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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Environment editor

What you value about nature - in pictures

Value of Nature: Flickr group
Meander
By Andrew Bielecki
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
White and Green
Frozen Tors of Slieve Binnian, contrasted with the freshly thawed fields around Annalong, Northern Ireland
By jaissus
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
A place for fun and family
Visiting woodlands helps boost our physical and also mental health
By The Mersey Forest
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Parklife
I value nature for providing a colourful contrast to the urban landscape
By Helena Maratheftis
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Chaffinch on bench
By Pinti
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Dandelion Diving
A miner bee feeding deep within a dandelion. A view of what is happening when you see these little bees diving into dandelions
By steb1
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
The way the wind blows
I love the way nature can catch you by surprise and force you to stop and take it in. These patterns in the snow, caused by the wind, fascinated me the moment I saw them
By grimhund
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Big cloud
By stephenajackson
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Surprises
A frozen crab apple. What I value about nature is surprises in my own back garden
By Steven House Photography
Photograph: Steven R House/Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Panorama from Stinchcombe Hill
By Jonbgem
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Against the tides
A marsh harrier at Lakenheath. It is amazing to think that this bird is hunting over what a dozen or so years ago was carrot fields and is now an amazing wetland, part of a landscape restored. This grab shot was taken on a quick walk after attending the retirement 'bash' of Norman Sills the 'creator' of Lakenheath Fen and Titchwell Marsh nature reserves. Not a bad CV!
By Bull of the Bog
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Golden Boughs
By kisdon
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Against all odds
Every year Atlantic salmon swim miles and miles up river to spawn in the same place they hatched. This salmon leapt out of the water to get up and over a little waterfall in County Mayo in Ireland
By Alison Laredo
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Life Cycle
All nature is part of the circle of life, including flowers which supply nutrients (pollen) that support life
By Azuravesta
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Chance encounters
By Stefan Yambao
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Holanducia
The list of bird species sighted in Holanducia is long: swallows, hawks, eagles, hoopoes, white doves, Iberian chiffchaffs, egrets, bee-eaters, owls and blackbirds are, to name but a few, part of the bird species that rely on this land yearly. It would be a sad thing if they should abruptly cease to grace our eyes and ears don't you think? But at present building plans are menacing the land
By Save Holanducia
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Awe-inspiration
By laistedae
Photograph: Flickr
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Joy
By the incredible how (intermitten.t)
Photograph: Flickr group
Value of Nature: Flickr group
Our duty of care
Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland
Biodiversity has a better chance in landscapes where Man has little or no presence
By Peter Easton
Photograph: Flickr
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