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Pueblo of Isleta is located in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, 13 miles (21 km) south of Albuquerque and was built on a knife-shaped reef of lava running across an ancient Rio Grande channel.
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Three male adders (Vipera berus) out basking - a melanistic one and two more 'normal' coloured ones, one with a lighter ground colour than the other.
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I've been observing seasonal changes at Kingston Ridge for three years now and counting. Some places change only a little season by season, but I have yet to see a location change more drastically, even over the course of four weeks. People up there frequently remark to me at how lovely it is, although the occasional curmudgeon is not unknown. I'm amazed at how sharp the Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 lens is when rendering landscapes; so much detail and contrast. I must visit this location in early morning, when there's frost and mist. Next winter!
This is a corner of the communal garden where one of my son’s family lives, somewhere in London. I quite like it. It’s a place where we could sit with a pot of tea and a book for a long summer afternoon, savouring the beautiful quietness the place offers.
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Vallespir, Occitanie, France.
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda es una localidad y comuna francesa situada en el departamento de Pirineos Orientales y la región de Occitania, en la comarca del Vallespir. Tenía 3.683 habitantes en 2007.
Administrativamente, pertenece al distrito de Céret, al cantón de Arles-sur-Tech y a la Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir.
La comuna se localiza en el valle del Tech, en el corazón del Vallespir, al oeste de Céret. Puede accederse a ella por la carretera departamental 115. Antes de ser desmantelada en el siglo XX, también contaba con servicios de ferrocarril. Está prevista una vía verde que siga el recorrido de la antigua vía férrea (hasta Arles-sur-Tech).
En realidad, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda se compone de tres municipios antaño separados: Amélie, Palalda (anexado en 1942) y Montalba (anexado en 1962). Por ello, el paisaje comunal es bastante variado. La mayoría de la población se concentra a orillas del Tech. Cabe destacar la formación geológica de las las gargantas del Mondony.
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda is a French commune and town located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department and the Occitania region, in the Vallespir region. It had 3,683 inhabitants in 2007.
Administratively, it belongs to the Céret district, the canton of Arles-sur-Tech and the Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir.
The commune is located in the Tech Valley, in the heart of the Vallespir, west of Céret. It can be accessed by departmental highway 115. Before being dismantled in the 20th century, it also had railway services. A greenway is planned to follow the route of the old railway (up to Arles-sur-Tech).
In reality, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda is made up of three once separate municipalities: Amélie, Palalda (annexed in 1942) and Montalba (annexed in 1962). For this reason, the communal landscape is quite varied. Most of the population is concentrated on the banks of the Tech. It is worth noting the geological formation of the Mondony gorges.
The first pull away from the anchoring dock. American Youth Cup I Regatta - Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota Florida
Lavoir datant de 1841. Agrémentant le bas des arcades, des peintu-res (œuvre d’un artiste originaire de Gray, Frédéric Spinzi), évoquent la culture de la vigne (de la Bourgogne toute proche).
Five tree sparrows (Passer montanus), part of a larger flock, perched on a wire mesh fence.
Pięć mazurków (Passer montanus), część większego stada, siedzących na drucianym ogrodzeniu.
The family Yponomeutidae are known as the ermine moths, with several hundred species, most of them in the tropics. The larvae tend to form communal webs, and some are minor pests in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture. Some of the adults are very attractive. Adult moths are minor pollinators. The larvae are leaf-webbers, leaf skeletonizers, leafminers or needleminers and are found on a variety of host plants. Some cause economic damage to crops and trees.
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Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A. - Summer '24
Independence Day 2024 - Northern Florida
The Oldest U.S. City (1513) - 4th of July 2024
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In the Wild - Nesting - Rookery - Treetop - 7/4/24
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*[great egret - roseate spoonbill - tri-colored heron]
Vous voyez la maison de Juliette et Francis à gauche, le vieux pommier au fond et notre maison avec notre grand merisier à droite.
With its yellow feet, which are used to flush prey when feeding in shallow water, the Little Egret is a distinctive member of the heron family.Inhabits a wide variety of wetlands: lakes, rivers, marshes, estuaries—almost anywhere with small fish. Occurs as singles or small loose groups; nests and roosts communally.
