We asked Indie readers to send us their photographs capturing the start of 2022 in the great outdoors.
And they did not disappoint, as this selection below of 28 seasonal scenes they submitted shows.
The scenery includes the River Stort in Bishop's Stortford and in Sawbridgeworth, as well as Hatfield Forest, the Flitch Way, Audley End House and Much Hadham.
The first dawn of 2022 at Spellbrook by David Francis (54043211)A robin near the River Stort in Mill Lane, Sawbridgeworth, by Urszula Ossowska (54153966)Hatfield Forest by Catherine Reilly (54052912)Very early snowdrops in St Andrew's Church, Much Hadham, by Kate Hennessey (54043213)Skies over Stansted on New Year's Day by Bethany Richard (54043215)Swan lake at Southern Country Park on New Year's Day, by Kat GoreStately home Audley End House on Sunday by Heidi Barden (54046974)A gloriously muddy walk on New Year's Day in Hatfield Forest, by Jolene GreenThe woods near the River Stort in Pishiobury Park in Sawbridgeworth at sunset, by Gill Free (54153926)A squirrel near the River Stort in Mill Lane, Sawbridgeworth, by Urszula Ossowska (54153906)A leaf in Allison Remzi's garden (54044533)Hatfield Forest on New Year's Day by Pauline Tingley, of Prestwick Drive, Bishop's Stortford (54043205)An early-morning walk on Monday along the River Stort from Twyford Lock at Pig Lane towards the town centre by Lesley Marshall (54043209)A moorhen near the River Stort in Mill Lane, Sawbridgeworth, by Urszula Ossowska (54153956)The sky through the branches of trees in Much Hadham, by Thomas Cubitt (54153922)A weary bee feeding on a piece of banana at Bishop's Stortford Golf Club. Picture (and banana shared) by Amanda O'DonoghueThe view from Rickling Woods towards Quendon on New Year's Day by Ngaire Lushington (54043217)A long-tailed tit near the River Stort in Mill Lane, Sawbridgeworth, by Urszula Ossowska (54153962)Vapour trails from Brook Road, Sawbridgeworth by David Royle (54153916)The River Stort, between Pig Lane and Spellbrook, on New Year's Day by Vaughan Caiger (54043203)A robin near the River Stort in Mill Lane, Sawbridgeworth, by Urszula Ossowska (54153910)St Michael's Mead on New Year’s Day by Lisa Bentham-Green (54153928)By Urszula Ossowska in Sawbridgeworth (54153904)Winter trees in Manuden, featuring an empty large birds' nest, by Katrina Hardy (54044535)St James the Great Church at Thorley at dusk, by Charlotte Emily HoustonHatfield Forest on New Year's Day by Pauline Tingley, of Prestwick Drive, Bishop's Stortford (54043201)A robin near the River Stort in Mill Lane, Sawbridgeworth, by Urszula Ossowska (54153952)A photo from the Flitch Way looking towards All Saints Church in Little Canfield on New Year's Day, by Sarah Firth
