20th January 2023 A single cormorant arrives to join others already poised on bare boughs. Dead trees provide an elevated perch where cormorants can dry their wings. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

19th January 2016

19th January 2022 Beneath a waning moon, a bird of prey settles on a straw church at Thriplow. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

Tonight's walk home.

18th January 2021 #fiveyearsago

18th January 2022 Crisp underfoot on a frosty Jesus Green. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

17th January 2021

17th January 2024 Soft breaths of condensation float above the rooftops as a chilly dawn stretches across the city. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

16th January 2021 Five years ago the river was running a little high.

16th January 2022 A waxing gibbous moon is clearly visible above Pembroke College on a Sunday afternoon. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

15th January 2021 As water levels rise, Cambridge boaters employ scaffold poles to prevent their homes being grounded on the submerged river ban. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

14th January 2022 A silent wake as a single punt glides peacefully under the Bridge of Sighs. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

13th January 2024 Wings over the Cam as birds carve chaos above Jesus Green Lock footbridge. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

12th January 2016 Ten years ago today, Claire from Common Lane Farm invited me over to take pictures of the young calves. Whilst there I met these guys and was so enamoured I created their own page on Facebook www.facebook.com/Molly-and-Co...

12th January 2022 The sky walkway at the University's New Museums Site opts for pragmatism, converting atmospheric space into corridor space. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

11th January 2021 The Victorian tower of Gonville & Caius College's Waterhouse Building dreams skywards in neo-Renaissance splendour. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

10th January 2020 Dating back to the 16th Century, Tunwells Court was lovingly restored by Peterhouse College. A secret little gem. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

Tonight's walk home.

9th January 2021 The unsolicited appearance of a carrion crow delivers a gothic air to a misty Trinity Lane. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

8th January 2016 Ten years ago today I was in Newmarket.

8th January 2021

8th January 2021 A photographer's early morning walk is rewarded with an unusually empty St John's Street. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

7th January 2025 With its longer journey through the Earth's atmosphere, the filtered and softened sunlight at 'golden hour' reaches Clare College Bridge. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

6th January 2016 Ten years ago today at Clare Bridge.

6th January 2021 With its longer journey through the Earth's atmosphere, the filtered and softened sunlight at 'golden hour' reaches Cambridge Central Mosque. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

5th January 2023 With its longer journey through the Earth's atmosphere, the filtered and softened sunlight at 'golden hour' reaches King's College Chapel. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

When you think it might be fun to go walkies on the ice but then you get cold feet 🙂 Yup - the Fens are frozen again and the skaters are out!

4th January 2023 Daze IV, 2014, a life-size sculpture of the human form by University of Cambridge alumnus and celebrated sculptor Sir Antony Gormley, keeps watch at the University’s Sidgwick Site. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'.

3rd January 2025 ... whilst, in the countryside, a waterway retreats from another. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

2nd January 2021

2nd January 2023 In Cambridge, in January, a pathway presses towards one sunset... Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

1st January 2023 In Cambridge, in January, the postbox in St John's College awaits the New Year mail. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

'Ensanguining the skies How heavily it dies Into the west away; Past touch and sight and sound, No further to be found, How hopeless underground, Falls the remorseful day' 31st December 2025

31st December 2021 Birds circle above the market square in the final sunset of the year. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

30th December 2025 Probably my last picture for this year. Wishing you all a brighter 2026.

30th December 2024 A cyclist on Trinity Street salutes the sun. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

30th December 2020 All is golden in the morning at Grantchester Meadows. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.

29th December 2018 The daylight drought of winter days brings a bleakness to the early afternoon on Coe Fen. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.

29th December 2020 Christmas lights at Creek House reflect in the old course of the River Nene at Upwell in the Fen. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

27th December 2020 The lantern over the path to St Giles’ church displays the building’s antiquity. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.

27th December 2021 As one passes the oldest licensed ale house in the city ... Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

26th December 2022 The King of barrel-rolling gets Grantchester's annual Boxing Day race off to an illustrious start. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

25th December 2015 Merry Christmas Everyone!

25th December 2021 On Christmas Day, crocheted characters on a nativity post box topper in Histon search for the Star of Bethlehem. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

25th December 2020 On Christmas Day, all is calm, all is bright on Magdalene Street. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.

24th December 2020 On Christmas Eve, Santa begins his deliveries a day early at Riverside. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.

23rd December 2021 Someone ready for Christmas checks the skies. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.

23rd December 2020 Five years ago today at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

22nd December 2021 One of the first cyclists to cross the newly opened Abbey-Chesterton Bridge arrives prepared for all weathers. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.