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Give your computer a new look with one of our fantastic Nature images from around South West Wales.

  • NEW! We've just launched a major new Wallpapers section with lots of spectacular images from across Southwest Wales - click here to find out more...

    Downloading an image for your desktop is easy - simply choose which photo you would like to use and follow the instructions below.



  • Autumn Trees
    Autumn - a time when deciduous trees loose their leaves and bear fruit
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    Bluebell
    Hyacinthoides non-scripta
    Bulbous perennial found in woodland and coastal cliffs
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    Cappadocian Maple
    Acer Cappadocicum
    Native of China, grown in large gardens and streets
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    Common Frog
    Rana temporaria
    Native amphibian - males utter faint croaking song
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    Common Gorse
    Ulex europaeus
    Evergreen shrub - yellow flowers smell of coconut
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    Common Poppy
    Papaver rhoeas
    Hairy annual weed of arable land and disturbed ground
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    Downy Japnese Maple
    Acer japonicum
    Native to Japan - grown in large gardens
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    Highclere Holly
    Ilex x altaclarensis
    Evergreen - hybrid between Common and Canary Holly
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    Honeysuckle
    Lonicera periclymenum
    Common Hedgerow and woodland climber
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    Ivy
    Hedera helix
    Evergreen climber that also covers the ground
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    Japanese Maple
    Acer palmatum
    Small maple native to Japan, grown in small and large gardens
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    Oriental Plane
    Plantanus orientalis
    Deciduous tree native to southern Europe
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    Puffin
    Fractercula artica
    Colourful seabird found on Skomer Island
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    Ramsons
    Allium ursinum
    Bulbous perennial which smells strongly of garlic
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    Red Oak
    Quercus rubra
    Deciduous tree native to eastern North America
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    Strangalia maculata
    Brightly coloured beetle that feeds on pollen - active June to August
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    If you have a PC with Windows installed...

    1. First thing to remember, if you aren't brilliant with computers, is it's really easy to do!

    2. First check what screen size you are using. If you don't know go to your desktop and right click. Select Properties, then click the "settings" tab. Your screen size will be shown in pixels under the "Desktop Area".

    3. Next, choose a picture you like and click on the appropriate screen size beneath it.

    4. You will get a big version of the picture appear in another browser window.

    5. Make sure your mouse pointer is over the large version of the picture, and right click your mouse.

    6. You will get a list of options appear - select "Set as Wallpaper". All done!



    Mac OS Users...


    1. Check your screen size.

    2. Next, choose a picture you like and click on the appropriate screen size beneath it and wait for it to load. Then hold the mouse button down so that a menu appears. Netscape users select 'Save this link As...' and Internet Explorer Users select 'Download Link to Disk'. Save the file to your desktop.

    3. Move the downloaded wallpaper file ("name".jpg) into your wallpapers directory. First time users make a directory at the top level of your hard disk called 'Wallpapers' and move it there.

    4. Click on the Apple menu, then select 'Control Panels > Desktop Pictures'. A window will appear. On the left-hand side hit the 'Picture' button. On the right-hand side hit the 'Select Picture' button. If you have a 'Remove Picture' button instead of a 'Select Picture' button hit this and your current desktop wallpaper will be removed, the 'Select Picture' button will now appear. A file selector box will appear, choose your wallpapers directory and then the wallpaper file ("name".jpg). Hit open followed by 'Set Desktop'.


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