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I am still overcome with emotion after the events at the US Capitol last Wednesday. The sight of that ugly mob, at Trump’s instigation, defacing the symbol of our democracy is so horrifying and repulsive to me, I am beyond words. As many of you who have followed my page know, I am no fan of Donald Trump, to put it mildly. From the very beginning I knew that his presence in the White House was a travesty and that he was completely unfit to serve. As a culmination to four long years of outrageous acts, the disgusting sight of this deluded mob takes the cake, while thousands continue to die each day from Covid. I could go on and on ...
This photo was taken several years ago while on a visit to the UK - it was a complete throw away, taken through the window of a tour bus while being jostled by fellow passengers, all wanting to get a shot of the these wild ponies. So I took this image to the fantasy land of DDG and touched it up in Topaz Studio.
"We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay."
~ Lynda Barry
This pony and friends are employed to help manage the invasive bracken, in Hastings Country Park - HSS!
Wild Exmoor pones roam Warren Glen helping with conservation grazing. I took this for Smile on Saturday, but I removed it from the group as something came up and don't have time to comment on other photos.
Exmoor ponies are native to Britain having been around on Exmoor since at least 50,000 B.C. They almost went extinct after the Second World War having been slaughtered for their meat and used for target practice by soldiers. It is thought that there are fewer than 800 Exmoor ponies worldwide.
Here in East Lothian we have 20 living wild (13 on Traprain Law and 7 on Berwick Law) after being introduced to the area by East Lothian Council in partnership with the Moorland Mousie Trust as part of a conservation grazing project. This has resulted in increased biodiversity in both areas as the ponies eat the rougher grasses allowing more space for wild flowers and other plants to flourish which benefits the insects, birds and animals.
In the past Exmoors were used (abused) as pit ponies spending most of their lives underground. East Lothian is a former coal-mining area and so it is perhaps fitting that they have found a place above ground for some of these magnificent and hardy creatures to call home.
This Exmoor pony wandered by as I was tracking a red deer herd during the 2022 rut as the autumn sun was rising.
Exmouth Ponies enjoying the sunshine on a part of Exmoor. The road poses little threat as 'cattle grids' denote areas where they roam and drivers are considerate of these wonderful ponies. In this image they have their summer coats and look very healthy.
The Exmoor pony is a horse breed native to the British Isles, where some still roam as semi-feral livestock on Exmoor, a large area of moorland in Devon and Somerset in southwest England. The Exmoor has been given "endangered" status by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, and "threatened" status by The Livestock Conservancy. It is one of the British Isles' mountain and moorland pony breeds, having conformation similar to that of other cold-weather-adapted pony breeds. The Exmoor pony is hardy and used for a variety of equestrian activities. In its free-roaming state, the breed's presence on Exmoor contributes to the conservation and management of several natural pasture habitats.
Diese robuste, widerstandsfähige und abgehärtete Pferderasse wird in der Wistinghauser Senne bei Oerlinghausen zusammen mit Schottischen Hochlandrindern zur Waldbeweidung eingesetzt. Durch Verbiss und Tritt sollen sie dauerhaft mehr Licht und somit mehr Wärme an den Waldboden bringen. Damit soll die historische Heidelandschaft wieder hergestellt werden.
Fundort: Deutschland - Oerlinhausen - Wistinghauser Senne - 23.01.2022