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The vessels wait for the water in Alfred Dock to equalise with the East Float dock and the interconnecting dock gate can be opened.
Vondelpark is the most famous recreational park in Amsterdam but it's also full of wildlife too. Because it contains a series of interconnecting lakes and ponds for its complete length you'll especially see plenty of waterfowl there. In the centre there is a fenced off conservation area which is where this family of storks have been nesting on a specially constructed platform.
Once upon a time white storks were very common in the country. During the latter part of the 20th century their numbers dwindled considerably, but due to recent conservation measures there are now quite a few breeding pairs around Amsterdam's various parks and elsewhere in Holland. They were common once in the UK too but now we have no breeding pairs at all, though we do get 20 or so visiting birds in the summer apparently.
This was a very long zoomed shot and then cropped some as I could only get so close, but it gives you an idea
Stagecoach East Midlands YX67VCK 10897 seen leaving Lincoln Central bus station on service 100 to Gainsborough then Scunthorpe
Great road to the north of Beni, interconnects many villages, including some towns inside the Iténez Departamental Park.
A brand I am somewhat of a fan of arriving in Hull on loan, happy with this one!
Gainsborough have very generously sent up a lone Enviro 400 MMC for cover as the Commonwealth Games creep around the corner.
Seen here, on a day where temperatures reached 38° degrees in Hull!, is InterConnect liveried Enviro 400 MMC on local service 8 towards Hull Interchange.
Following a brief sojourn in Scunthorpe during April and May,
fleet number 10899 returned to it's familiar stomping ground of the 100 route from 2nd June. It is seen passing the site of the former Lincoln Racecourse on West Common, which was a venue for horse racing until closure in 1964.
There was a time where almost every small town had it's own water and power company. Some even had their own telephone company that would interconnect with other telcos.
Seymour still runs their own departments.
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Stagecoach East Midlands - Interconnect liveried - Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 - FX12 BAV seen at Lincoln (temporary) Bus Station operating service 6 on January 13th 2018
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower
The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, with a large flower head (capitulum). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 metres tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide. Other types of sunflowers include the California Royal Sunflower, which has a burgundy (red + purple) flower head.
The flower head is actually an inflorescence made of hundreds or thousands of tiny flowers called florets. The central florets look like the centre of a normal flower, and the outer florets look like yellow petals. All together they make up a "false flower" or pseudanthium. The benefit to the plant is that it is very easily seen by the insects and birds which pollinate it, and it produces thousands of seeds.
The sunflower is the state flower of Kansas. That is why Kansas is sometimes called the Sunflower State. To grow well, sunflowers need full sun. They grow best in fertile, wet, well-drained soil with a lot of mulch. In commercial planting, seeds are planted 45 cm (1.5 ft) apart and 2.5 cm (1 in) deep.
Description
The outer petal-bearing florets are the sterile florets and can be yellow, red, orange, or other colours. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into seeds.
The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern. Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, 137.5°, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in one direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower there could be 89 in one direction and 144 in the other.[1][2]
Sunflowers commonly grow to heights between 1.5 and 3.5 m (5–12 ft.). The tallest sunflower confirmed by Guinness World Records is 9.17 m (2014, Germany). In 16th century Europe the record was already 7.3 m (24 ft., Spain).[3] Most cultivars are variants of H. annuus, but four other species (all perennials) are also domesticated. This includes H. tuberosus, the Jerusalem Artichoke, which produces edible tubers.
As food
Sunflower "whole seed" (fruit) are sold as a snack food, after roasting in ovens, with or without salt added. Sunflowers can be processed into a peanut butter alternative, Sunbutter. In Germany, it is mixed together with rye flour to make Sonnenblumenkernbrot (literally: sunflower whole seed bread), which is quite popular in German-speaking Europe. It is also sold as food for birds and can be used directly in cooking and salads. Sunflower oil, extracted from the seeds, is used for cooking, as a carrier oil and to produce margarine and biodiesel, as it is cheaper than olive oil. A range of sunflower varieties exist with differing fatty acid compositions; some 'high oleic' types contain a higher level of healthy monounsaturated fats in their oil than Olive oil.