Birmingham past and present 1 of 2.
The Back To Backs, shops and terraced houses dating back to Victorian times. A few of these are preserved by the National Trust and are well worth visiting. It’s quite an eye opener to see how people lived in very cramped conditions, with working families sharing communal washrooms and courtyards. Tours can be booked with the National Trust, my U3A photography group did one a few years back and found it very interesting. Highly recommended.
Ornate patterns are the norm in Islamic countries due to the iconoclastic tradition as can be seen with these items in this shop in the covered kasbah of Fez (Fès), Morocco. The old medina of Fez was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981.
The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa. This species occurs as a spring overshoot north of its range, with occasional breeding in northwest Europe.
This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird. It has brown and yellow upper parts, whilst the wings are green and the beak is black. It can reach a length of 27–29 cm (10.6–11.4 in), including the two elongated central tail feathers. Sexes are alike. Female tends to have greener rather than gold feathers on shoulders. Non-breeding plumage is much duller and with a blue-green back and no elongated central tail feathers. Juvenile resembles a non-breeding adult, but with less variation in the feather colours. Adults begin to moult in June or July and complete the process by August or September. There is a further moult into breeding plumage in winter in Africa.
These bee-eaters are gregarious—nesting colonially in sandy banks, preferably near river shores, usually at the beginning of May. They make a relatively long tunnel, in which they lay five to eight spherical white eggs around the beginning of June. Both male and female care for the eggs, which they brood for about three weeks. They also feed and roost communally.
During courtship, the male feeds large items to the female while eating the small ones himself. Most males are monogamous, but occasional bigamy has been encountered. Their typical call is a distinctive, mellow, liquid and burry prreee or prruup.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bee-eater
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III
The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare.
The common starling has about a dozen subspecies breeding in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and western Asia, and it has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, South Africa and Fiji. This bird is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter within the breeding range and also further south to Iberia and North Africa. The common starling builds an untidy nest in a natural or artificial cavity in which four or five glossy, pale blue eggs are laid. These take two weeks to hatch and the young remain in the nest for another three weeks. There are normally one or two breeding attempts each year. This species is omnivorous, taking a wide range of invertebrates, as well as seeds and fruit. It is hunted by various mammals and birds of prey, and is host to a range of external and internal parasites.
Large flocks typical of this species can be beneficial to agriculture by controlling invertebrate pests; however, starlings can also be pests themselves when they feed on fruit and sprouting crops. Common starlings may also be a nuisance through the noise and mess caused by their large urban roosts. Introduced populations in particular have been subjected to a range of controls, including culling, but these have had limited success except in preventing the colonisation of Western Australia. The species has declined in numbers in parts of northern and western Europe since the 1980s due to fewer grassland invertebrates being available as food for growing chicks. Despite this, its huge global population is not thought to be declining significantly, so the common starling is classified as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The common starling is 19–23 cm (7.5–9.1 in) long, with a wingspan of 31–44 cm (12–17 in) and a weight of 58–101 g (2.0–3.6 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 11.8 to 13.8 cm (4.6 to 5.4 in), the tail is 5.8 to 6.8 cm (2.3 to 2.7 in), the culmen is 2.5 to 3.2 cm (0.98 to 1.26 in) and the tarsus is 2.7 to 3.2 cm The plumage is iridescent black, glossed purple or green, and spangled with white, especially in winter. The underparts of adult male common starlings are less spotted than those of adult females at a given time of year. The throat feathers of males are long and loose and are used in display while those of females are smaller and more pointed. The legs are stout and pinkish- or greyish-red. The bill is narrow and conical with a sharp tip; in the winter it is brownish-black but in summer, females have lemon yellow beaks while males have yellow bills with blue-grey bases. Moulting occurs once a year- in late summer after the breeding season has finished; the fresh feathers are prominently tipped white (breast feathers) or buff (wing and back feathers), which gives the bird a speckled appearance. The reduction in the spotting in the breeding season is achieved through the white feather tips largely wearing off. Juveniles are grey-brown and by their first winter resemble adults though often retaining some brown juvenile feathering, especially on the head. They can usually be sexed by the colour of the irises, rich brown in males, mouse-brown or grey in females. Estimating the contrast between an iris and the central always-dark pupil is 97% accurate in determining sex, rising to 98% if the length of the throat feathers is also considered. The common starling is mid-sized by both starling standards and passerine standards. It is readily distinguished from other mid-sized passerines, such as thrushes, icterids or small corvids, by its relatively short tail, sharp, blade-like bill, round-bellied shape and strong, sizeable (and rufous-coloured) legs. In flight, its strongly pointed wings and dark colouration are distinctive, while on the ground its strange, somewhat waddling gait is also characteristic. The colouring and build usually distinguish this bird from other starlings, although the closely related spotless starling may be physically distinguished by the lack of iridescent spots in adult breeding plumage.
