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Soundtrack: Flesh Field - "voice of dissent"
"...So just give in
And follow the drones
A nation of consumption
Shouldnt challenge its role
Just believe, and fall in line
Freedom is a privilege
Thats been left behind ..."
in an age of terrorism, violence, hate and ignorance, people seem to think about protecting our freedom by taking it away piece by piece for the sake of "security". Mesmerized and numb amidst the endless stream of entertainment provided by mass media, we watch in apathy how people turn our society of freedom into a society of oppression, control, surveillance and fear. And so far, we do not really care... Some days ago, German government has agreed upon a law to force telecommunication companies into long-term retention of all sorts of communication data for the sake of "fighting terrorism", and the next steps already are clearly outlined: Preventive surveillance, a "trojan horse" software developed by government and security services in order to have hidden access to personal computers while they're online, massive use of biometrical data (fingerprints, ...) in personal ID cards and passports and so on... we're merrily building "1984"...
full size also to be found here
Sensors in the room pick up your heart beat and you can hear it. Magical and loud. The work is described as an immersive biometric artwork.
"Pulse Topology"
Artist: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
3,000 LED filament lightbulbs, DMX controllers, custom-made
photoplethysmography sensors, computers. The installation covers an area between 1,000 and 5,000 square feet depending on the size of the room that it's installed in.
(Curruca communis - Common Whitethroat)
She was thirsty and just drank
Systematic
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Species: communis
Descriptor Latham, 1787
Biometrics
Height: 14 cm
Wingspan: 22 cm.
Weight: 12 to 18 g
Longevity: 9 years
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Le Grand-duc d'Europe est l'oiseau de proie nocturne le plus grand.
Biométrie :
Taille : 75 cm
Envergure : 160 à 188 cm.
Poids : 1750 à 4200 g
Longévité : 21 ans
2 photos dans les commentaires
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The Eagle Owl Europe is the bird of the largest nocturnal prey.
biometrics:
Height: 75 cm
Wingspan: 160-188 cm.
Weight: 1750-4200 g
Longevity: 21 years
2 photos in comments
European Field Poppies are beginning to blow in our nature reserve, the Océ-weerd. Most are red. But I spotted a couple with white-edged red petals in a field of myriad solidly red ones. The Reverend William Wilks (1843-1923) of Shirley in England spotted similar ones in a corner of his garden abutting the wild fields. He took a shine to them and proceeded to a process of hybridisation that led to a great variety of differently colored flowers. They were named after the town of his parish: Shirley Poppies.
As the president of the Royal Horticulatural Society, Wilks was instrumental in introducing the work of great geneticist Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) to England in 1901. Horticulturalists and geneticists began to use Shirley Poppies to study hybridization. This gave rise to an acrimonious dispute between genetics and biometrics which was only resolved by the 'father of modern statistical science', Ronald Fisher (1890-1962). He showed that there is no contradiction between Mendelian genetics and natural selection.
inspired by one of Bamboo Barnes beautiful works.
both this art work and "biometric half sizzle" are from this photo (2nd comment)
“Mexico Mandates Biometric Digital ID by 2026”
“Mexico mandates biometric CURP IDs with fingerprints, iris scans, and photos under Claudia Sheinbaum’s national ID overhaul.”
“Additionally, a separate program aimed at systematically collecting biometric data from minors is slated to commence within 120 days.”
reclaimthenet.org/mexico-mandates-biometric-digital-id-by...
Ezekiel 7:10 “See, the day; see, it is coming: the crowning time has gone out; the twisted way is flowering, pride has put out buds.”
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Oleta river park
Lifer
I post this bird before as a Merlin not 100% ID and receive correction from friends
Credit for bird ID is for Alex Lamoreaux and Smith
This is first siting of this bird in our area .
Yellow-headed Caracara
Milvago chimachima
Falconiforme Order – Falconidae Family
BIOMETRICS:
Length : 40-46 cm
Wingspan : 75 cm
Weight : M : 280-330 g – F : 310-360 g
DESCRIPTION:
A fairly small bird of prey commonly seen sitting on the back of cattle or other mammals and taking ticks from them.
Yellow-headed Caracara has dark brown to blackish upperparts. Back and wings are blackish brown. Long wings show large whitish patch at base of outer primaries, very conspicuous in flight.
Buff tail is fairly long and rounded. Uppertail coverts are buff with numerous narrow wavy dusky bars, broad blackish subterminal bar and fine whitish terminal band.
Underparts are pale buff to creamy-white. Underwing shows buffy to creamy-white coverts and blackish-brown flight feathers. Undertail has similar pattern as uppertail.
Head and neck are pale buff to creamy-white, with blackish stripe behind the eye. Lores, base of the bill and eye-ring are bare and yellow, but sometimes they are paler.
Hooked strong bill is horn-coloured. Eyes are reddish-brown. Legs and feet are pale greenish-grey.
Both sexes are similar, with female slightly larger than male.
RANGE:
Yellow-headed Caracara is resident in South America, from Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, and southwards to northern Argentina. Also found in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Juvenile is dark brown on the upperparts. Head is dark brown. Underparts are buff, heavily spotted with dull brown. Lower belly is pale buff. Underwing is pale buff, barred and spotted brown. Tail is pale buff with narrower dark brown bars than in adults.
“Singapore airport goes fully passport-free with biometric clearance”
This is one step closer to the Beast system.
Matthew 3:12 “His winnowing-shovel is in His hand, and He will make a thorough clearance of His threshing-floor, gathering His wheat into the storehouse, but burning up the chaff in unquenchable fire.”
“The government of Kuwait has again warned that citizens and expatriates who fail to register their fingerprint biometrics by December 31 will be unable to access all essential services.”
Another step closer to you can't buy or sell without the Mark of the Beast!
Romans 2:15 “They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts; and their conscience [their sense of right and wrong, their moral choices] bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or perhaps defending them.”
Drying in the sun after the morning bath..!
Small group of females
- Mallard ♀
small reminder of identity:
Biometrics
Size: 65 cm
Wingspan: 75 to 100 cm.
Weight: 850 to 1400 g
Longevity: 29 years (it is enormous)
We were in a small boat as we passed right underneath this Bald Eagle and it was so close I could barely fit it in the frame. Yet it didn't even bother to look at us. They are so cool, and they know it. In stark contrast it is difficult to get within half a mile of a Golden Eagle. Incidentally, I had always assumed that Bald Eagles were larger than Golden Eagles because they are close relatives of White-tailed Eagles, which are bigger. But I was wrong. If you look at the biometrics Golden Eagles are slightly larger than Bald Eagles. This Bald Eagle was on a branch overhanging the water at Zeballos and gives a great view of those massive, deadly talons. You can even see the front claws sticking out below the branch.
