13-04-2025
Gloucestershire in pictures: Pelicans, dancing and spring snaps
Spring has most definitely arrived in Gloucestershire and many have been spending plenty of time outdoors enjoying all nature has to this week's roundup of our favourite pictures from the week, we meet a gold crest captured at Westonbirt Arboretum and see some of the beautiful spring blooms on display also a postbox in Cheltenham which has been given an Easter-themed makeover...
This foal appeared to be ready to pose for the camera in this beautiful shot taken in Upton St Leonards. We love the beautiful natural light that our Weather Watcher Tone Poet managed to capture so well.
The University of Gloucestershire has teamed up with National Star, a specialist college for people with physical disabilities, to provide students with opportunities to express themselves fully through by inclusive teaching and learning processes, students spent 10 weeks preparing for the Dance Celebration Evening at the college's Ullenwood campus.
This gold crest was spotted enjoying the spring sunshine at Westonbirt site has a collection of more than 15,000 trees which attract and provide habitats for a diverse range of wildlife.
Westonbirt is beautiful to visit all year round, but there is something particularly special about what's on offer at this time of site is filled with stunning blossoms of pure whites and blushing pinks and looks particularly peaceful in this image captured on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Anyone posting letters in Up Hatherley, Cheltenham will be sure to have a smile on their face this week thanks to this Easter-themed postbox topper.
Lots of people have been enjoying the sunshine with a visit to Rococo picture captured by Emma Brookes Photography shows the Red House, a Grade II listed garden pavilion.
New accessible trails have opened at Beechenhurst in the Forest of Dean. It is part of a project by Forestry England to help people with disabilities, health conditions and access needs to enjoy the forest.
One of the BBC's Weather Watchers, Space Walker, captured this gorgeous shot of Little Witcombe under blue April skies.
