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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
    1. Strawberries
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    2. Dog Rose
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    3. Reeds
      Llangorse Lake SSSI
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    4. Blackberries
      Glamorgan Canal LNR and SSSI
      Cardiff
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    5. Yellow Water Lillies
      Llangorse Lake SSSI
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    6. Toadstool
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    7. Bluebells
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    8. Primrose
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    9. Wild Garlic
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    10. Club-rushes
      Pwll Coch
      Mynydd Llangynidr
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    11. Fungus
      Punchbowl
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    12. Pine Bark
      Mynydd Du Forest
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    13. Tree with Moss
      Coed y Rhaeadr
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    14. Rock Pool Weeds
      Rhossili
      Gower AONB
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    15. Foxgloves
      Cwm Afon
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    16. Introduced Lobelia Erinus
      Cardiff
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    17. Viper's Bugloss
      Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    18. Gorse
      Narberth
      West Wales
      Digital camera
    19. Ivy
      Cosmeston Lake
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    20. Reeds
      Cosmeston Lake
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    21. Hazel Catkins
      Carreg Cennen Woodland LNR
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    22. Snowdrops
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    23. Striped Fungus
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    24. Sapwood
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    25. Bluebells
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    26. Bulrush
      Caerphilly
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    27. Dryad's Saddle
      Fforest Fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    28. Bluebells
      Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn SSSI
      Coedydd Nedd a Mellte SAC
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    29. Bluebells Under Daytime Moon
      Ystradfellte
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    30. Autumn Maple
      Llanymawddwy
      Snowdonia National Park
      North Wales
      Digital camera
    31. Mushrooms
      Cwmystwyth
      Elenydd SSSI
      Mid Wales
      Digital camera
    32. Orange Mushrooms
      Craig y Cilau NNR
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    33. Blackberry Leaf
      Bach Howey Gorge SSSI
      Mid Wales
      Digital camera
    34. Wood Anemone
      Skirrid
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    35. Daffodils
      Skirrid
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    36. Honesty
      Abergavenny
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    37. White Bluebell
      Coed Maenarthur
      Cambrian Mountains
      Mid Wales
      Digital camera
    38. Bluebells
      Coed Maenarthur
      Cambrian Mountains
      Mid Wales
      Digital camera
    39. Cottongrass
      Ogof Ffynnon Ddu SSSI
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    40. Bitter Vetch
      Fourteen Locks
      Newport
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    41. Ivy Flower
      Fourteen Locks
      Newport
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    42. Lilly Pads
      Fourteen Locks
      Newport
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    43. Duckweed
      Fourteen Locks
      Newport
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    44. Scottish Thistle
      Cwm Eigiau
      Snowdonia National Park
      North Wales
      Digital camera
    45. Heather
      Cyrn-y-Brain
      Ruabon/Llantysilio Mountains and Minera SSSI
      Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains SAC
      North Wales
      Digital camera
    46. Sheathed Woodtuft/Changing Pholiota
      Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn SSSI
      Coedydd Nedd a Mellte SAC
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    47. Common Wood-sorrel (shamrock)
      Nant-ddu
      Brecon Beacons National Park
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    48. Ferns
      Fforest-fawr
      Tongwynlais
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    49. Ivy Berries
      Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
      Cosmeston Lakes SSSI
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    50. Rosehips
      Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
      Cosmeston Lakes SSSI
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    51. Mycena Toadstool
      Quaker's Yard
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    52. Scrambled Egg Slime Mould
      Quaker's Yard
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    53. Pyramidal Orchid
      Oxwich Bay SSSI
      Oxwich NNR
      Gower AONB
      South Wales
      Digital camera
    54. Bee Orchid
      Oxwich Bay SSSI
      Oxwich NNR
      Gower AONB
      South Wales
      Digital camera
  2. Fauna
    
    131 Images in 4 Sections
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.