Here's a photograph I took in Hyde Park while I was visiting my kids last week. It's a Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) that has been established in Britain for several decades. In Britain, breeding was first proved in 1971 in Kent though it was suspected a year or two prior to this. Despite rumours involving Jimi Hendrix and Humphrey Bogart, there is no evidence that either had anything to do with their introduction to Britain but there were a few mass escapes in the 1970s involving more than a thousand birds when they pecked their way out of wooden holding crates. The population increased ten fold in Britain between 1995 and 2010 and is now well-established in south-east England (centred on London) with a population around 12,000 pairs, but there are scattered breeding populations elsewhere. Abroad they breed in both Asia and Africa, and biometrics suggest that British birds are from the larger Indian subspecies borealis, though this was not conclusive. The scientific name Psittacula krameri commemorates the Austrian naturalist Wilhelm Kramer. It was named by Johannes Scopoli in 1769, four years after Kramer's death and was originally known as Kramer's Parakeet.
The title by the way is from the late, great Ian Dury's Reasons to be Cheerful (part 3) "The juice of a carrot, the smile of a parrot, a little drop of claret, anything that rocks". And finally, recent DNA studies have shown that Falcons and Parrots are closely related, and looking at the shape of the bill there is a definite similarity.
Rock Shag or Magellanic Cormorant
INTRODUCTION:
The Rock Shag is a monotypic South American species. It is also known as Magellanic Cormorant, related to its range in the austral New World. This is an elegant bird with black-and-white plumage, often seen perched on rocks, giving it one of the four English names, Rock Shag.
This species also breeds in the Falklands.
Biometrics:
Length: 66-71 cm
Wingspan: 92 cm
The adult has black upper parts with purplish-blue to greenish gloss, including head, neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts and thighs.
The underparts are white, but the under wing including wing-coverts and flight feathers, is blackish. The tail is dull black.
Systématique
Ordre : Charadriiformes
Famille : Charadriidés
Genre : Charadrius
Espèce : hiaticula
Descripteur
Linnaeus, 1758
Biométrie
Taille : 20 cm
Envergure : 48 à 57 cm.
Poids : 55 à 75 g
Longévité:10 ans
Systematics
Order : Charadriiformes
Family : Charadriidés
Genus : Charadrius
Species : hiaticula
Descriptor
Linnaeus, 1758
Biometrics
Size : 20 cm
Wingspan : 48 à 57 cm.
Weight : 55 à 75 g
Longevity:10 years
Revelation countdown to Mark of the Beast meltdown:
Visa Applies for Biometric Authentication Patent
“The method would be used at ATMs, payment checkouts, and Visa made sure to note that the technology’s use can be extended to unlocking apartments or letting people into venues like theaters, amusement parks, etc.”
reclaimthenet.org/visa-applies-for-biometric-authenticati...
Revelation 14:9-11 “Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.’”
Rietvlei Nature Reserve
13h25
The Greater Kestrel has a pale rufous overall. Its upperparts, including the back and wing covers, are pale rufous with broad black bars. Its rump and tail are pale grey with dark grey bars. Its underparts, including the chest, throat, and upper belly, are rufous with fine black streaks, whereas its underwing covers and vent are plain pale rufous.
The biometrics of an adult Greater Kestrel are as follows:
Length: 34-38 cm
Wingspan: 84 cm
Weight: 178-334 g
Its head and neck are pale rufous with black streaks. The bill is black with a yellow cere and blue-grey base. Its whitish eyes have yellow eye-ring, while its bare legs and feet are yellow in color. Both male and female Greater Kestrels have similar physical characteristics, but females are usually larger than males.
(Curruca communis - Common Whitethroat)
She was thirsty and just drank
Systematic
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Species: communis
Descriptor Latham, 1787
Biometrics
Height: 14 cm
Wingspan: 22 cm.
Weight: 12 to 18 g
Longevity: 9 years
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Red-rumped swallow feeding their young - The moment of feeding takes place in seconds. As you will notice in the camera details, the speed is 1/2500 - They are incredibly fast acrobats. - The family has to catch insects and feed them until migration day. It seems like an endless loop when viewed. So that they can grow and become strong for a return to Africa. We understand that this chick flew out of the nest 2 - 3 weeks ago. The wings and feathers are even well developed. It is incredibly enjoyable to follow and witnessing their incredible energy. Juvenile Red-rumped swallow , they are under close family protection. This year seem to they have left their nests a little early. Global warming is certain to have negative effects in every corner of the world. This morning when I hear the sound of Juvenile Red-rumped swallow, caught this moment on the fig tree. I hope you like it! as much as I do! I wish you a good weekend.
Red-rumped swallow juvenile is duller with browner upperparts, paler rufous areas and more indistinct streaking. The tail is shorter and the wing feathers are tipped buff.
Red-rumped swallow - They lack a breast band, but have black undertails. They are fast fliers and they swoop on insects while airborne. They have broad but pointed wings. Red-rumped swallows build quarter-sphere nests with a tunnel entrance lined with mud collected in their beaks, and lay 3 to 6 eggs.
Biometrics:
Length: 16-17 cm
Weight: 19-29 g
The Red-rumped Swallow adult is very similar to the Barn Swallow with orange-rufous neck sides and rump. The buffy underparts show long, dark streaks. The underwing-coverts are creamy-buff, while the undertail-coverts are black.
On the upperparts, crown and back are glossy deep blue. They are separated by partial chestnut collar. The rump is chestnut to orange-rufous, finely streaked black. Upperwing and uppertail are blackish and slightly glossy. The outer rectrices are elongated, up to 3,5 cm.
The blackish bill is short and flat with wide gape. The eyes are dark brown. The short legs and the small, weak feet are blackish.
The female has similar plumage but she has shorter tail than male.
Both adults build the nest and collect mud as a pellet in the bill, usually close to the nest site. The flask-shaped nest has a tubular entrance. It is placed on rocky ledges, buildings, under bridges and caves. It is cemented to the horizontal surface from below. There is a lining of soft grass and feathers inside the nest. They need 5/15 days to build this peculiar structure placed between 5 and 20 metres above the ground.
The Red-rumped Swallow has very wide range. It is common throughout it, although being uncommon to locally common in W Africa, and rather local in E Africa.
The population size is unknown but the trend was stable between 1980 and 2011.
The Red-rumped Swallow is currently evaluated as Least Concern.
