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Red Squirrel - Sciurus Vulgaris
Highlands, Scotland.
The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.
Red squirrels that survive their first winter have a life expectancy of 3 years. Individuals may reach 7 years of age, and 10 in captivity. Survival is positively related to availability of autumn–winter tree seeds; on average, 75–85% of juveniles die during their first winter, and mortality is approximately 50% for winters following the first.
Although not thought to be under any threat worldwide, the red squirrel has nevertheless drastically reduced in number in the United Kingdom; especially after the grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the 1870s. Fewer than 140,000 individuals are thought to be left in 2013; approximately 85% of which are in Scotland, with the Isle of Wight being the largest haven in England. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project,[26] supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. The population decrease in Britain is often ascribed to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, but the loss and fragmentation of its native woodland habitat has also played a role.
In January 1998, eradication of the non-native North American grey squirrel began on the North Wales island of Anglesey. This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour is also populated exclusively by red rather than grey squirrels (approximately 200 individuals).
Waldwirtschaft
February 2023 - Ferenberg-Bantigen BE, Schweiz
Mamiya 7II, 4/80 mm, Kodak Tri-X 400, D-76 (1+1)
Print auf Fomatone 132 mit Moersch ECO 4812
Selentonung MT1 1+9, 1:30 min
Mountain homeland
Neukirchen bei Altmünster, Oberösterreich
1999
Noblex Pro 6/150 UX, Kodak CN 400
Lithprint auf Kodabrome II RC
SE5 1+15, +3 f-stops, 5 min
Catechol/NH4Cl 8+10+800, 1 min
Seems everyone is very busy getting ready but sheep have time to help the aliens or Father Christmas it seems:)
Felsentor / rock-gate Kuhstall, Bad Schandau, Upper Elbe Valley, Saxony, Germany
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Not mist but a controlled burn by forestry workers from a nearby conifer plantation that had been felled. An area that I'd visited numerous times over the years and from which I'd managed some lovely pictures, but nothing stays the same and I'd always known it was plantation and would be felled at some stage. Poignant all the same and although "my area" was closed due to the works this adjacent area had smoke drifting through which was backlit creating this mist-like effect and seemed to be a fitting finale.
As I walk through the forest, I hear that sweet song that can’t be mistaken by non other than the white-throated sparrow. It takes a break from foraging and I snap its photo…
Beckdale is a lovely forestry walk from the town of Helmsley in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, England.
HTmT!
This building houses the 'tree specialists' on the Berkeley campus. I think the tall skinny one front and center is a Ponderosa Pine.
"Ponderous" means "of great weight" and "unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size". "Ponderosa" reminds most people of an old television show about a ranch!
Every year we take a trip to Cornwall in the Autumn. This year was no exception but a little different as we stayed on Bodmin Moor rather than on the Fowey Estuary. It was a trip of many facets, house hunting, walking but for me the last photo assignment of the year. I was to take images of fungus for my client in a Forestry Commission Plantation called "Halvana"
With war looming on the horizon at the beginning of the 20th Century, Britain could no longer rely on timber imports. Woodland resources in England covered just 5% of land area by 1917, due to demands during the First World War (especially trench warfare). In 1919 the Forestry Act came into force and Conifer plantations like Halvana were established to ensure a strategic reserve of timber. It is unfortunate that many of the ancient broadleaved woodland areas around England were cleared to make way for the faster-growing Conifer trees.
Whilst some plantations are gradually being replanted with native species, Halvana Plantation remains as a fascinating stretch of woodland to amble through and explore. The interior of evergreen plantations have a tendency to be dry dead places, due to the needles blocking out light and suffocating the forest floor. This forest is the complete opposite, with an endless carpet of moss creeping over everything, including up the trunks of trees and a huge selection of fungus spices.
So, off we went to Bodmin Moor with my new work camera in tow (Pentax 645Z Medium Format) more about this later, with my usual old Pentax K5II to take the very few snaps on our days out.
Here is the lush, green Halvana forest in all its moss covered glory.....the weather was typical of Bodmin Moor at this time of the year, one minute sunny but breezy and the next, torrential rain with flash flooding but in our converted stone cow shed with a wood burner we stayed toasty and warm. A fabulous trip, full of interest and wonderful Autumn colour.
Attempted to get a photo of my son when I was in here, bit he was having a ball playing with a large stick.
The Zwickau city park in the forest "Weißenborner Wald" with its three ponds, the beautiful building of the forestry commission office and extended forests is a very popular tourist and recreation destination in the Zwickau region. It includes a forest play- and sportsground and "Bellmann's Fountain". The legend says a bird catcher named Pöllmann was bitten by a viper just beside this source and died from the effects of this bite.
The forest of Weissenborn is the green lung of the nearby big city Zwickau. It offers wonderful possibilities for walking on its many comfortable footpaths, especially the Rhododendron Path , for playing on the Adventure Playground for the children, for relaxing on the shores of its hidden little ponds and for little picnics on its beautiful picnic places.
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Der Zwickauer Stadtpark im „Weißenborner Wald“ mit seinen drei Teichen, der Försterei und dem bis nach Werdau reichenden Waldbestand ist ein beliebtes Ausflugs- und Erholungsziel in der Zwickauer Region. Dazu gehören ein Waldsportplatz, die Wüstung Rappendorf und die Quelle Bellmanns Brunnen, wo der Sage nach ein Vogelfänger Namens Pöllmann von einer Kreuzotter gebissen wurde und an den Folgen dieses Bisses verstorben sein soll.
Eine Augenweide sind die vielen Rhododendronbüsche, die im Mai und Juni im Stadtpark im „Weißenborner Wald“ ihre weiße, rote und lilafarbene Blütenpracht entfalten. Viele davon wurden bereits beim Anlegen des parkähnlichen Areals am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gepflanzt. Später seien die Bestände ständig ergänzt und erweitert worden.
Wer die Pracht bei einem Spaziergang bewundern will, der sollte vom Waldparkplatz in Weißenborn aus Richtung Waldspielplatz laufen und an der Abzweigung dem Alpenrosenweg folgen. Auch an Bellmanns Brunnen stehen viele Rhododendren.
Der Weißenborner Wald ist die grüne Lunge von Zwickau. Er hält wunderschöne Wanderwege (besonders den Alpenrosenweg) bereit, hat einen Abenteuerspielplatz, schöne versteckte kleine Teiche und Picknickplätze.
Ashridge Estate, Chilterns Hills, Hertfordshire, England
Taken in black and white using Grainy Film II mode on the camera
I am always drawn to Larch trees, especially in Winter when they’ve shed their needles. This stand forms the background to a renovation project. Invasive Rhododendrons have been removed and native species are being planted in their place.