Metal Fish at Sunset

Metal fish sculpture on the promenade, Southport

Monday Sunset's

March is always a good month for sunsets and this year is proving no different coinsidentaley most Monday's seems to find us in North Wales at the moment.

Winter in the Cairngorms

We have stayed at the Hilton Coylumbridge many times but never realised that there where so many red squirrels in the woodland right behind the hotel.

Sunset in Wales

A beautiful sunset on our day out to Wales this week.

Sunset at Lytham

How better to spend the day than giving Bailey a run on the beach and then watch the sun go down.

A chat with a swan.

A day in the Lake District and a close up encounter with a very social swan at Coniston.

Cloud Watchers

Whilst we where photographing storm Henry at Crosby this week we inadvertently managed to capture some "nacreous clouds " as well. 

Sometimes known as mother of pearl clouds for their distinct appearance, nacreous clouds are laced with vivid iridescent light from below the horizon.
Nacreous clouds form in the lower stratosphere over polar regions when the sun is just below the horizon. The clouds are illuminated from below and often glow in vivid colours and will often remain visible for a couple of hours after sunset and through the night as they are lit by moonlight.The water droplets which form nacreous clouds are much smaller than those forming more common clouds. The smaller droplets scatter light in a different way which is what creates the distinctive luminescent appearance.They are usually only visible from the UK when the cold air which circulates around polar regions in the stratosphere (known as the stratospheric polar vortex) is displaced and hovers temporarily over the UK which creates the very cold conditions required.