Our favourite photos posted by readers on our social media channels this week

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Nature needs time to adapt to changing conditions,

Being in the right place at the right time can be more important than long hours,

Fossilised dinosaur prints, volcanic craters, ice-carved corries – there are places in Britain where the landscape is a portal to the past. Hanna Lindon takes a stroll through 4 billion years of British history

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.