A Year of Change.

As another year is nearing its end, we can reflect on what an unsettled year it has been.

Our planet faces a crisis with climatic change already flexing its muscles, and the world being frustratingly slow at dealing with it.

Russia is looking for world domination and showing no mercy in doing so, whilst the U.S. and China also heighten their military and cyber war footings putting the whole world on a very precarious knife edge.

The U.K.celebrated 70 years of a unique and much respected monarch, only to lose her some months later.

Political unrest has seen 3 U.K. prime ministers within a few weeks which has only intensified the hardship of a cost of living crisis and recession.

As a result, many important issues relating to the nations of the U.K. have been sidelined and have not been properly dealt with.

Covid is still making its presence felt by affecting the health of many.

However, one bright light on the horizon has been the unseasonally mild weather which has to date, had the bonus of reducing the need for high heating costs.

This is a further example of how the weather pattern is changing and is also having an effect on the natural world.

Many plants are blooming in November which would normally bloom in spring.

In turn this affects the habitats for birds, animals and insects which depend on the cycle of nature in order to survive.

Nature will adapt over time as it always has done, but in between times there may be many changes to routines as the natural world evolves.

There follows a series of images showing the seasons and what we expect to find in them.

Many species adapt and survive in the cold harsh conditions of winter, whereas spring brings new life and regeneration and welcomes back birds from migration.

Summer is a time for pleasant weather with long days and short nights with everything growing and maturing.

Autumns begins the start of closing down the natural year with birds leaving for warmer climates and some animals entering hibernation, whilst winter is a time to recycle and recharge by ending one year and resting before starting another.

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