Photo Submissions Archive
Many thanks to regular contributor Graham Piercy who
has sent us two great shots of local wildlife. The young blackbird
was taken in his garden in Malton, whilst the squirrel was seen at
Castle Howard.
New contributor Nick Fletcher of Norton has sent us
some great shots of the Malton Food Lovers' Festival. You can also
view a
slideshow of all of Nick's Food Festival photographs from
his own Flickr pages.
New contributor Nick Fletcher of Norton has sent us
further proof that Spring 2011 has now arrived in Ryedale with
these beautiful shots of the daffodils at Castle Howard. You can
also view a
slideshow of all of Nick's Castle
Howard Daffodils.
Regular contributor Jon Zigmond has sent us proof that Spring
has now arrived in the moors with these lovely wild daffodils in
Northdale. You can also view a
slideshow of all of Jon's Northdale Daffodils.
Trevor Holmes thinks we've seen enough of the snow on this
homepage and sends us a lovely image of a Buzzard circling at
Langton in the early Spring sunshine on 8 March 2011. You can also
view Trevor's
slideshow of "Back Garden" photographs.
Regular contributor Jon Zigmond has kept a record of the
effects of the snow in and around Rosedale Abbey from
Thursday, 25 November to Sunday 28 November 2010. You can see a
slideshow of Jon's excellent
Rosedale in the Snow images by following the link
(opens in new window). Brrr.
Trevor Holmes has also sent us this lovely shot of a wintry
scene at Langton in the late November sun and snow.
Regular contributor Graham Piercy has reminded us that
this Autumn was a stunning time for all sorts of fungi. You
can view all of Graham's excellent photographs of
the rich variety of fungi he has spotted in a slideshow
of his
Ryedale Fungi images (opens in new window).
Regular contributor Jon Zigmond has again sent us
some dramatic shots of the effect of the heavy rain at
Rosedale Abbey on Sunday, 3 October 2010. You can view all of Jon's
photographs of the flooding in a slideshow of his
Rosedale Rain images (opens in new window).
Regular contributor Graham Piercy has again sent us some of
his excellent nature shots, including the snake-like fungus below,
shot near Helmsley. You can see a full slide show of the four
images Graham has sent us, here:
Nature in Ryedale, early Autumn 2010, Slide
Show (opens in new window).
Regular contributor Jon Zigmond has sent us some excellent
images of one of our local shows, the Rosedale Show held on 21
August 2010. You can see a full slide show of all the images Jon
has sent us, here:
Rosedale Show 2010 Slide Show (opens in new window).
The excellent Graham Piercy sends us a number of nature shots in
the late Spring 2010 sunshine. He writes: the duck is out for
a stroll in a meadow near Slingsby, the blue tit is having a bite
to eat in my garden in Malton, the two orange tip butterflies were
taken at Ness, one showing the amazing camouflage on the underside
of the female and one showing the fantastic colour of the orange
wing tips of the male, the wood ant picture was taken in the woods
near Pockley and the ladybirds were captured doing what comes
naturally on a on a fence at Castle Howard.
You can see all Graham's shots (including the one below) in a
slide show, here:
Graham Piercy May 2010 Slideshow.
Jon Zigmond shares with us some lovely images of Rosedale
daffodils taken on Saturday, 17 April 2010. He writes: "I attach
some photos taken this morning of wild daffodils by Northdale Beck
(Rosedale)."
Here's a close up of many of the beautiful daffodils in the
Beck. You can view a slideshow of all Jon's daffodil photographs
here:
Jon Zigmond Daffodil Slideshow.
Graham Piercy again with a couple of lovely shots of
wildlife waking up to Spring 2010.
A squirrel was enjoying a bite to eat at a feeding station
near Sawdon.
The little mouse posed for a photograph at the side of a public
walk in Coneysthorpe.
Graham Piercy is back with more signs of Spring - this time in
Cropton (2 March 2010).
Jon Zigmond shows us the first signs of Spring in snowy
Rosedale.
Regular contributor Graham Piercy sends us three excellent
images and writes:
"In the last couple of hours (Sunday morning, 22 February 2010)
we have had an amazing snowfall, the largest flakes and the slowest
fall I have ever seen. I captured this macro as they landed, look
at the brilliant large crystals."
"The Robin shot was taken in the woods near Castle Howard."
"I took this humorous starling shot in my mother's back garden
at Norton, entitled 'I wish'."
Please follow this link for a
full size slide show of these images with Flickr.
Regular contributor Graham Piercy writes: "I went hunting
for a little bit of colour on Sunday (7 February) in this drab
weather, I found these beautiful fungi in Malton's very own Castle
Gardens.
Slideshow.
Wonderful winter images for the cold spells of late 2009 and
early 2010. Brr.
Regular Contributor Graham
Piercy: Birds
in snow Slideshow.
Rosedale Snows by John Zigmond:
Rosedale Slideshow.
Farndale Winter Images from Maria Silmon:
Farndale Slideshow.
Graham P again: Tally Ho! in Malton
Winter Trees at Langton: Trevor Holmes,
from the Council's Economy and Community Serrvices Unit, has
submitted this excellent seasonal image.
Graham Piercy's Travellers' Caravan
Graham Piercy's
Autumn Images Slideshow.
The Temple of the Four Winds: Graham
Piercy of Malton is back again with an interesting telephoto
shot of Castle Howard, taken from a distance of one mile.
Peacock Proud: it's Graham Piercy of
Malton again with this great shot of a Peacock Butterfly taken on a
woodland walk in August 2009.
Happy as Pigs in Muck: thank you once again to
Graham Piercy of Malton for submitting this wonderful close-up of
pigs enjoying the mud, taken on the way to York.
Bird's Eye: thank you once again to Graham
Piercy of Malton for submitting this excellent shot of a Peregrine
Falcon, taken at Yorkshire Lavender near Terrington..
Bees Knees: thank you again to Graham Piercy of
Malton for submitting this beautiful macro colour image of a hive
of industry, taken on the way to Castle Howard.
Busy Bee: thank you to Graham Piercy of Malton
for submitting this beautiful colour image of summer 2009, taken in
his back garden.
Spring 2009 is here, so two shots of the daffodils at Castle
Howard in the sunshine submitted by Phil Hancock of
Norton.
A chilly start to December 2008, Old Malton in the snow (from
opposite the Council's Ryedale House) submitted by Phil Hancock,
Performance Manager at the Council.
A great shot from Denys Townsend of Leavening of
"Steam at the War Weekend".
And a second from Denys of "Santa at the Malton Light
switch on"
Finally, another lovely shot from Cllr Robert Wainwright
Another superb shot from Graham Piercy, this time showing the
splendid autumnal colours around Castle Howard on Friday, 7
November 2008.
This night shot was contributed by Mick Phythian, IT Manager at
the Council, and shows badgers burglaring a bird table near
Cropton. In all there were also a couple of squirrels and six Jays,
plus six badgers in total.
Thank you again to Graham Piercy from Malton for these wonderful
photographs taken in and around the town which he has entitled "The
Magic of Nature".
Graham Piercy from Malton sent this wonderful photograph of
an eagle owl in flight at Sutton Park.
An intriguing shot of Castle Howard Lake sent by Councillor Robert
Wainwright.
This interesting and lovely image, submitted by Daisy Barnes
of Wombleton, shows a sunlit frozen spider's web against a Council
"brown bin".