A salty sea dog and a vintage wall – readers’ best photos

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Main image: Donegal, Ireland ‘Bella on the rocks. Bella loves a beach walk. She can’t get enough of the sea. Photo taken on Culdaff beach.’ Photograph: Karen Harkin

  • Cumbria, UK

    ‘A beautiful winter’s Sunday morning on Blea Tarn after a night camping at Great Langdale.’
    A beautiful winter’s Sunday morning on Blea Tarn Cumbria, after a night camping at Great Langdale. (Sunday 7th January 2023) Robert Boon Chorlton, Manchester

  • London, UK

    ‘The Robin Hood estate in east London in February 2023. A marvellous piece of brutalism being prepared for demolition.’
    London, UK ‘The Robin Hood estate in east London in February 2023. A marvellous piece of brutalism being prepared for demolition.’

  • Merseyside, UK

    ‘Two pink-footed geese silhouetted against a winter sunset in Lunt Meadows.’
    Merseyside, UK ‘Two pink-footed geese silhouetted against a winter sunset in Lunt Meadows.’

  • Middleton-in-Teesdale, UK

    ‘High Force waterfall in full spate.’
    Middleton in Teesdale, UK ‘High Force waterfall in full spate.’

  • Tuscany, Italy

    ‘Piccolomini Library in Siena. It was truly dazzling in a metaphorical sense – so much fine detail and beautiful colours present on the frescoes that one could spend hours looking at it.’
    Tuscany, Italy ‘Piccolomini Library in Siena. It was truly dazzling in a metaphorical sense – so much fine detail and beautiful colours present on the frescoes that one could spend hours looking at it.’

  • Donegal, Ireland

    ‘Bella on the rocks. Bella loves a beach walk. She can’t get enough of the sea. Photo taken on Culdaff beach.’
    Donegal, Ireland ‘Bella on the rocks. Bella loves a beach walk. She can’t get enough of the sea. Photo taken on Culdaff beach.’

  • East Anglia, UK

    ‘Two windmills, silhouetted on a golden landscape, to start 2024.’
    East Anglia, UK ‘Two windmills, silhouetted on a golden landscape, to start 2024.’

  • Penang, Malaysia

    ‘A little egret perched in the Penang botanical gardens.’
    Penang, Malaysia ‘A little egret perched in the Penang botanical gardens.’

  • Gloucestershire, UK

    ‘Rain followed by sunshine and the drops of water on spiders’ webs in the garden sparkle like jewels. Taken in Tewkesbury.’
    Gloucestershire, UK ‘Rain followed by sunshine and the drops of water on spiders’ webs in the garden sparkle like jewels. Taken in Tewkesbury.’

  • Ontario, Canada

    ‘This gentleman was eating a quick outdoor lunch during a snowstorm in Kensington Market in Toronto.’
    Ontario, Canada ‘This gentleman was eating a quick outdoor lunch during a snowstorm in Kensington Market in Toronto.’

  • Kramerville, Sandton, South Africa

    ‘A group of Namji dolls in a shop called Amatuli. They are very good at grouping products together, and the result is a place that you can spend quite a while in just enjoying the visual treats.’
    A group of Namji Dolls at Amatuli: Kramerville is an area east of Sandton that is mostly populated with luxury furniture shops. Amatuli is the exception, a shop packed with African stuff, and maybe a bit of Indian too. They are very good at grouping the products together, and the result is a place that you can spend quite a while in just enjoying the visual treats. This group of Namji dolls are a typical example

  • Kalahari Desert, South Africa

    ‘An aardvark smiling to itself after some tiring digging. I took this photo while volunteering there over the summer.’
    An aardvark smiling to itself after some tiring digging. Taken in the Kalahari desert in South Africa whilst volunteering there over the summer

  • Northumberland, UK

    ‘I took this picture of Bamburgh Castle while on holiday last summer. I didn’t need to move the beach debris as it seemed to be just right.’
    Northumberland, UK ‘I took this picture of Bamburgh Castle when on holiday in Northumberland summer 2023. I didn’t need to move the beach debris as it seemed to be just right.’

  • Tauranga, New Zealand

    ‘A white-fronted tern adult feeding a chick at a small breeding colony located on the cross-beam remnants of the old Hairini Bridge.’
    Hairini, Tauranga, New Zealand’s North Island ‘A white-fronted tern adult feeding a chick at a small breeding colony located on the cross-beam remnants of the old Hairini Bridge.’

  • London, UK

    ‘A vintage wall. Music and technology spanning a few decades.’
    London, UK ‘A vintage wall. Music and technology spanning a few decades.’
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