Like most terrestrial starlings the common starling moves by walking or running, rather than hopping. Their flight is quite strong and direct; their triangular-shaped wings beat very rapidly, and periodically the birds glide for a short way without losing much height before resuming powered flight. When in a flock, the birds take off almost simultaneously, wheel and turn in unison, form a compact mass or trail off into a wispy stream, bunch up again and land in a coordinated fashion. Common starling on migration can fly at 60–80 km/h (37–50 mph) and cover up to 1,000–1,500 km (620–930 mi).
Several terrestrial starlings, including those in the genus Sturnus, have adaptations of the skull and muscles that help with feeding by probing. This adaptation is most strongly developed in the common starling (along with the spotless and white-cheeked starlings), where the protractor muscles responsible for opening the jaw are enlarged and the skull is narrow, allowing the eye to be moved forward to peer down the length of the bill. This technique involves inserting the bill into the ground and opening it as a way of searching for hidden food items. Common starlings have the physical traits that enable them to use this feeding technique, which has undoubtedly helped the species spread far and wide.
In Iberia, the western Mediterranean and northwest Africa, the common starling may be confused with the closely related spotless starling, the plumage of which, as its name implies, has a more uniform colour. At close range it can be seen that the latter has longer throat feathers, a fact particularly noticeable when it sings.
The common starling is a noisy bird. Its song consists of a wide variety of both melodic and mechanical-sounding noises as part of a ritual succession of sounds. The male is the main songster and engages in bouts of song lasting for a minute or more. Each of these typically includes four varieties of song type, which follow each other in a regular order without pause. The bout starts with a series of pure-tone whistles and these are followed by the main part of the song, a number of variable sequences that often incorporate snatches of song mimicked from other species of bird and various naturally occurring or man-made noises. The structure and simplicity of the sound mimicked is of greater importance than the frequency with which it occurs. Each sound clip is repeated several times before the bird moves on to the next. After this variable section comes a number of types of repeated clicks followed by a final burst of high-frequency song, again formed of several types. Each bird has its own repertoire with more proficient birds having a range of up to 35 variable song types and as many as 14 types of clicks.
Intelligent, curious, and opportunistic.
Sniffing for a T Bone steak.
Kruger National Park
17h00
9 cubs in this communal den
When their mothers need to go hunting, there’s always a babysitter on hand.
Tréguier
Tréguier (Breton: Landreger) is a port town in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is the capital of the province of Trégor.
Tréguier is located 36 m. N.W. of Saint-Brieuc by road. The port is situated about 5½ m. from the English Channel at the confluence of two streams that form the Tréguier River.
Tréguier (Trecorum), which dates from the sixth century, grew up round a monastery founded by Saint Tudwal (died c. 564). In the 9th century it became the seat of a bishopric, suppressed on July 12, 1790 (decree of November 14, 1789). Pop. (1906), 2605.
Count Stephen of Tréguier was the second Earl of Richmond, inheriting the British peerage created by William the Conqueror from his older brother Alan Rufus.
Saw-milling, boat-building and flaxstripping are carried on, together with trade in cereals, cloth, potatoes, etc. The port carries on fishing and a coasting and small foreign trade.
Tro Breizh (Breton for "Tour of Brittany") is a Catholic pilgrimage that links the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany, including Tréguier, Saint Tudwal's town.
