Wales – Mike Read

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Claerwen Dam with water flowing over the central section and with part of the reservoir beyond, Cambrian Mountains, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-2001 Claerwen Dam and reservoir, Cambrian Mountains, Powys, Wales, UK

Sessile oak Quercus petraea woodland and early morning light with the sun shining between the branches of one of the trees, Gwenffrwed-Dinas RSPB Reserve, Cambrian Mountains, Camarthenshire, Wales, UK, May

C3-1024 Sessile oaks on a hillside on the Gwenffrwd RSPB reserve, Wales, UK

Auks crammed into a seabird colony on the cliffs of Skomer Island, Dyfed, Wales, UK, April

C3-1014 Seabird colony, Skomer Island, Dyfed, Wales, UK

Upland sheep walk with snow on the hill tops and the Elan River winding its way through the snow free valley, Elan Valley, Cambrian Mountains, Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-746 Upland sheep walk, Elan Valley, near Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK

Smoke rising from the chimney of a house on a hill farm with sheep in the frost covered field below, Claerwen Valley, Cambrian Mountains, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-0684 Hill farm and sheep in winter, Claerwen Valley, Powys, Wales, UK

Ice formed on small stems of vegetation in the splash zone of a small waterfall, Cambrian Mountains, mid Wales, UK

C3-672 Ice fingers, near Rhayader, mid Wales

Sunset over freshwater marsh and reflected in a large pool, Ynys Hir RSPB Nature Reserve, Dyfed, Wales, UK, 1986

C3-0288 Sunset over freshwater marsh, Ynys Hir RSPB Reserve, Dyfed, Wales

Waterfall on the river Taf Fechan showing blurred water, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

C03D0144 Taf Fechan river, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

Waterfall on the river Taf Fechan stream, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

C03D0137 Taf Fechan river, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales

Walker and upland grassland leading towards Pen-y-fan, the highest point in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

C03D0130 Walker looking towards Pen-y-fan, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

View over grassland and an upland valley to Brecon, from near Pen-y-Fan, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK September

C03D0129 Brecon from near Pen-y-Fan, Brecon Beacons National Park

View to Pen-y-fan and Corn Dhu over a lake surrounded by trees and upland grassland, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

C03D0119 Pen-y-fan and Corn Dhu, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

Woodland hill of the Dinas RSPB Reserve surrounded by farmland and upland sheepwalk, Tywi Valley, Dyfed Wales, UK

C03D0110 Dinas RSPB Reserve and farmland, Tywi Valley, Dyfed, Wales, UK

Rocks in the River Tywi with upland grassy slopes beyond, Dinas RSPB Nature Reserve, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

C03D0079 River Tywi, Dinas RSPB Reserve, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

Waterfalls on the Nant Melyn stream with ferns and Sessile oak woodland, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

C03D0058 Waterfalls on the Nant Melyn stream, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Rushing waterfall on the Claerwen River with upland grassland hills beyond, Claerwen Valley, Powys, Wales, UK September

C03D0038 Waterfall on the Claerwen River, Claerwen Valley, Powys, Wales

Rainbow beyond the valve tower on the Garreg Ddu reservoir, Elan Valley, near Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK

C03D0030 Rainbow over Garreg Ddu reservoir, Elan Valley, mid Wales, UK

Nant-y-Moch reservoir and dam surrounded by upland grassland and sheepwalk, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom

C03D0017 Nant-y-Moch reservoir and dam, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom

Road bridge across the Caban-coch Reservoir leading to the Claerwen Valley, Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

C03D0004 Caban-coch Reservoir, Elan Valley, mid Wales, UK

Rocky and boulder strewn bed of the Claerwen River with trees and upland grassland beyond, Claerwen Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

C03D0001 Claerwen River, Claerwen Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

Part of the rare raised bog showing grassy areas, Silver birch trees and open pools of water, Cors Caron or Tregaron Bog, Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

C3-4035 Raised bog, Cors Caron, Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Ice forming on vegetation in the splash zone on a small mountain stream, near Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-3959 Ice formed on grass in the splash zone

Ice formed on vegetation in the splash zone on a mountain stream, near Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-3947 Ice on vegetation in splash zone of small waterfall

Cyfrwy and Llyn y Gadair from the slopes of Caidair Idris, Cambrian Mountains, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

C3-3826 Cyfrwy and Llyn y Gadair, Caidair Idris

Water droplets act like an inverting magnifying glass on a grass stem, near Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

C3-3747 Water droplets on a grass stem, near Aberystwyth

Seabird breeding cliffs at RSPB South Stack Nature Reserve with Ellins Tower and South Stack Lighthouse beyond, Anglesey, Wales, UK

C3-3646 South Stack RSPB Nature Reserve, Anglesey

Coniferous and deciduous trees on a hillside with spring blossom showing on the willows, brightening stems on the Birches and one tree with green leaves showing, near Rhayader, Wales, UK

C3-3365 Trees on a hillside in Spring, near Rhayader

Evening sunlight casts shadows of clouds and lower lying areas on upland grassland in the Elan Valley, mid Wales, UK

C3-3358 Evening light on upland grassland in the Elan Valley, mid Wales

Snow on the hills surrounding the Carreg-ddu reservoir and on the ice on the reservoir itself, Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-3291 Carreg-ddu reservoir, Elan Valley, Powys

Freshly fallen snow heaped on boulders in the Claerwen River, Claerwen Valley, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

C3-3215 Snow on boulders in the Claerwen River, Claerwen Valley, Ceredigion

Back lighting on hillside, deciduous trees and plantation conifer forest, near Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

C3-3102 Backlit hillside and trees, near Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion

Autumn coloured grassland with deciduous forest beyond Penygarreg Reservoir which shows low water levels, Elan Valley, Cambrian Mountains, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-3088 Penygarreg Reservoir, Elan Valley, Cambrian Mountains, Powys

Small waterfall tumbling down a rocky slope in the Claerwen Valley, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

C3-3034 Small waterfall in the Claerwen Valley, Ceredigion

Sunset lit grassland and hill farm in the upper Elan Valley and the River Elan, Cambrian Mountains, Wales, UK

C3-2151 Hill farm at sunset in the upper Elan Valley

Water rushing over the Penygarreg Dam and down the overflow channel with a small rainbow in the spray, Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, UK

C3-2121 Water rushing over the Penygarreg Dam, Elan Valley, Powys

Sessile oak Quercus petraea trees starting to come into leaf on a steep hillside in spring near Rhayader Powys, Wales, UK

C3-2050 Sessile oak Quercus petraea woodland in early spring, near Rhayader