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I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
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Shetland Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus) are recognisable only in their juvenile plumage which is noticeably darker than regular Starlings. They also have a slightly longer wing plus a slightly wider bill, but there is overlap. They were first described from Shetland as a separate subspecies in 1918 by Ernst Hartert who worked for Lord Rothschild at his museum in Tring. Starlings on St Kilda and the Outer Hebrides have similarly dark juveniles, but compared with Shetland, their wings are slightly shorter, and their bills are slightly narrower, so are sometimes described as intermediate. This juvenile was taken on Barra on the Outer Hebrides and has very dark plumage, though that yellowish hue on the face is where it has picked up pollen by trying to drink nectar from garden flowers. My only photo of typical juvenile Starlings are just starting to moult into adult winter plumage so they have spotty waistcoats, but you can see that the rest of their juvenile plumage is noticeably paler than this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/50158172472/in/photolist
If anyone is particularly interested here are the biometrics taken from Witherby:
Male Starling Shetland
wing length 130-138mm, bill width 7.5-8.5mm (n12)
Male Starling Outer Hebrides
wing length 125-136mm, bill width 7.5-8mm (n12)
Male Starling Britain
wing length 125-132mm, bill width 7-8mm (n12)
// A small yacht anchored in the bay double checks the anchor, anxiously awaiting the storms’ trajectory.
With all the Covid drama and the push for a "new normal", I cannot help but see the incoming storm and its disruptive force this will have on our lives. The origins of the virus from research that shifted from the US to China is very suspicious, along with how Bill Gates and his ilk are set to make billions off experimental vaccines. And the new normal means biometric travel passports/certificates or else your freedom is minimised. May the light prevail.
Spain, Valencia, “L'Hemisferic” at the City of Arts & Sciences, is an impressive Laserium, Planetarium & IMAX cinema with an approximate surface of 13,000 m² & a screen with over a 900 square meters. The cover of the cinema looks like the eye lips of the eye & can be closed or opened.
Valencia, Spain, “El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe” at the City of Arts & Sciences, an interactive museum of science, but resembling the skeleton of a whale, it occupies approximately 40,000 m² on three flats.
The building opened in November 2000 with over 40,000 square meters in area & resembles the skeleton of a whale.
Everything in the museum is graphically displayed; recent exhibitions have included subjects as diverse as spy science, “Star Trek”, climate change, the human body & biometrics.
The City of Arts & Sciences, is an entertainment-based cultural & architectural complex, which is the most important modern tourist destination in the city.
The “Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias” is located at the end of the old riverbed “Turia”, after the bypass of the river by the great flood of Valencia in 1957, the old riverbed Turia became a garden in 1980 with sport facilities, the “Palau de la Musica” build in 1984 & other public places.
The project “City of Arts & Sciences”, designed by the Valencian architect, sculptor & structural engineer Santiago Calatrava & Félix Candela with offices in Zurich, Valencia & New York City, underwent the first stages of construction in July, 1996 & was inaugurated April 16, 1998 with the opening of “L'Hemisfèric”; other locations that followed were, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in November 2000, L'Umbracle, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in October 2005, El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or , L'Àgora officially inaugurated in November 2009 & L'Oceanogràfic.
🙏 👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
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Biometrisches Passfoto
biometrische pasfoto
photo d'identité biométrique
biometric passport photo
BTW: she is a girl
Welcome to the coming cyberpunk era, a dystopian future of moral decay. The global surveillance grid will track everything you do via the biometric chip implanted under your skin. If you refuse to be inoculated against the virus of humanity and to merge yourself with AI, you will be an enemy of the new world state. All such criminals must flee their 15-minute smart cities or risk the death penalty. They will hide in the cyberpunk wastelands around the outskirts of the city.
These videos are shot outside the city where I live. A wildfire burned this area two years ago. The water in this area is the city reservoir. My city has been called Canada’s first “real world 5G smart city,” which “will serve as a blueprint for the development of made-in-Canada 5G smart city technology.” “The United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative is a global UN collaboration,” which “serves as an international platform for exchanging knowledge and fostering partnerships to empower cities and communities in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
The lyrics of these songs are from the Book of Revelation. They will loosely follow the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments. Each of the three judgments will have a different style of cyberpunk music. I have made about 60 presets with cyberpunk sounds, and I am currently working on more.
Lyrics:
His eyes are like flames of fire
His robe is dipped in blood
His name is the Word of God
He is the Lord of all lords
His words, like a sharp sword,
Will strike down the nations
Ruling them with an iron rod
He is the King of all kings
He will tread the winepress
of the fury of the wrath of
God, the Almighty One
The God of all gods
The Beast and his armies
Wage war against Christ
Christ killed the commies
For serving the antichrist
All birds overhead
Come to the banquet
Partake of the dead
Just like the maggot
Revelation 19: 11-21
Spain, Valencia, CAC, "Puente de Monteolivete", the Bridges between the “L'Hemisferic” & “El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía” at the City of Arts & Sciences. CAC is an entertainment-based cultural & architectural complex, which is the most important modern tourist destination in the city.
“L'Hemisferic” at the City of Arts & Sciences, is an impressive Laserium, Planetarium & IMAX cinema with an approximate surface of 13,000 m² & a screen with over a 900 square meters. The cover of the cinema looks like the eye lips of the eye & can be closed or opened.
Valencia, Spain, “El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe” at the City of Arts & Sciences, an interactive museum of science, but resembling the skeleton of a whale, it occupies approximately 40,000 m² on three flats.
The building opened in November 2000 with over 40,000 square meters in area & resembles the skeleton of a whale.
Everything in the museum is graphically displayed; recent exhibitions have included subjects as diverse as spy science, “Star Trek”, climate change, the human body & biometrics.
The City of Arts & Sciences, is an entertainment-based cultural & architectural complex, which is the most important modern tourist destination in the city.
The “Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias” is located at the end of the old riverbed “Turia”, after the bypass of the river by the great flood of Valencia in 1957, the old riverbed Turia became a garden in 1980 with sport facilities, the “Palau de la Musica” build in 1984 & other public places.
The project “City of Arts & Sciences”, designed by the Valencian architect, sculptor & structural engineer Santiago Calatrava & Félix Candela with offices in Zurich, Valencia & New York City, underwent the first stages of construction in July, 1996 & was inaugurated April 16, 1998 with the opening of “L'Hemisfèric”; other locations that followed were, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in November 2000, L'Umbracle, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in October 2005, El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or , L'Àgora officially inaugurated in November 2009 & L'Oceanogràfic.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏 ...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
13 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments
Welcome to the coming cyberpunk era, a dystopian future of moral decay. The global surveillance grid will track everything you do via the biometric chip implanted under your skin. If you refuse to be inoculated against the virus of humanity and to merge yourself with AI, you will be an enemy of the new world state. All such criminals must flee their 15-minute smart cities or risk the death penalty. They will hide in the cyberpunk wastelands around the outskirts of the city.
These videos are shot outside the city where I live. A wildfire burned this area two years ago. The water in this area is the city reservoir. My city has been called Canada’s first “real world 5G smart city,” which “will serve as a blueprint for the development of made-in-Canada 5G smart city technology.” “The United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative is a global UN collaboration,” which “serves as an international platform for exchanging knowledge and fostering partnerships to empower cities and communities in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
The lyrics of these songs are from the Book of Revelation. They will loosely follow the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments. Each of the three judgments will have a different style of cyberpunk music. I have made about 60 presets with cyberpunk sounds, and I am currently working on more.