The Pardon of Saint Yves is a major event. As Yves is patron saint of the legal profession, it attracts Catholic lawyers and judges from all over the world.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tréguier
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Tréguier
Tréguier (Bretons: Landreger) is een gemeente in het Franse departement Côtes-d'Armor (regio Bretagne) en telt 2679 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Lannion. Elk jaar op 19 mei wordt een religieuze processie gehouden, het "Pardon". Eveneens volgt dan ook de Fest-Noz-feesten.
Tréguier is een oude bisschopsstad die op de hellingen van een heuvel aan de westoever van de Jaudy ligt, op een afstand van 15 km, ten westen van Paimpol. Het middelpunt van de stad is de Place du Martray, waar een monument staat voor de uit Tréguier afkomstige Ernest Renan. Aan het plein staat de voormalige kathedraal Saint-Tugdual, (die herinnert aan de Heilige Tugdual (gestorven circa 564), die in de 6e eeuw in de Trégot, het gebied rond Tréguier, als missionaris heeft gewerkt). Zij is in hoofdzaak een bouwwerk uit de 14e en 15e eeuw (delen van voorafgaande bouwsels zijn nog bewaard gebleven.) Van de drie torens van het dwarsschip is de Romaanse Tour de Hastings van het noordelijke dwarsschip uit de 12e eeuw.
Op 19 mei van elk jaar (sterfdag van Saint-Yves - 1303), vindt het Pardon des Pauvres (bedevaart van de Armen) plaats, een groot processie, die van Tréguier naar de kerk van Minihy-Tréguier, de geboorteplaats van deze heilige leidt.
Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tréguier
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Tréguier
Le nom en breton de la commune est Landreger.
Tréguier [tʁegje] est une commune, chef-lieu de canton du département des Côtes-d'Armor, dans la région Bretagne, en France.
Tréguier est la capitale historique du Trégor. Sa cathédrale, ses ruelles et ses maisons à pans de bois constituent le charme de cette ancienne cité épiscopale.
Tréguier est situé au confluent du Jaudy et du Guindy ; la Rivière de Tréguier étant la ria ou l'estuaire, large de 250 à 500 mètres selon les endroits, commun aux deux cours d'eau, Tréguier occupant le site de leur presqu'île de confluence. Ces vallées découpent le plateau du Trégor et le centre de la ville s'étant implanté sur le promontoire entre les deux vallées. Celles-ci ont découpé le plateau du Trégor et la ville s'est développée sur les deux escarpements limitant ce lambeau de plateau jusqu'à la rive droite du Guindy et la rive gauche du Jaudy. Longtemps, les rives opposées du Jaudy et du Guindy opposées à Tréguier n'ont été reliées à la cité que par des bacs (bacs de Canada, attesté dès 1619, l'origine du nom est inconnue, et de Saint-Sul) pour franchir le Jaudy, ou au prix d'un assez long détour via un petit pont à hauteur du village du Guindy, pour rejoindre Plouguiel en franchissant le Guindy.
Tréguier est une ville-port de fond de ria, comme le sont de nombreuses autres villes bretonnes comme Dinan, La Roche-Derrien, Morlaix, Landerneau, Quimper, Quimperlé, etc., donnant sur la Manche toute proche.
Le port, situé à 9 km de la mer, a une activité attestée dès le Moyen Âge (des bateaux de faible tirant d'eau pouvaient alors remonter l'estuaire et un trafic de sable, de pierre, de blé ou de lin créa à cet égard un véritable négoce jusqu'à la fin du xve siècle. Situé sur la rive gauche du Jaudy juste avant la confluence avec le Guindy, il est désormais accessible, grâce à sa profondeur, à des bateaux d'assez fort tonnage et, si c'est encore un port de commerce au trafic modeste, c'est désormais surtout un port de plaisance équipé de cinq pontons flottants et d'une capacité d'accueil de 330 places.
La pêche des poissons, crustacés, coquillages (huîtres) en Rivière de Tréguier était active comme le prouve une réglementation datant de 1853. En 1896, 230 bateaux montés par 390 hommes participent à la pêche aux huîtres sur les bancs naturels (la pêche ne dure que quelques heures un jour de mars) de la Rivière de Tréguier. Cette activité décline progressivement : en 1904, 108 bateaux et, en 1905, 87 bateaux de Tréguier et des environs participent à la pêche aux huîtres par dragage. On y arma aussi pour la pêche à la morue dans les parages de l'Islande.
