Back in May I posted a blog showcasing the work I had been doing for Dunsmore Living Landscapes. Since then my point of contact has been Anna Jennings. Anna is leaving Warwickshire at the end of this week to go and work in the Peak District and so I wanted to use this opportunity to draw attention to just some of the work that Anna and the team have been doing since May.

Anna has been a source of inspiration to me, her knowledge of the countryside, her obvious passion for  conserving it and her acute awareness of the beauty of the natural world have made every assignment an absolute pleasure. Thank you Anna - and good luck.

The team:

Anna  

Anna

Tom  

Tom

Jake

Jake

A few of the activities I've photographed under Anna's direction:

The Launch event at Ryton Pools back in May:

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The bat walk at Marton in May - I loved this and rushed out and bought my own bat detector. Anna's knowledge of bats is pretty impressive:

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Preparing the leaflet for the walk from Hilltop Farm:

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Identifying wild flowers and grasses:

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Exploring the woodland at Coombe Abbey:
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The archeology event at Hunningham in September:

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Enjoying Ryton Pools - whilst checking out the work done by Ben and volunteers to create corridors of blackthorn hedgerow to entice the rare brown harestreak butterfly:

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Walking with the Pam Britton Trust in October:

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Coppicing at Wappenbury in November:

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Looking for signs of the old Binley Colliery at Claybrook Marsh in preparation for Anna's oral history project:

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Enjoying the beauty at Piles Coppice just a week ago:

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and finally, Christmas wreath making at Brandon today:

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What a talent - And all this is just a taster of the amazing work done by the Dunsmore Living Landscapes team. 

Good bye Anna we will all miss you x