Lyrics:
A third of the sun
A third of the moon
A third of the stars
A third were darkened
Revelation 8:12 “Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise.”
The legislative elections were held on February 6 peacefully in this country known as a bastion of stability and democratic governance in Africa. Since 2008, UNDP has supported the modernization and consolidation of electoral system through its support of the National Electoral Commission.
UNDP has mobilized 700,000 USD from the Spanish Cooperation, which has given continuity to the activities of the regional project to support the public administration reform , contributing to the consolidation of the National System of Identification and Authenticity Civil (SNIAC). This project which aims to strengthen the infrastructural support of SINIAC, has contributed to the acquisition of equipment for three databases containing biometric information.
As a prelude, the UNDP has supported the organization of the first voter registration in Cape Verde using the biometric information. The project contributed also for capacity development by training, approximately 600 trainers and operators kits census at a national level and had as well conduct an extensive information and education campaign in order to sensitized people to realize their participation' s right. The project has also created an integrated database containing biometric information for the election, as well for civil and border services.
Capeverdean diaspora has been the subject of special attention. Whith UNDP, the country has implemented a strategy census of its population living abroad, through funds raised from Government of Luxembourg, and reaching more than 30,000 people before the election period.
Cape Verde has few natural resources, with a population of 500,000 people distributed in 4000Km2, and a cultivable area of 10%. However, since January 2008, the country was graduated from the category of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for Middle Income Countries (MICs). This important step recognizes the success of an independent country since 1975 including the choice of development based on human capital, services, new information technologies, tourism, agriculture and fisheries, among others, which have significant reduction of poverty (49% of the population in 1989 to 26.6% in 2007), growth of real GDP per capita (from 902 USD in 1990 to $ 3,306 in 2008), and a significant improvement living conditions of the population. These achievements and successes are attributed to a harmonious political and economic governance, with political stability and, in a context of sustainable peace, because of social and economic development a priority in the national agenda of development.
In this context, UNDP plays a catalytic role in cooperation with national agencies within the UN system, particularly the strengthening of national institutions, through the component e-governance "of its Governance program.
Hungry babies ; Red-rumped swallow feeding their young - The moment of feeding takes place in seconds. As you will notice in the camera details, the speed is 1/ 4000 - They are incredibly fast acrobats. - The family has to catch insects and feed them until migration day. It seems like an endless loop when viewed. So that they can grow and become strong for a return to Africa. We understand that this chick flew out of the nest 2 - 3 weeks ago. The wings and feathers are even well developed. It is incredibly enjoyable to follow and witnessing their incredible energy. Juvenile Red-rumped swallow , they are under close family protection. This year seem to they have left their nests a little early. Global warming is certain to have negative effects in every corner of the world. This morning when I hear the sound of Juvenile Red-rumped swallow, caught this moment on the fig tree.
I hope you'll enjoy the my images as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Red-rumped swallow juvenile is duller with browner upperparts, paler rufous areas and more indistinct streaking. The tail is shorter and the wing feathers are tipped buff.
Red-rumped swallow - They lack a breast band, but have black undertails. They are fast fliers and they swoop on insects while airborne. They have broad but pointed wings. Red-rumped swallows build quarter-sphere nests with a tunnel entrance lined with mud collected in their beaks, and lay 3 to 6 eggs.
Biometrics:
Length: 16-17 cm
Weight: 19-29 g
The Red-rumped Swallow adult is very similar to the Barn Swallow with orange-rufous neck sides and rump. The buffy underparts show long, dark streaks. The underwing-coverts are creamy-buff, while the undertail-coverts are black.
On the upperparts, crown and back are glossy deep blue. They are separated by partial chestnut collar. The rump is chestnut to orange-rufous, finely streaked black. Upperwing and uppertail are blackish and slightly glossy. The outer rectrices are elongated, up to 3,5 cm.
The blackish bill is short and flat with wide gape. The eyes are dark brown. The short legs and the small, weak feet are blackish.
The female has similar plumage but she has shorter tail than male.
Both adults build the nest and collect mud as a pellet in the bill, usually close to the nest site. The flask-shaped nest has a tubular entrance. It is placed on rocky ledges, buildings, under bridges and caves. It is cemented to the horizontal surface from below. There is a lining of soft grass and feathers inside the nest. They need 5/15 days to build this peculiar structure placed between 5 and 20 metres above the ground.
The Red-rumped Swallow has very wide range. It is common throughout it, although being uncommon to locally common in W Africa, and rather local in E Africa.
The population size is unknown but the trend was stable between 1980 and 2011.
The Red-rumped Swallow is currently evaluated as Least Concern.
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I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
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Red-rumped swallow feeding their young - The moment of feeding takes place in seconds. As you will notice in the camera details, the speed is 1/ 4000 - They are incredibly fast acrobats. - The family has to catch insects and feed them until migration day. It seems like an endless loop when viewed. So that they can grow and become strong for a return to Africa. We understand that this chick flew out of the nest 2 - 3 weeks ago. The wings and feathers are even well developed. It is incredibly enjoyable to follow and witnessing their incredible energy. Juvenile Red-rumped swallow , they are under close family protection. This year seem to they have left their nests a little early. Global warming is certain to have negative effects in every corner of the world. This morning when I hear the sound of Juvenile Red-rumped swallow, caught this moment on the fig tree.
I hope you'll enjoy the my images as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Red-rumped swallow juvenile is duller with browner upperparts, paler rufous areas and more indistinct streaking. The tail is shorter and the wing feathers are tipped buff.
Red-rumped swallow - They lack a breast band, but have black undertails. They are fast fliers and they swoop on insects while airborne. They have broad but pointed wings. Red-rumped swallows build quarter-sphere nests with a tunnel entrance lined with mud collected in their beaks, and lay 3 to 6 eggs.
Biometrics:
Length: 16-17 cm
Weight: 19-29 g
The Red-rumped Swallow adult is very similar to the Barn Swallow with orange-rufous neck sides and rump. The buffy underparts show long, dark streaks. The underwing-coverts are creamy-buff, while the undertail-coverts are black.
On the upperparts, crown and back are glossy deep blue. They are separated by partial chestnut collar. The rump is chestnut to orange-rufous, finely streaked black. Upperwing and uppertail are blackish and slightly glossy. The outer rectrices are elongated, up to 3,5 cm.
The blackish bill is short and flat with wide gape. The eyes are dark brown. The short legs and the small, weak feet are blackish.
The female has similar plumage but she has shorter tail than male.