Le centre-ville de Tréguier, la "vieille ville" un tiers du territoire communal, est un secteur sauvegardé, ce qui est contesté par ceux qui refusent que la cité devienne une "ville-musée" mais approuvé par d'autres.
Spotted this Fellow eyeing me at a local park. I could sense he was looking for a handout, and I wanted to give him a treat; but there are signs in the park stating, “do not feed the wildlife.” So, I gave him a nod and we went our separate ways.
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California ground squirrels live in burrows which they excavate themselves. Some burrows are occupied communally but each individual squirrel has its own entrance. Although they readily become tame in areas used by humans, and quickly learn to take food left or offered by picnickers, they spend most of their time within 25 m (82 ft.) of their burrow, and rarely go further than 50 m (160 ft.) from it.
In the colder parts of their range, California ground squirrels hibernate for several months, but in areas where winters have no snow, most squirrels are active year-round.
California ground squirrels are often regarded as a pest in gardens and parks, since they will eat ornamental plants and trees. They commonly feed on seeds, such as oats, but also eat insects such as crickets and grasshoppers as well as various fruits.
California ground squirrels are frequently preyed on by rattlesnakes. They are also preyed on by eagles, raccoons, foxes, badgers, and weasels.
The average lifespan for the California ground squirrel is 3 to 4 years in the wild, but they can live as long as 6 years. In captivity, the average lifespan for the ground squirrel is 10 years.
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A quelques centaines de mètres en contrebas de l'église de Gourin, ne manquez pas le Château de Tronjoly et son parc ombragé, propriété communale. L'étang, le manoir, l'ancien moulin , le parc sont une des fiertés de la ville de Gourin.
Le château
Le château de Tronjoly est plutôt un manoir de belle prestance, se mirant dans les eaux de l'étang, bief d'un moulin.
C'est une élégante construction du XVIIIème siècle. Un manoir, dont on pouvait voir encore les ruines au XIXème siècle, a précédé cette vaste demeure à la façade bien régulière. Son élégance tient à l'espace qui l'entoure autant qu'aux proportions du bâtiment.
Le nom de Tronjoly vient du breton « Traon-joliff » (belle vallée).
Le logis central s'agrémente de mansardes à petits frontons et de charmantes lucarnes dans le toit. Un grand fronton cintré et armoirié orne le centre de la façade. Un balcon en fer forgé galbé garnit la porte-fenêtre de l'étage. Sur la face ouest, une petite niche qui contenait une cloche porte cette jolie devise « mon timbre sonne exact à notre devoir ». Au pignon sud de la longère, se découpe un oculus large et de belle facture à entourage de granit. La longère ouest, incorporée aujourd'hui à l'ensemble construit, était réservée aux rangements, aux écuries et aux hangars de la ferme située à l'arrière du château.
Les différents propriétaires
Le premier château fut propriété des De Kergoët de 1426 à 1669 avant que ne leur succèdent les L'Ollivier. La famille L'Ollivier est surtout connue pendant la période révolutionnaire. Les membres de cette famille furent en effet surveillés par les autorités républicaines car ils hébergeaient des chouans de passage et réunissaient les fidèles de Gourin autour des prêtres réfractaires. Jean-Baptiste L'Ollivier père ainsi que son épouse Françoise Guillemette De Quelen refusaient également de se présenter quotidiennement aux autorités de la commune.
Le commissaire de district disait alors du châtelain que « c'était un homme dont l'ombre entretenait le feu de l'aristocratie et qu'il aurait été convenable de le retirer de son donjon, lui et sa famille ». En 1793, ils furent contraints de s'établir au Faouët sous la surveillance des autorités. Le domaine devint ensuite propriété des Rouxel De Lescouët qui le restaurent à la fin du XIXe siècle, suite à un incendie avant de parvenir à la famille De Boissieu puisque Hermine De Lescouët épousa le baron Joseph De Salvaing De Boissieu. Ce dernier décède en 1956 et laisse le domaine à sa fille Madeleine.
