A selection of countryside pictures

Countryside images are always popular, but although the vast majority of our pictures come from the countryside , not all would be considered as being "nice"

We have gathered here a few that may fit most people's idea of "countryside pictures". The link in the blue bar below each section will take you to more in that category.
Farm Animals

Outdoor Piglets REF FARM 1

Happy as a pig in...... REF FARM 5

Goat musing? REF FARM 6

Cattle caught in a jam over A143 REF FARM 13

Sheep in riverside meadow REF FARM 9

Winter ploughing match REF FARM 16

Cattle river bank and fences
REF FARM 21
Environmental

Poppies in CSS headland Norfolk 2003 ref FM5

Bluebells in field margin Norfolk ref FM13

Superb field margin flowers on ridgeway Oxon ref FM16

Rose hips in hedgerow ref FM18

Hedge laying in spring 2002 near Buckingham ref FM20


Hedge laying in spring 2002 near Buckingham ref FM24

Hedges, stream and grassland spring 2003 Hunts ref FM26

Bluebell wood Oxfordshire spring 2002 ref FM27

Fenland river- little ouse FM30

Waterside meadows near Buckingham ref FM34

Heron flying along fen drain, West Row Fen , Winter 2001 FM41

Reed beds in spring Oxborough Fen, Norfolk FM38
More environmental pictures
Harvest scenes

Four round bales-Ref HARV 5

Round Bales and stubble-Ref HARV 8

Bales stacked, village in background Ref HARV3

Looking over round bales-Ref HARV 7
More pictures of cereal harvest
Agronomy

Agronomist muddy boot CP8

FYM Heap in summer CP17
More agronomy pictures
Farm Machinery

Ploughing after setaside
REF CULT4

MF and drill in Bucks REF DRILL2

Muck spreading REF SPREAD2

Beet machinery
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Crops
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Fruit

Oilseed Rape

Barley

Potatoes
Just 4 examples of the crops available
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Wildlife- Birds & Mammals

Blackbird in a blizzard ref WL1

Robin in snow ref WL2

Cock pheasant in spring WL5

Ducks flying past a tree in autumn WL6

Cocker spaniel in 4*4 WL14

Springer spaniel in drain WL15
More Wildlife Pictures
Insects- Butterflies, Bees, Moths, Ladybirds, Dragonflies

Bee on lavender ref WL2- 10

Bee on thistle ref WL2-9

Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)
on lavender ref WL2- 3

Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)
on lavender ref WL2- 3
More Pictures of Insects