Both adults build the nest and collect mud as a pellet in the bill, usually close to the nest site. The flask-shaped nest has a tubular entrance. It is placed on rocky ledges, buildings, under bridges and caves. It is cemented to the horizontal surface from below. There is a lining of soft grass and feathers inside the nest. They need 5/15 days to build this peculiar structure placed between 5 and 20 metres above the ground.
The Red-rumped Swallow has very wide range. It is common throughout it, although being uncommon to locally common in W Africa, and rather local in E Africa.
The population size is unknown but the trend was stable between 1980 and 2011.
The Red-rumped Swallow is currently evaluated as Least Concern.
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Lens - With Nikon TC 14E II hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f8 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
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CTBC bank is also implementing finger vein scanning and facial recognition at its automatic teller machines (ATM), which would allow customers to withdraw money without having to use a bank card or PIN.
The finger vein technique was pioneered by the Japanese firm Hitachi Ltd and is based on the unique pattern of veins inside a finger. Only a living finger is accepted by the scanner, which is believed to make vein recognition a more secure technology than fingerprint scanning.
The finger vein sensor has a false match rate of 0.01 percent, and its accuracy in measuring the blood flow of a user for identity authentication is unaffected by variations in age and physical condition, the bank said, citing findings by US-based International Biometric Group.
Pas ma meilleure photo, mais je suis contente d'avoir ou l'observer 😉
Biométrie
Taille : 18 cm
Envergure : 29 à 33 cm.
Poids : 48 à 62 g
Longévité : 10 ans
Grosse tête munie d'un gros bec fort et conique. Ailes bleu-nuit avec taches blanches aux épaules. Menton noir. Couleur générale fauve sur le dessus, plus clair sur le ventre. Le bec est bleu-gris au printemps et jaune pâle en hiver. La femelle est dans l'ensemble plus terne. Au vol, ses barres alaires blanches et sa silhouette rondouillarde assurent l'identification.
La queue est courte. Le cou est gros, donnant en vol une singulière impression, comme si les ailes étaient trop courtes pour un corps et une tête plutôt volumineux.
Son alimentation étant basée sur des graines très dures, le grosbec casse-noyaux a développé une extraordinaire musculature par le simple mouvement des mandibules. C'est cette importante masse musculaire qui donne à la tête ce gabarit étonnant.
Les yeux sont rose ambré à ambrés. Les pattes sont sombres en hiver, et rose ou corail au printemps.
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Not my best picture, but I'm glad to have or watch it 😉
biometrics
Size: 18 cm
Wingspan: 29 to 33 cm.
Weight: 48 to 62 g
Longevity: 10 years
Big head with a big, strong, conical beak. Blue-night wings with white spots on the shoulders. Chin black. General color fawn on the top, more light on the belly. The bill is blue-gray in spring and pale yellow in winter. The female is on the whole duller. In flight, its white wing bars and its plump silhouette ensure identification.
The tail is short. The neck is large, giving a singular impression of flight, as if the wings were too short for a rather bulky body and head.
Its diet being based on very hard seeds, Hawfinch has developed an extraordinary musculature by the simple movement of the mandibles. It is this large muscle mass that gives the head this amazing stencil.
The eyes are amber pink to amber. The legs are dark in winter, and pink or coral in spring.
Spain, Valencia, “L'Hemisferic” at the City of Arts & Sciences, is an impressive Laserium, Planetarium & IMAX cinema with an approximate surface of 13,000 m² & a screen with over a 900 square meters. The cover of the cinema looks like the eye lips of the eye & can be closed or opened.
Valencia, Spain, “El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe” at the City of Arts & Sciences, an interactive museum of science, but resembling the skeleton of a whale, it occupies approximately 40,000 m² on three flats.
The building opened in November 2000 with over 40,000 square meters in area & resembles the skeleton of a whale.
Everything in the museum is graphically displayed; recent exhibitions have included subjects as diverse as spy science, “Star Trek”, climate change, the human body & biometrics.
The City of Arts & Sciences, is an entertainment-based cultural & architectural complex, which is the most important modern tourist destination in the city.
The “Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias” is located at the end of the old riverbed “Turia”, after the bypass of the river by the great flood of Valencia in 1957, the old riverbed Turia became a garden in 1980 with sport facilities, the “Palau de la Musica” build in 1984 & other public places.
The project “City of Arts & Sciences”, designed by the Valencian architect, sculptor & structural engineer Santiago Calatrava & Félix Candela with offices in Zurich, Valencia & New York City, underwent the first stages of construction in July, 1996 & was inaugurated April 16, 1998 with the opening of “L'Hemisfèric”; other locations that followed were, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in November 2000, L'Umbracle, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in October 2005, El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or , L'Àgora officially inaugurated in November 2009 & L'Oceanogràfic.
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It poured with rain for most of yesterday so the only birdwatching that I managed was a walk round Ingbirchworth Reservoir where this Dunlin was an unusual visitor. They breed on the high blanket bog about 8 miles west of here and they are frequent on some of the high moorland reservoirs, but I rarely see them at Ingbirchworth. But the rain yesterday seems to have grounded quite a few Dunlin, including 26 at Old Moor near Barnsley, about 10 miles to the east.
Most of the coastal wintering Dunlin migrate to Britain from the extensive bogs of Iceland and northern Scandinavia. But there are two regularly-occurring subspecies of Dunlin in Britain (schinzii, alpina plus subspecies arctica; a rare visitor). The British breeders are of the race schinzii, which also breeds in Iceland and eastern Greenland. A different race (alpina) breeds across Scandinavia, which look similar to schinzii, but are a tad larger with longer bills. But they also have grey edges to some of their back feathers in fresh summer plumage which are visible on this bird. These grey-edged feathers are not retained "winter" feathers as seen on young (first summer) birds as they have black centres. The schinzii birds that breed in the Pennines lack grey in the black-centred back feathers as you can see in this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/41143839420/in/photolist So I think this bird is a Fennoscandian bird of the race alpina. These birds moult into breeding plumage a little later than schinzii and the patchy belly patch suggests this bird may still be moulting (though it may be a first year bird). In winter these two races are impossible to tell apart unless you can measure biometrics on trapped birds for ringing. I'm not aware that people have racially identified passage Dunlin on inland sites before but the close views of this bird make me fairly confident it is a nominate race Dunlin (Calidris alpina alpina) en route to its Fennoscandian breeding grounds.
Revelation 20:10 “And the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night—to the ages of the ages.”
“Pornography websites will have to check users’ ages, under draft guidelines.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/05/pornography-websi...
“The list of measures for proving someone is over 18 include: uploading a photo-ID document; facial age estimation technology; contacting your mobile network provider to allow your phone to access adult content; checking age via credit card details; and using ‘digital identity wallets’ that store evidence of a person’s age.”
Problem, Reaction, Solution
Problem: load the internet with porn and make it easily accessible.
