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Matthew Halstead

@csmaff.bsky.social

231 followers 244 following 372 posts

Art Teacher, Artist, Amateur photographer with a love of landscape photography, stars, the Milky Way and Aurora.

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Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 5h

Dawn today. #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another stunning #sunrise. #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dawn on the #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you for your kind words, and I hope you get to visit!

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A night that keeps on giving! #LongMyndHike #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire Would love to have been taking these with @saloplarus.bsky.social !

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Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

After such a beautifully clear day, tonight's sky is unsurprisingly magical. So many stars (but still no Redwings). Thanks as ever to @csmaff.bsky.social for the inspiration to step outside and #lookup

The Milky Way over the wood from the front field. Stunning

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tonight at Pole Cottage Checkpoint. #longmyndhike #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cloud inversion in #ChurchStretton this morning. #LongMynd #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mist rising. #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Sunrise this morning. #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

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Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Red sky in the morning, gloriously-sunny-and-freakishly-warm-for-September warning. Migrant Song Thrushes at #salopobs first thing, and another flock of #nocmig Common Scoters overnight #ukbirding

Fantastic orange and red sunrise sky over the Wrekin (bottom left) from the front garden

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What a morning…. #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #LongMynd

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Another beautiful dawn…. #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just after #sunrise #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The #weather really is putting on amazing shows in the morning at the moment… #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Sunrise then #sunset tonight on the #LongMynd. #ChurchStretton #Shropshire.

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Boiling Well, Friday night. #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #NewMoon #MilkyWay

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Caradoc from Ragleth. #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#NewMoon makes for incredible views on the #MilkyWay #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Early morning, #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Treated to a #rainbow this morning. #ChurchStretton #LongMynd #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This evening’s crepuscular rays…. #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#weather around the #LongMynd this morning. #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Quite a #sunrise this morning… #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I hope you’re now looking after yourselves and headed somewhere to pamper, reminisce and rest.

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hope the rain doesn’t spoil anything you do!

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#sunrise over Caradoc. #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #bankholidayweekend

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tonight’s walk on the #LongMynd. #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #weather

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Amazing light up on the #LongMynd today as unsettled #weather continues.#ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I couldn’t catch a fork though, hidden in clouds almost every time…

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Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One more #lightning strike, #Shrewsbury to the right of the photo. It’s drifting away for now… Taken on #LongMynd, #ChurchStretton, #Shropshire. #weather

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Another incredible #lightning strike spotted from the #LongMynd, #ChurchStretton, #Shropshire. #weather

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Huge #storms passing the #LongMynd, #ChurchSttetton, #Shropshire. #Lightning everywhere… #weather

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Fantastic #lightning display continues here in #ChurchStretton #Shropshire. #storm #weather

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And finally, a #storm breaks, #lightning bright and powerful. #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Me too!!

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Still watching amazing #storm #cloud formations rolling across #Shropshire tonight. #ChurchStretton

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Watching storm clouds beginning to roll over #ChurchStretton, the #LongMynd and #Shrewsbury this afternoon. #Shropshire #weather

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Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Awesome rumbling skies from the garden today. Makes a refreshing change from the endless sunshine #stormhour #loveukweather ⛈️

Clouds and rain approaching over the yellow fields

A downpour over Wenlock Edge

Departing downpour over a golden field

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Lovely sky this evening over the #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire. #Sunset

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Briefly stepped out this evening as the cloud had cleared. #milkyway #milkywaychasers #milkywayphotography #LongMynd #ChurchSttetton #Shropshire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Caradoc this afternoon. #ChurchStretton #Shropshiire

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Looking for the #perseids meteor shower tonight on the #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire. Spotted some crackers, the camera missed them though! Ah well, here’s the #MilkyWay…

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Looking for the #perseids meteor shower tonight on the #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire. Spotted some crackers, the camera missed them though! Ah well, here’s the #MilkyWay…

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Luck enough to find myself up Tryfan again, it’s becoming a habit! #visitwales #snowdonia

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Stiperstones today… #Shropshire #photoshoot

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It tried to rain… #drought #LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

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Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A couple of orange things saved a disappointing first roost of the year at #ChelmarshResr - a stonking adult Cattle Egret and the nearly full Moon rising over the Severn Valley #shropshirebirding #ukbirding

Adult Cattle Egret in remnants of breeding plumage up a tree

97% Moon rising

Matthew Halstead @csmaff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Cooling off in my #LandRover round #churchstrettonhills #shropshire #ChurchStretton