Life in the Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean

Wye Valley, England and Wales
Joined January 2016
#Monmouth looking beautiful in the evening sun. – at Monmouth, Wales
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First of the season. It looks like it’ll be a good #blackberry year
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Different angle, same location, today and June 2018. The crowfoot is dying, the water is slow moving, warm and smelly. It is full of tiny fish though, so it’s not all bad! #wye #wyevalley #monmouth – at Monmouth, Wales
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The Wyebridge cygnets have hatched. Only two, but they seem to be thriving. #monmouth #swans #wye
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Even though, yes, there's some mud washed into the River Wye from the land, the issues are far worse than that. For anyone wondering what the problem is, then this is useful from @SaveTheWye savethewye.org/the-state-of-…
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The #Wye now and the same view on the same date in 2015
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And in 2018 with crowfoot in abundance #monmouth #wye
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I counted 20 swans between the Wyastone bend and Wyebridge in #monmouth. Only one breeding pair that I could see, though (although there is a family of four or five cygnets a bit further downstream. #wye #wyevalley
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The water crowfoot has started to bloom in the #wye at #monmouth. There’s a lot of it this year, but the water is still green with algae. @SaveTheWye
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The abandoned Shambles or slaughterhouses in #monmouth, built in the 1830s and Grade II * listed. Dilapidated, fascinating and slightly creepy.
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The crowfoot is growing in patches in the Wye, but sadly the water is brown and full of algal bloom once again. A few swans are nesting, but not as many as a few years ago. Sad. #wye #wyevalley #monmouth
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The Doward: one of the most peaceful and beautiful places in the Wye Valley. I can spend hours exploring it.
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Some of the spectacular ramparts of the Iron Age fort on The Doward.
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