Reaction: we need to crack down on under aged kids looking at porn.
Solution: require ID authentication to access porn, then require digital ID authentication to access the internet. Your digital ID will have your photo, information, medical records, passport, digital CBDC wallet, and social credit score. Your digital ID will be carried on your person via your cell phone. Since cell phones can get lost or stolen, you will eventually need a biometric microchip ID. A microchip ID will never get lost or stolen. This sounds like the Book of Revelation, doesn’t it?
Went to the reserve to see the White Crowed Sparrow today but it did not show. Nice to see this reserve which is not open to the public, only permit holders!
REVISED RESERVE CLOSING TIME STARTING 1st May 2016
Please note the following change in the closing time for the Reserve - From 1st May 2016 the Reserve will close at 20:00 hours, 8:00pm, promptly. The opening time remains at 08:00 hours, 08:00am. Keys obtained with your permits will not operate the locks put in place at closing on the footbridge entrance or the first barrier at the end of Thelwall Lane. Reserve opening and closing times are displayed here on our homepage and on the No3 Bed entrance footbridge gate, please reference this notice on your way in so you are always aware of the Reserve closing time. The gate and barriers will be locked promptly at the stated time please ensure you are off the site before the closing time to prevent being locked in.
Volunteer to help the Reserve
If you wish to assist the Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve with voluntary work please contact our warden John Langley via email john.langley@rspb.org.uk or Mobile 07980 827537
Welcome to Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve
An S.S.S.I. Managed by Woolston Eyes Conservation Group
www.woolstoneyes.com/woolston-eyes/who-are-we/
1. Who are the Woolston Eyes Conservation Group?
The WECG
Woolston Eyes Conservation Group, a voluntary organisation formed in 1979, manages the rich and varied wildlife of the deposit grounds with the agreement of the Manchester Ship Canal Company. Its aim is to promote the study and conservation of the wildlife and habitat of the area with particular regard to the ornithology.
The group undertakes management work to preserve or maximise the ornithological value of the Reserve, provides and maintains hides for the use of the public and permit holders, keeps the paths open and discourages disturbance. The group produces an Annual Report which summarises the work carried out and the results obtained including the scientific study of the flora and fauna of the Reserve.
To carry out this work the group raises funds by the sale of Permits, Annual Reports and by applying for grants from various organisations. The Reserve is open from dawn to dusk throughout the year. No.3 bed access requires a permit and key for the vehicle barriers and gated footbridge entrance - see homepage for permit application details.
The group is a registered charity and our charity registration number is 700362.
Officers and Trustees of the W.E.C.G.
ChairmanBrian Ankers
Vice ChairmanDavid Bowman
Treasurer/SecretaryDouglas Buchanan
RecorderBrian Martin
Committee
John Blundell
Kieran Foster
Dave Hackett
John Haddock
Sue Haddock
Alexander Mansfield
Alan Patterson
Dave Riley
David Spencer
Frank Linley, who died in October 2002, was a long-standing member of our committee who made highly significant contributions to the Conservation Group. He played a prominent role in the presentation of Annual Reports and Newsletters, established a database of members and initiated our first website. The new Tower Hide has been dedicated to his memory.
WECG has had the privilege of the support of two nationally respected figures as our patrons. The eminent ornithologist, Chris Mead, who died in January 2003 was for many years Patron of WECG and had visited the site from time to time.
More recently the well known Naturalist and Wildlife Broadcaster Chris Packham has become our patron. Chris is best known as the presenter of the BBC programmes Springwatch and Autumnwatch. He first visited the reserve in 2006 as presenter of the BBC wildlife series Natures Calendar, filming a section for the Spring Wetlands feature.
Chris very kindly gave up his time on a chilly February evening in 2010 to entertain a packed house at Warrington’s Parr Hall with a talk and slideshow of his experiences as a naturalist and photographer in support of the group.
We must also recognise and thank Colin Woolf a leading UK wildlife artist who has generously contributed his wonderful artwork for the covers of our annual reports for a number of years. If you appreciate wildlife and stunning drawings and paintings visit Colin’s website www.wildart.co.uk admire his talent and perhaps invest in an original piece of art yourself?
Access and Permits for Woolston Eyes
A public footpath runs from the end of Weir Lane, along the west side of No.2 bed and the north side of the canal to Thelwall Lane. Access to other parts of the Reserve is strictly limited to permit holders between the hours noted on the entrance gate throughout the year. A permit entitles the holder to visit the Eyes on any number of occasions during the year and to make use of the several hides. Please use the form below when making an application. Maps of the Reserve and the principle site No.3 bed can be viewed or downloaded from the FAQ section on the top menu bar.
Permit Pricing 2016
After managing to keep our permit prices down for the past 8 years, we have reluctantly concluded that, for this coming year, we will need to raise the prices to £15-00 for a single permit and £25-00 for a family permit
The additional funds will enable us to retain the full-time services of our Estate Worker, John Langley. Buying in John’s services from the RSPB has enabled us to tackle many of our outstanding habitat management tasks, to the benefit of both wildlife and visitors. I hope you will feel able to continue supporting us in the future.
Brian Ankers WECG Chairman
The WECG wish to stress to Permit Holders that current winter access hours are 08:00 hours to 16:00 hours with gates to the Reserve and entrance track secured between these times with locks which permit holders do not have keys. The opening and closing times will vary through the year as daylight hours change so please check out the times listed on our homepage and on the entrance gate to No3 bed which will be updated accordingly. We also wish to stress the importance of locking all appropriate gates when entering or leaving the Reserve. The “disappearance” of locks from various sites could lead to insurmountable problems.
Group Visits
Woolston Eyes has become a very popular venue for visits by bird watching groups, and in order to cope efficiently with the demand a ‘Group Visit’ procedure has been established. This should enable us to avoid the situation, which has arisen in the past, where several parties arrive on the same day, causing disturbance to the Reserve and congestion and irritation in the hides.
If you wish to book an outing for your group, or bring a party of your bird watching friends to Woolston please check out the latest group visit schedule listed in the scrolling news section of the hompage then write for a booking form to:
Mrs Rosalind Martin, 45 Albert Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire,WA4 2 PF, enclosing an SAE. It is important that at least six weeks notice is given of an intended visit.
A booking fee of £20 is normally charged for groups of up to 10 people. For groups of larger than 10 visitors, there is an additional charge of £2 for each visitor above and beyond the “10”. A warden would be available to lead the visitors if so wished (if not, a key must be obtained beforehand in order to gain access to No 3 bed).
History of the Woolston Eyes Area
Not much is known about the area known as the Eyes before the Middle Ages, but we know people were in the area during the Bronze Age, and that the Anglo-Saxons reached the region around 700 AD. In fact the word ‘Ees’ is Saxon for land near a looping watercourse, so the Germanic settlers must have arrived on the banks of the Mersey about this time. Records begin around 500 years later.
