folded cloth beside a plastic ruler and a jar of stream water with a hand lens on top of a closed field notebook and the stream blurred behind, no people.

Three Rock Samples Laid Out Beside the Stream

A small hoverfly with a yellow and black banded abdomen hovers in mid-air just in front of the orange cone of a large pink coneflower with its wings blurred in bright midday sun.

A Hoverfly Hangs in the Air Before the Cone

A slim woman with a sleek dark bob and round tortoiseshell glasses in a waterproof olive jacket shades her eyes to look up at breaking clouds beside a small white weather station on a tripod with a slim rain gauge and a wind vane at the edge of a meadow with a stream glinting in the distance.

Field Scientist Checks the Sky Beside the Weather Station

Tiny tadpoles and small fry cluster among the trailing roots and submerged stems of floating water lily pads in clear brown-green water of a calm pond under soft overcast light.

Pond Fry and Tadpoles Gather Under the Water Lilies

A pink earthworm lies at the wet soil surface beneath the edge of a weathered wooden board lifted from a woodland floor with glistening leaf mould and droplets on the board in grey wet light.

An Earthworm Surfaces Under a Board After Rain

A small shiny green-bronze beetle crawls across the spikes of the orange cone of a large pink coneflower with its wing cases closed and a thin dusting of golden pollen on its back in low side light.

A Small Beetle Crawls Across the Spiky Cone

A cold wax painting of a woodland soil cross-section in layers: leaf litter on top, a crumbling oak log with a curled beetle larva, dark humus threaded with white fungal strands, and pale mineral soil, with tree roots growing down through them.

Cross-Section of Woodland Soil Beneath a Decaying Oak Log

A small shoal of minnows rises to the surface film of a village pond to feed with ring ripples spreading around their mouths near green pondweed and lily pads in diffuse midday light.

Minnows Rise to Feed at a Village Pond Surface

A young oak sapling stands in a freshly dug mound of soil with a spade, a watering can and a stake drawn in faceted vivid green, orange and violet planes on a dark chalk marked ground.

Young Oak Sapling Planted in a Fresh Soil Mound

A clear shallow restored wetland pool shows submerged pondweed and stones through the water beside sedge tussocks and young alder leaves in a polarized landscape photograph with a residual sky reflection.

Clear Restored Wetland Pool Showing Pondweed Beneath

A layered compost heap built from folk patterned patchwork bands of scraps, leaves, grass and dark compost stands beside a pitchfork and a wheelbarrow with seedlings behind a garden fence.

Layered Compost Heap Made of Folk Pattern Patchwork Bands

The silhouette of a standing heron is filled with a layered painting of a forested river valley where a river winds from a reedy wetland through meadows and a small weir to a misty estuary.

Heron Silhouette Filled With a Winding River Catchment

A full stone rain basin in a whitewashed courtyard garden overflows over a low notch in its rim and runs down a shallow stone gutter into a bed of green plants and a lavender border, the water thin and clear and the soil darkened with damp.

Basin Overflows Down a Gutter Into a Garden Bed

Tall grass and wildflower seed heads glow gold in low backlight over the regrown patch with tiny seeds and feathery thistle seeds drifting through the air beside the low brick wall and the rusted iron gate.

Seed Heads Release Over the Regrown Patch

A round stone rain basin about a metre wide sits in the corner of a small whitewashed courtyard garden under a downpipe, filled with still rainwater and a few floating green leaves, damp stone around it in soft overcast light.

Round Stone Rain Basin Fills Under a Downpipe

A small tree stands in a square stone-edged tree pit cut into courtyard paving, filled with dark mulch, as a downpipe pours a thin stream of rainwater into the pit beside the trunk, the water soaking into the mulch in soft diffused light.

Rain From a Downpipe Soaks Into a Tree Pit

Tall poppy, cornflower and daisy blooms on scribbled stems are visited by a honeybee, a hoverfly and a small butterfly with looping flight lines in a retro scribble and wash illustration on cream paper.

Wildflowers and Pollinators in a Retro Scribble Meadow

A wet rain chain hangs from a roof gutter over a long low stone trough along a whitewashed courtyard wall, a steady thread of water running down it into the trough with small terracotta pots beside, in grey light.

Rain Chain Guides Water Into a Stone Trough

A hand painted miniature rain garden planted with irises, sedge and purple coneflowers receives a thin stream of water from a downpipe into a stone lined swale on a pale seamless studio ground.

Hand Painted Miniature Rain Garden With a Downpipe Swale

A shallow planted channel of dark soil and green ferns runs along the foot of a whitewashed courtyard wall with a thin thread of clear water trickling along its stone-lined floor from a spout above, wet stones glistening in soft morning light.

Planted Channel Carries Rain Water Between Ferns

A whitewashed courtyard garden after rain with every surface damp and darker, a brim-full still stone basin, a glistening planted channel, tree pit and garden bed, a green gate and a thin mist over the ferns in soft golden evening light.

The Courtyard After Rain Holding Its Water Close

A fabric hedgehog and a felt mouse sort dried seed heads into small cotton envelopes at a knitted potting bench with tiny bead seeds and jars in a miniature textile diorama.

Felt Hedgehog and Mouse Sorting Seeds at a Bench

A large terracotta pot with a green shrub stands on a tray of pebbles half submerged in water in a whitewashed courtyard garden, a dark wet ring on the pot's lower side showing the water drawn up, in soft light through gate slats.

Terracotta Pot Draws Up Water From a Pebble Tray

Braided glacial meltwater spreads across a gravel flat with low alpine willow and moss in the foreground while snowy ridgelines glow in rose and amber alpenglow in a mountain landscape photograph.

Glacial Meltwater Braids Across a Gravel Flat at Dusk

The stone slab floor of a small whitewashed courtyard slopes gently toward a shallow central gravel drain, a thin sheet of rainwater running across the slabs into the gravel with a few puddles in the low spots and a green wooden gate behind.

Courtyard Slabs Slope Rain Into a Gravel Drain

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