Après la mort de cette dernière, la municipalité de l'époque en fait l'acquisition en 1984. Depuis lors, de nombreuses améliorations ont été apportées (toiture, longère en particulier).
Le parc délaissé depuis la mort du baron retrouve une nouvelle jeunesse grâce aux municipalités successives. L'aménagement des lieux a changé leur utilisation : le château n'est plus habité, il est destiné aux grands rassemblements publics ou privés et à diverses expositions durant l'été (avec un théâtre de verdure, un parc arboré avec de nombreux arbres d'essences diverses).
Un gîte d'étape sur la route de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle, des gîtes ruraux (aménagés dans une ancienne ferme du domaine), et la création d'une salle des fêtes contribue à un accueil de qualité dans ce domaine, poumon vert aux abords immédiat de la ville.
This chateau is in our town and it fills many purposes among the most popular are the expo's , for which even his Excellency Charles H. Rivkin made a point of coming to visit the expo "Ces Bretons d’Amérique".
La réserve naturelle domaniale d'Orti est localisée en Ardenne centrale, dans la vallée du ruisseau de Laval, à proximité de sa confluence avec l'Ourthe occidentale, au sud du village de Lavacherie, sur le territoire communal de Sainte-Ode. L'essentiel de ses quelque 6,5 hectares est occupé par une mosaïque de mégaphorbiaies et de prairies humides acidophiles à reine des prés (Filipendula ulmaria), jonc à tépales aigus (Juncus acutiflorus), comaret (Comarum palustre), succise des prés (Succisa pratensis), bistorte (Persicaria bistorta), valériane officinale (Valeriana officinalis), lysimaque commune (Lysimachia vulgaris) et bien d'autres plantes encore. Des massifs arbustifs se sont progressivement installés suite à l'abandon du site comme pré de fauche. Il s'agit souvent de saussaies marécageuses à saule à oreillettes (Salix aurita) là où le sol est le plus gorgé d'eau. A d'autres endroits, une jeune forêt feuillue évolue librement, notamment sous l'aspect d'une aulnaie-frênaie le long du cours d'eau. Un étang mésotrophe complète la palette d'habitats présents sur cette belle zone humide. Ce fond de vallée est fréquenté par une faune particulièrement remarquable, assez comparable à ce qu'on observe dans les autres sites encore bien préservés de la région. Une autre zone protégée, la ZHIB d'Orti, s'étale sur près de 4 ha juste à l'est, sur la rive opposée du ruisseau de Laval. Cette réserve domaniale est inscrite en presque totalité au réseau Natura 2000 dans le site BE34031 "Bassin moyen de l'Ourthe occidentale". Elle est aussi entièrement englobée dans les limites du Parc Naturel des Deux Ourthes.
The national nature reserve of Orti is located in the central Ardennes, in the valley of the Laval stream, near its confluence with the western Ourthe, south of the village of Lavacherie, in the municipal territory of Sainte-Ode. Most of its approximately 6.5 hectares is occupied by a mosaic of megaphorbiaia and acidophilous wet meadows with meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), sharp-tepaled rush (Juncus acutiflorus), comaret (Comarum palustre), meadow succise ( Succisa pratensis), bistort (Persicaria bistorta), valerian (Valeriana officinalis), common loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) and many other plants. Shrub beds have gradually settled in following the abandonment of the site as a mowing meadow. It is often swamp sassai with auricle willow (Salix aurita) where the soil is most waterlogged. In other places, a young deciduous forest evolves freely, notably in the aspect of an alder-ash forest along the watercourse. A mesotrophic pond completes the range of habitats present in this beautiful wetland. This valley bottom is frequented by a particularly remarkable fauna, quite comparable to what can be observed in the other still well-preserved sites in the region. Another protected area, the ZHIB d'Orti, extends over almost 4 ha just to the east, on the opposite bank of the Laval stream. This state reserve is almost entirely included in the Natura 2000 network in the BE34031 site "Middle basin of the western Ourthe". It is also entirely encompassed within the limits of the Deux Ourthes Natural Park.
Worker carrying something, Chinatown, London
Homeless, Brick Lane, London
Thomas Thorstensson Photography
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