Land ownership in the township of Thelwall was fairly stable between 1300 and 1536. During medieval times a third was owned by the Clayton family and the rest by the priory of Norton. The priors owned the valuable fishing rights for the south side of the River Mersey, which if the catches of 1749 were anything to go by, (19 and 23 pound salmon landed in May of that year) were fairly substantial.
At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536 all monastic land passed to the crown and all Norton Priory’s former possessions were subsequently sold to the Claytons who thus acquired the whole of Thelwall as a private estate. They sold out to the Brookes, who interestingly had purchased Norton priory itself in the 1530s, and may have been seeking to unite its former possessions. However, they in turn sold Thelwall to the Moores, and it changed hands again to the Pickering family, who probably had control of the land by the 1770s when a bridge over the newly built Bridgewater canal was named after them. Thelwall remained in private hands until the late l9th century, when the township was incorporated into Runcorn District Council.
During the winter months the Mersey flooded across the meadows of Thelwall ( the village itself situated on slightly higher ground ). In the summer it is likely that sheep were grazed on the fertile fields which were probably too wet for arable cultivation in a pre-land drain era. Regular references to the Claytons as being ‘of Shepecrofte’ may point to this.
At the time of the famous salmon hauls of the mid 18th century, certain transformations to the Ees meadows were underway, as the effects of the Industrial Revolution began to be felt. Powder mills with workers cottages were constructed where the north bank of No.2 bed currently stands. Woolston Old Cut was the first navigational improvement undertaken across the north bank of No.3 bed ( just north of where the new weir was recently dug), and had occurred by 1777, as testified to by a map of that date. The short canal, or New Cut, further shortened the journey down the river by cutting out the loop of what is now Nos 3 and 4 beds, and wharves were constructed at the southern end of Weir Lane, for boats and goods to transfer onto the canal. On the South bank of the Mersey stood Statham Chemical works. The powder mills were built in 1755, and lasted exactly a century before, ironically, being destroyed by an explosion.
The major change to the area was the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1896, which radically altered the landscape, beyond simply the imposing presence of the new waterway itself. The long meanders of the Mersey through Statham were cut off and became redundant, as did the old canals to the north and the wharves. The old water meadows largely disappeared under the deposit grounds which were constructed from the 1920’s onwards. The various farmsteads which had managed a living on these lowlands ceased to exist with the arrival of the first dredgings, except for the Wilgreaves’ which continued as a working farm until No.3 bed was constructed upon the site in the late 1950’s .The old farming lifestyle which had existed up to then was swept away.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Tony Usher for his help in getting us started and thanks also to David Bowman, Scott Kennedy and Brian Martin who wrote most of the text.
Habitat
The four beds at Woolston Deposit Grounds SSSI, are managed as a nature reserve by the Woolston Eyes Conservation Group in agreement with the Manchester Ship Canal Company. Parts of the site are still in use to accommodate dredging from the Manchester Ship Canal.
No.1 bed which is to the east of the motorway (the Thelwall Viaduct) consists primarily of rough grassland and willow scrub. Sand extraction has created a number of reedy pools which attract small numbers of Snipe and wild fowl. They are also a regular site for wintering Water Pipits.
No.2 bed is currently being used for pumping dredgings from the canal and is consequently attractive to large numbers of wildfowl. During late summer and early autumn, when water levels are at their lowest, muddy margins can appear which provide loafing areas for wildfowl, gulls and a few waders. Water Rails and the odd Spotted Crake are most easily visible at this time. Most of the water lies on the west side but during pumping the centre and east of the bed, which are predominantly willow scrub and Reed Canary Grass, can also become flooded.
No.3 bed lies to the north of a meander of the river. It has recently been made into an island by the diversion of the river along its north bank. This east side of the bed is shallowly flooded and contains extensive beds of typha and some phragmites. The western half of the bed is covered in dense vegetation, mainly grasses, nettles, thistle and willow scrub. An attempt is being made to introduce flower meadows into this area, to increase the habitat diversity, though it will be a year or two before the benefits are seen.
No.4 bed, to the west of the reserve, also lies between the river and the canal. The dredgings which were pumped onto the bed have now dried out and the silt is being excavated and sold as top dressing. The undisturbed areas of the bed are developing a dense cover of willow scrub, nettle and other rank vegetation.
All the beds are enclosed within steep embankments with rough grassland and scrub. In places taller poplars and willow grow alongside the river whose banks are covered in parts by hawthorn, elder, bramble. These banks are bird-rich at most times of year with late summer warbler flocks and early winter thrush flocks being particularly notable. The river and canal both seem to be benefiting from the slow improvement in water quality. In winter substantial flocks of diving duck, including Tufted Ducks, Pochards, Goldeneyes, Goosanders and the odd Scaup or Smew can reliably be found on the river where it encircles No.3 bed. The rubbish tips at both ends of the reserve have now closed and been capped, with both being attractive to winter feeding finches and pipits.
Bird Species
In all, two hundred and thirty two species have been recorded on the Reserve, including thirteen species of raptor, more than thirty species of wader, all five grebes, the three woodpeckers, and five species of owl. Click here for a full species list
Lying next to the Mersey, the flooded beds inevitably attract large numbers of dabbling ducks moving inland from the estuary. The Mersey Valley Pochard flock also spends time here, making this an excellent place to see winter wildfowl. Typically a thousand or more Teal are present, sometimes several times this figure, with several hundred Mallard and Pochard, a hundred or so Shoveller, Gadwall and Tufted Duck, and from a few dozen to several hundred Pintail. Ruddy Duck were also a regular feature. Other species of wildfowl occur less frequently or in smaller numbers, and scarce or rare species such as Ring-necked Duck, Feruginous and Long-tailed Duck, Green Winged Teal, Common Scoter and Smew have been noted. In late autumn and winter skeins of Pink-footed Geese can often be observed making hard weather movements to the east coast.
The water margins of No.3 bed are an excellent nesting habitat for Black-necked, Great Crested and Little Grebes plus Teal, Shoveller, Mallard, Pochard, Gadwall, Tufted and historically Ruddy Ducks. Pintail and Garganey are also suspected of breeding in some years. A similar range of species can also be found breeding on No.2 bed, dependant on water levels. A substantial Black-headed Gull colony dominates the water margins in No.3 bed and can spill over onto No.2 bed when conditions are right.
The Eyes is particularly important, in a county context, for its breeding populations of common warblers. Counts of singing males have totalled more than 200 singing Sedge Warblers, 150 Whitethroats, 100 Willow Warblers, 30 Blackcaps and a similar number of Reed Warblers, plus a dozen Grasshopper Warblers and small numbers of Chiffchaffs, Lesser Whitethroats and Garden Warblers.In the damper areas upto 100 Reed Bunting are present in summer.
