Desktop wallpapers from the wilds of Wales

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All images are optimised for 1024*768 but if you set your desktop background display to 'stretch' they should work with any standard sized display.

Click the pictures. A full sized image will open. Once it has loaded, right click it and select 'Set as wallpaper' or 'Set as background' or 'Use image as - Desktop background'.

Alternatively, if your operating system allows it, you can download several images, and use my rotating script to randomly cycle through the background images. Edit the file to say what images you want to use, then set the HTML file as your background - on Windows: right click the desktop and select 'Properties', then use the 'Browse' button to select the HTML file. The image will automatically resize to fit your display.

All these pictures were taken by us, and should not be re-used for any form of picture gallery with the exception of your own desktop wallpaper.

Walking and Mountains

492 Images in 11 Sections
Waterfalls

539 Images in 47 Sections
Cycling

7 Images
Canoeing

10 Images
Caving

25 Images
Climbing

12 Images
Coastline

81 Images in 6 Sections
Snow

53 Images
Skies

44 Images
Watersports

8 Images
Rivers and Lakes

44 Images
Other

20 Images
[-] Wildlife
1. [-] Wild
  1. Flora
    
    54 Images
  2. [-] Fauna
    1. Birds
      
      59 Images
    2. Aquatic
      
      18 Images
    3. [-] Insects
      1. Tortoiseshell Butterfly
        Fforest Fawr
        Tongwynlais
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      2. Bee Swarm
        Fforest Fawr
        Tongwynlais
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      3. Moth
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      4. Beetle
        Fforest Fawr
        Tongwynlais
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      5. Tortoiseshell Butterfly
        Llŷn Peninsula
        North Wales
        Digital camera
      6. Dragonfly
        Woodstock
        Pembrokeshire
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      7. Small White Butterfly
        Brecon Beacons National Park
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      8. Bumble Bee
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      9. Colletes (Plasterer) Bee
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      10. Speckled Wood Butterfly
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      11. Asthena Butterfly
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      12. Caterpillar
        Dolgoch
        Snowdonia National Park
        North Wales
        Digital camera
      13. Dor Beetle
        St. Mary's Vale
        Sugar Loaf Woodlands SSSI and SAC
        Brecon Beacons National Park
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      14. Caterpillar
        Cambrian Mountains
        Mid Wales
        Digital camera
      15. Golden-ringed Dragonfly
        Elan Valley
        Elenydd SSSI
        Mid Wales
        Digital camera
      16. Common Blue Damselfly
        Blaengwrach
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      17. Grasshopper
        Blaengwrach
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      18. Tortoiseshell Butterfly
        Pontsticill
        Brecon Beacons National Park
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      19. Poplar Leaf Beetle
        Oxwich Bay SSSI
        Oxwich NNR
        Gower AONB
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      20. Female Great Green Bush-cricket Nymph
        Oxwich Bay SSSI
        Oxwich NNR
        Gower AONB
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      21. Mottled Umber Moth
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      22. Small Magpie Moth
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      23. Peacock Butterfly
        Cardiff
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      24. Oak Eggar Caterpillar
        Blorenge SSSI
        Brecon Beacons National Park
        South Wales
        Digital camera
      25. Meadow Brown Butterfly
        Blorenge SSSI
        Brecon Beacons National Park
        South Wales
        Digital camera
    4. Land Animals
      
      29 Images
2. Captive
  
  9 Images
Of course, as well as the usual countryside wildlife such as badgers, foxes, rabbits and a vast array of birds, Wales is also home to a large number of rare species of animal which I would love to be able to display pictures of here:

Birds of prey

Kestrel, Owls

Marine life

Shark, Porpoise, Whale, Sunfish

Other animals

Bats

However, all of these are either in wildlife preserves where photography is difficult or forbidden, or are protected species, in which case I have no desire to betray their whereabouts. As a result, you will find no such pictures here.