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Chris Dale
@chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social
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Solicitor who promoted eDiscovery/eDisclosure in England and Wales and elsewhere. Now retired to my photographs of places, birds, and the dog. In Oxford.
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The western sky across the meadow this evening.
Clouds and sky seen across a lake at dusk. There is a hill between the water and the sky with trees on it. The sky is yellow at the horizon, getting blue and dark, with red streaks further up.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Varying the meme - 5 wild animals or birds seen without leaving the house:

1) Badger fighting a 2) hedgehog and bowling a food bin down the road
3) Fox skip-diving
4) Rats (quite endearing but quickly seen off).
5) Sparrow hawk during and after eating a sparrow.
A brown rat leaning over the edge of an orange / brown flower pot. A fox standing on the lip of a builders' skip. A sparrow hawk with a dark back and pale orange front, and with orange eyes around a black centre.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Shades of grey and a bit of orange.
A goose in multiple shades of grey with an orange beak. It is splashing in a river.
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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This week in 2023: across the River Clyde after dark
View across an urban river in darkness. At the left is a stone bridge with a blue underside to its arch. Across the river are lights which are reflected in the water. At the right is a high railway bridge, with gantries on it. There are tall buildings at top right.
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Steam, smoke, and mist as Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and its train pass under a bridge in December 2023
A steam-hauled train seen from a bridge in clouds of steam, smoke, and mist. The engine is in the centre of the photograph. The first carriage is painted in a dark colour, the rest in brown and cream. There are trees along the left, and a road bridge is barely visible in the distance.
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, built in 1936, heads into Oxford in December 2023
A steam locomotive sends up clouds of white smoke and steam as it runs past trees and a signal gantry towards the camera.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Yesterday in 2023 - off the night train to Glasgow, and straight up to the Necropolis as the sun lightened the morning sky.
View across a city (Glasgow) from a large necropolis on a hill. Gravestones, memorials, and a cupola on pillars fill the foreground. There is an octagonal church in the centre. Beyond there is industrial steam and modern buildings.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Woman and dog beside water at last light (a pale version of a picture posted earlier)
Woman sitting and dog standing beside water. There is very little colour - the water is pale blue with a light yellow streak, and everything else is black.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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A woman looks at the sun setting across the meadow, her dog beside her.
A dog stands in front of a lake at dusk, with its owner beside it. The water is blue streaked with yellow from the fading sun.
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Red letter box in an otherwise empty road in Oxford OTD in 2024
A residential road in winter, with houses but no sign of cars or people. A red letter box dominates the foreground.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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OTD in 2013 - walkers on the sea wall at Orford in Suffolk.
Black and white photograph of two people and a dog in silhouette, walking on a sea wall. They have just walked past a gate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Last night's walk at dusk
A heron flies across a yellow evening sky. A curved moon, a black cloud, and bare trees against a deep blue sky. A large RAF plane flies out of the dark towards the camera with lights blazing.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The RAF coming in for the night
A large military plane heading towards the camera with lights at the front and on the wingtips.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Heron coming in for the night.
A heron, black against a deep yellow sky, comes in to land for the night. There is an electricity pylon to the right.
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Moon, cloud, and trees this evening
A curved sliver of white moon in a dark blue sky, with a dark cloud underneath it and trees below.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Kestrel v crow this morning.
Black and white silhouette photograph of a battle between a kestrel (left) and a crow (right)
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Swans flying in line abreast.
Four swans flying in a group line abreast. They are white with orange beaks. Their undersides are in shadow.
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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OTD in 2023 - Oxford street scene at night, with the Oxfam Bookshop and the glow of sunset at the end of the street.
A brightly-lit bookshop at night. There is a red sunset at the end of the street beside the bookshop. There are two red-and-white "No Entry" signs, and three people are walking past.
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Oxfordshire swans have died from bird flu this week, including near us. Report it, don't touch, and keep dogs away. RSPB guidance page, including contact details, here www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...
Black and white photograph of the head and neck of a swan with weed and water drops hanging from its beak.
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Trees at Medley this week in 2024
Trees, most bare but some with yellow leaves. There is light snow on the branches and on the roof of a house behind the trees.
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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What is this that roareth thus in a dark corner of the meadow? The air ambulance had arrived, but was not needed.

The answer to the question "Should I take my camera even in the dark?"
An air ambulance in a field in the dark. It has bright lights and the outline of its body is dimly discernible. An air ambulance helicopter seen from below as it takes off in the dark.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Port Meadow and Binsey this week in 2024
A village seen across a flooded meadow in winter. Trees and rooftops have a light coating of snow, and there is mist on the hills behind. A yellow car sits on the opposite river bank.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The summer of 2024 when you could just point the camera upwards and catch a swift. Or two, if you were really lucky.
Two swifts. The left one is flying from right to left. The right one is above the first, and out of focus, flying from left to right.
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Going through old photographs to try and reduce the storage burden. I'll keep this one.
A kestrel with wings outstretched and tail flared as it hovers. It has shades of brown with black tips to its tail feathers.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Norman knows how to deal with other dogs who threaten his ball, but he was a bit puzzled by a young magpie which wanted to join in.
A young black and white magpie sitting close to a black dog and his ball.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM