OS Wallpaper Download: February 2022

Depending on where you are in Britain, you may see snowdrops in January and occasionally as early as December, but further north they tend to be a little later. They are not native to the UK, but seem to have been introduced some time in the 16th century, and are now common in parks, gardens, woods and hedgerows across the country. They are a woodland flower and like damp conditions, but don't do so well where the soil dries out in summer, which can kill the bulbs.

If you have some coming up in your lawn, wait until the green leaves have faded back to yellow before mowing to ensure they have stored enough energy to grow again next year

This photograph was taken Andrew Tryon at Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, and submitted to Geograph. One of Andrew's earlier pictures of Dunrobin Castle was a winner in the Ordnance Survey map cover competition a few years ago and now features on the cover of OS Landranger 17. You can see more of his excellent photography of the area on his Geograph Profile.

Useful references:

• Dunrobin Castle

Free Download: Desktop

2560 x 1440 (also for 2048 x 1152 | 1920 x 1080 | 1600 x 900 | 1536 x 864 | 1280 x 720, plus Teams and Zoom)
1920 x 1200 (also for 1680 x 1050 | 1440 x 900 | 1280 x 800)
1366 x 768
1280 x 1024
1024 x 768 (also for iPad)

Free Download: Mobile / Tablet

Universal Mobile Wallpaper: For most mobile and tablet devices. For Android devices more of the image shows as you swipe between screens.

Using the downloaded image

To save the image on a computer, right-click (or alt-click) and select 'save target as' or the equivalent for your browser.

• For most computers, right click the desktop and select 'set wallpaper' to change the wallpaper image.
• For iOS devices, select the image, press and hold on the image to 'save image', then go to Photos > Share > Set as Wallpaper.
• On Android devices, select the image, long press to 'download image' and then go to Wallpapers > My photos and select the image.

Did you know?: You can also use the free image as a background for Zoom, Teams or other live chat systems.

Got a great photo?

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You can also Browse all the previous wallpapers.