Posted in Competition, Photography on Friday March 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Signs of Spring
Spring has now officially started. Unfortunately the weather seems to have missed the memo, so here at PARWICH.ORG we are optimistically holding a photography competition entitled ‘Signs of Spring‘.
Prizes
Closing date
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Thursday March 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Peak Park, Photography on Thursday March 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Given the number of keen photographers in our midst, perhaps some ot them might consider guesting at this gallery?
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Pictures by some of the finest local photographers are featured in a new gallery highlighting the special qualities of the Peak District National Park.The gallery, upstairs at Bakewell Visitor Centre in the Old Market Hall, showcases the Peak District national park’s finest views including iconic landscapes, farm animals, wildlife and plants. The new, permanent display space has been created by the Peak District National Park Authority not only to highlight the beauty of the area but to support a newly formed group of local professional landscape and wildlife photographers in selling their work. The photographers are: Ian Daisley, Graham Dunn, Karen Frenkel, Chris Gilbert and Alex Hyde. (more…) |
Posted in Peak Park, Photography on Tuesday March 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This year’s ‘National Parks: Actively Yours’ photography competition is now running (18th March to 26th April). Click here for more information or continue reading.
Photo competition entrants can seek inspiration at the new Photo Gallery in Bakewell Visitor Centre, showing the work of a group of local professional photographers.
Posted in Photography on Friday March 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A new species of mole has appeared on the village green today. The Red Nose Mole. John F-S.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Thursday March 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Out & About, Photography on Wednesday March 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Photography on Saturday March 2, 2013| 1 Comment »
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Fairies dancing over the snowdrops in the evening sun. John FS
Posted in 2013, Ornithology, Photography, Posts of Note on Tuesday February 19, 2013| 2 Comments »
From the all-seeing lens of JF-S, here is “a series of five evening shots, showing a Great Tit flying in for feed in the glorious sunshine we have enjoyed today.”
Posted in 2013, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday February 18, 2013| 2 Comments »
The sunny weather saw many folk from the village out and about basking in the February sunshine. Last Sunday our roving reporter donned his walking boots and headed over the undulating countryside towards Tissington. The following photos provide proof that the sun was not an illusion!
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday February 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Monday February 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Friday February 8, 2013| 3 Comments »
There is a newcomer in J F-S’s garden. We believe it is a Siskin…let us know if you can confirm this.
Posted in Pets of Parwich, Photography on Saturday January 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The following pictures are of Heather H’s pet rabbit Coriander as she investigated the snow on Saturday morning. Click on any of the images to open a slide show.
Send us in pictures of your pet if you think they should be famous!
Posted in 2013, Photography, Posts of Note, Weather on Saturday January 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A fair dollop of snow landed on Parwich last night, adding to the unmelted layer already on the ground. The morning saw many residents reaching for their shovels.
At the time of writing (5.30pm on Saturday) the Parwich weatherlink (kindly made available by Graham & Amanda) says the temperature is 1 degree celsius. We are expecting a bit of a thaw mixed in with rain over the next few days. The village’s fondant icing appearance is likely to change.
Have we seen the last of the snow? Probably not. There is still plenty of time for more of the fluffy stuff. In the meantime, enjoy the warmer temperature!
Posted in Environment, Photography, Weather on Monday January 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Wednesday January 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday January 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Monday January 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Photography on Saturday December 22, 2012| 1 Comment »
John F-S says “Happy Christmas to us all” with this festive image.
This little fella seems very curious to us. Wonder if he’s met Parwich’s master photographer before?
Posted in 2012, Church, Flora, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday December 16, 2012| 4 Comments »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Sunday December 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
J F-S has a new feathered friend in his garden – a Goldcrest!
Thank you for these beautiful pictures John.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Friday November 30, 2012| 2 Comments »
Does anyone know what is happening here? Is it a midair crash or a robin attack? John F-S
Posted in Photography, Weather on Wednesday November 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday November 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to J F-S who has sent us in this beautiful picture of a chaffinch flying in for a feed in his garden.