Large aggregations of aerial feeders may be present from May to September, with many hundreds of Swifts joining the swirling flocks of hirundines feeding over the insect rich lagoons. In most years there is a sizeable Swallow roost, regularly up to 3,000 birds but sometimes reaching 10,000. Inevitably, a Hobby is often in attendance and provides some spectacular aerial performances. From October to early winter thousands of Redwing and other thrushes arrive to feed on the berry-rich hawthorns around the banks of the beds.
In winter roosts dwindle as food supplies diminish, although Magpies seldom seen to go hungry and over 200 continue to roost in the scrub. Finches, notably Linnets, Goldfinches and Chaffinches flock to feed on weed seeds on the drier parts of the muddy beds, with odd Siskins and Bramblings regularly located amongst them . A sprinkling of Chiffchaff remains in willow scrub during most winters and Firecrests have occasionally wintered alongside the more numerous Goldcrests.
Wader passage is much smaller than formerly due to changes in the pumping regime into the beds. Spring passage is typically light, although Common Sandpiper are seen regularly in late April and early May, and on one occasion stayed to breed. Little Ringed Plover appear annually and usually attempt to breed. The inland spread of Ringed Plover has resulted in this species also breeding. Autumn passage is much more reliable and although not as prolific as in the past, Snipe, Jack Snipe and Lapwing are reliably present, with the occasional Green Sandpiper, Dunlins, Greenshanks etc. for company.
As far as rare or scarce birds are concerned, Woolston remains a much under-watched site, offering much opportunity for the discovery of that ever-elusive rarity. Nevertheless, almost two decades of observation by a small number of enthusiasts, spread over Woolstons huge acreage, has produced some good birds, including: Storm and Leachs Petrels, Spoonbill, Bittern, Night and Purple Herons, Ring-necked and Ferruginous Ducks, Quail, Honey and Rough-legged Buzzards, Red Kite, Montagues Harrier, Temmincks Stint, White-rumped, Pectoral and Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Red-necked and Wilson`s Phalaropes, Avocet, Great and Arctic Skuas, Laughing, Mediterranean and Ring-billed Gulls, Whiskered and White-winged Black Terns, Bee-eater, Nightjar, Golden Oriole, Bluethroat, Great Grey Shrike, Marsh Warbler, Firecrest and Nutcracker.
Ringing
Over 110,000 birds have been ringed at Woolston since ringing first started here in 1980. A small team now operates on all four beds, usually from April to October each year, ringing around 4,000 birds per year. During more recent years, Woolston has taken part in an international ringing programme, aimed at studying those migratory species which winter in Africa. During the summer and early autumn large numbers of common warblers are ringed, with full biometrics taken, as part of that research programme. In the latter part of the year the focus is on tape-luring overflying finches and buntings. At any time there is the constant chance of the odd surprise, with Marsh Warbler, Bluethroat and Firecrest among the scarcer species ringed.
Ringing is a physically demanding and time consuming occupation but one which brings many rewards in terms of our knowledge of national and local bird populations. If you are interested in observing, or taking a more active part in the ringing programme, then please contact Dave Riley or Prof. David Norman through the website email facility via the ‘Contact’ tab.
Welcome to the coming cyberpunk era, a dystopian future of moral decay. The global surveillance grid will track everything you do via the biometric chip implanted under your skin. If you refuse to be inoculated against the virus of humanity and to merge yourself with AI, you will be an enemy of the new world state. All such criminals must flee their 15-minute smart cities or risk the death penalty. They will hide in the cyberpunk wastelands around the outskirts of the city.
These videos are shot outside the city where I live. A wildfire burned this area two years ago. The water in this area is the city reservoir. My city has been called Canada’s first “real world 5G smart city,” which “will serve as a blueprint for the development of made-in-Canada 5G smart city technology.” “The United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative is a global UN collaboration,” which “serves as an international platform for exchanging knowledge and fostering partnerships to empower cities and communities in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”
The lyrics of these songs are from the Book of Revelation. They will loosely follow the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments. Each of the three judgments will have a different style of cyberpunk music. I have made about 60 presets with cyberpunk sounds, and I am currently working on more.
Lyrics:
Demonic locusts of biblical proportions
Out of the smoke comes torment and suffering
Revelation 9:1-12
Red-rumped swallow feeding their young - The moment of feeding takes place in seconds. As you will notice in the camera details, the speed is 1/ 4000 - They are incredibly fast acrobats. - The family has to catch insects and feed them until migration day. It seems like an endless loop when viewed. So that they can grow and become strong for a return to Africa. We understand that this chick flew out of the nest 2 - 3 weeks ago. The wings and feathers are even well developed. It is incredibly enjoyable to follow and witnessing their incredible energy. Juvenile Red-rumped swallow , they are under close family protection. This year seem to they have left their nests a little early. Global warming is certain to have negative effects in every corner of the world. This morning when I hear the sound of Juvenile Red-rumped swallow, caught this moment on the fig tree.
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Red-rumped swallow juvenile is duller with browner upperparts, paler rufous areas and more indistinct streaking. The tail is shorter and the wing feathers are tipped buff.
Red-rumped swallow - They lack a breast band, but have black undertails. They are fast fliers and they swoop on insects while airborne. They have broad but pointed wings. Red-rumped swallows build quarter-sphere nests with a tunnel entrance lined with mud collected in their beaks, and lay 3 to 6 eggs.
Biometrics:
Length: 16-17 cm
Weight: 19-29 g
The Red-rumped Swallow adult is very similar to the Barn Swallow with orange-rufous neck sides and rump. The buffy underparts show long, dark streaks. The underwing-coverts are creamy-buff, while the undertail-coverts are black.
On the upperparts, crown and back are glossy deep blue. They are separated by partial chestnut collar. The rump is chestnut to orange-rufous, finely streaked black. Upperwing and uppertail are blackish and slightly glossy. The outer rectrices are elongated, up to 3,5 cm.
The blackish bill is short and flat with wide gape. The eyes are dark brown. The short legs and the small, weak feet are blackish.
The female has similar plumage but she has shorter tail than male.
Both adults build the nest and collect mud as a pellet in the bill, usually close to the nest site. The flask-shaped nest has a tubular entrance. It is placed on rocky ledges, buildings, under bridges and caves. It is cemented to the horizontal surface from below. There is a lining of soft grass and feathers inside the nest. They need 5/15 days to build this peculiar structure placed between 5 and 20 metres above the ground.
The Red-rumped Swallow has very wide range. It is common throughout it, although being uncommon to locally common in W Africa, and rather local in E Africa.
The population size is unknown but the trend was stable between 1980 and 2011.
The Red-rumped Swallow is currently evaluated as Least Concern.
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Lens - With Nikon TC 14E II hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f8 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
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