The cake remaining after the seeds have been processed for oil is used as a livestock feed. Some recently developed cultivars have drooping heads. These cultivars are less attractive to gardeners growing the flowers as ornamental plants, but appeal to farmers, because they reduce bird damage and losses from some plant diseases. Sunflowers also produce latex and are the subject of experiments to improve their suitability as an alternative crop for producing hypoallergenic rubber. Traditionally, several Native American groups planted sunflowers on the north edges of their gardens as a "fourth sister" to the better known three sisters combination of corn, beans, and squash.[9] Annual species are often planted for their allelopathic properties.[source?] However, for commercial farmers growing commodity crops, the sunflower, like any other unwanted plant, is often considered a weed. Especially in the midwestern USA, wild (perennial) species are often found in corn and soybean fields and can have a negative impact on yields. Sunflowers may also be used to extract toxic ingredients from soil, such as lead, arsenic and uranium. They were used to remove uranium, cesium-137, and strontium-90 from soil after the Chernobyl disaster (see phytoremediation).
Stagecoach East Midlands - InterConnect liveried - Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini - FX06 AOD is seen here at Chapel St Leonards, Ancaster Avenue operating service 9 to Skegness on June 28th 2016.
This spot is composed of a couple of interconnecting bridges. I love to take a walk here early in the morning and admire the view :)
Stagecoach East Midlands - Interconnect liveried - Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC - YX67 VCK seen in Retford operating service 47 to Hallcroft on August 19th 2020
Seen departing from Lincoln Bus Station on route IC5 (InterConnect 5) to Boston.
A Brylaine Optare Solo (B37F).
New to Brylaine in March 2005.
World War II passageway tunnel used to interconnect Gun emplacements.
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A very rare allocation now, a single decker on the 100! First time i've seen that happen. Definitely a case of being in the right place at the right time. Stagecoach Lincolnshire 27795, a 2012 ADL Enviro 300, was seen in Gainsborough Bus Station, rarely operating a service 100 to Scunthorpe.
Stagecoach East Midlands - InterConnect liveried - Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC - YX67 VCL seen at Scunthorpe Bus Station whilst not in service on April 21st 2022
Stagecoach Lincolnshire 27786, a 2012 ADL Enviro 300, was seen in Lincoln on a service 53 to Market Rasen. New to Stagecoach Hull.
Optare Tempo YJ10 MDE seen in Lincoln bus station with an InterConnect 5 to Boston on 3.7.21
The driver has a rather smart Brylaine tie, while the bus has traces of its former Yellow Buses livery where the windscreen gasket has become misshapen.
Stagecoach Lincolnshire 15615, a 2010 Scania N230UD ADL Enviro 400, was seen leaving Lincoln Bus Station operating a service 56 to Skegness. New to Stagecoach Oxfordshire.
Seen departing from Lincoln Bus Station on route IC5 (InterConnect 5) to Boston.
A Brylaine Optare Tempo (B43F).
New to Konectbus of Dereham as fleet number 409 in October 2007.
Although the Marshalls double deckers were a nice surprise, this was the main attraction of the day. Due to Brylaine not having enough drivers available on Saturdays, the B5 (InterConnect 5) between Boston and Lincoln is covered by other operators. Previously, this was Stagecoach, and I actually thought this was meant to be the final week of Stagecoach operation, but it turned out that was the week before. So, at the moment, B5s on a Saturday are covered by Black Cat Travel between Lincoln and Coningsby and PC Coaches between Coningsby and Boston.
It's nice to see Black Cat doing more than just random rail replacements and contracts, and there's even something of a fleet list on Bustimes now because they're doing regular services. The B5 is one for their single deckers due to a low bridge somewhere between Lincoln and Coningsby, so although I saw most of 'em during the depot open day it's great to also see them out on the road, where I can get some better pictures.
V111 BCT was the mainstay of the BCT B5 for the first few Saturdays, but in more recent weeks during November they've diversified into using other Darts in different liveries. Although the reg suggests it is an older Dart, this bus was new to Lothian as number 98, SN53 AVP, before moving onward to Ipswich Buses as number 137.
Norman Street, Lincoln, 24.9.22