Posted in 2012, Photography, Pikehall, Posts of Note on Monday November 12, 2012| 1 Comment »
Our roving photographer took a short walk along the High Peak Trail to the Neolithic Burial Chambers up on Minninglow Hill. The low sun and clear air provided a magnificent vista as can be seen in the following photographs.
Posted in 2012, Church, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday November 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2012, Ornithology, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday November 11, 2012| 1 Comment »
Posted in 2012, Photography, Posts of Note on Tuesday November 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We have uploaded extra-large, high-resolution versions of these photos of yesterday’s Bonfire Night, in the hope that you will enjoy clicking, enlarging and zooming in; the level of detail is pretty amazing, once you get in close!
All photos are courtesy of JF-S. Fans of John’s bird photography might also enjoy his Flickr photostream, where he posts as “swallowclicker”.
Posted in Photography on Wednesday October 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
– JF-S
Posted in Photography on Monday October 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to John F-S for three more visual treats:-
The Tangled Web Of Life:
A Bundle of Feathers:
Scratching an Itch:
Posted in 2012, Church, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday October 21, 2012| 2 Comments »
Rosie Elizabeth Conway was christened at St Peter’s this morning. Here she is, heading for the reception after the ceremony, accompanied by proud grandparents, aunt and uncle.
Posted in 2012, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday October 21, 2012| 3 Comments »
After a misty start, we enjoyed a fine autumn morning in Parwich, full of “Golden October” colour. Here are some pictures, snapped by Kevin S.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Tuesday October 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Many thanks once again to J F-S for these astonishingly vivid photographs.
This picture shows one of two nuthatches that visit on a regular basis.
This photo shows a greater spotted woodpecker enjoying a feed.
Posted in 2012, A52s, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday October 15, 2012| 4 Comments »
Mike H writes:
A friend of mine has a rather hair-raising hobby – his idea of a weekend jaunt is to take his microlight for a spin. A couple of weekends ago Howard decided that he was going to take off from Leicestershire and head north-west to take a look at the beautiful village of Parwich (as I keep telling him about it!). Ace photographer Mark was also on board and was able to take some interesting snaps from above. I thought you might be interested to see them…
Posted in Photography on Sunday October 14, 2012| 2 Comments »
Thanks to Kevin S for these photos. To view them in their full glory, please click on each image.
Posted in 2012, Music, Photography, Posts of Note, Young people on Friday October 5, 2012| 1 Comment »
Thank you to Jane B for spotting this new musical phenomenon:
Four youngsters from Parwich could be the latest band to emerge from this small village, which already has a history of launching successful new musicians. The four, who still have to come up with a band name were heard to be practising on the corner of Croft Avenue and Creamery Lane, singing “We will, we will rock you”, using improvised instruments.
Eat your heart out Queen!
Posted in 2012, Arts, Memorial hall, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday October 1, 2012| 2 Comments »
Thank you to Kevin S for these great photos of this afternoon’s celebrations at the Memorial Hall marking the unveiling of Hayley Powell’s new sculpture ‘The Dance of Life’:
Full gallery: (more…)
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Friday September 28, 2012| 1 Comment »
Many thanks to J F-S for sending us this beautiful picture of a young coal tit eating a sunflower seed:
Posted in Arts, Memorial hall, Photography on Thursday September 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As part of the celebration Tea Party this Sunday there is a presentation by Youlgrave based artist, photographer, writer and naturalist Christine Gregory on her recent work.
Christine works in a range of mediums, but especially impressive are her wildlife photographs taken in the White Peak. It will be a great treat to see her fantastic photographs on the big screen in the Memorial Hall. We are particularly lucky in that we will get a sneak preview of her new book, not officially being launched until next week (click here for details of the official book launch on Tuesday 2nd October). Copies of this book will also be available for purchase.
Christine Gregory‘s presentation will start at
5pm Sunday 30th October in Parwich Memorial Hall
All are welcome, no charge.
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