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ALTHOUGH it is rather nondescript the corn bunting does have a distinctive song. It dangles it legs when flying short distances, and just look at its nails, they are very approachable with extreme care, I love seeing them at the Ancient Highway Sandwich Kent.
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THANK YOU for your support and comments, hope you are all enjoying the sunshine in the UK,
Stay safe and well, God bless.....................Tomx
Redshank - Tringa Totanus
The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia. They are uncommon vagrants outside these areas.
They are wary and noisy birds which will alert everything else with their loud piping call. Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates. Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities. They lay 3–5 eggs.
The common redshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
It is widely distributed and quite plentiful in some regions, and thus not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Red backed Shrike - Lanius collurio
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae. The breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia but it only rarely occurs in the British Isles. It is migratory and winters in the western areas of tropical Africa.
Once a common migratory visitor to Great Britain, numbers declined sharply during the 20th century. The bird's last stronghold was in Breckland but by 1988 just a single pair remained, successfully raising young at Santon Downham. The following year for the first time no nests were recorded in the UK. But since then sporadic breeding has taken place, mostly in Scotland and Wales. In September 2010 the RSPB announced that a pair had raised chicks at a secret location on Dartmoor where the bird last bred in 1970. In 2011, two pairs nested in the same locality, fledging seven young. In 2012 there was another breeding attempt, this time unsuccessful, probably due to a prolonged spell of wet weather. In 2013 breeding was again confirmed in Devon, with two young fledged at a new site.
This return to south western England has been an unexpected development and has raised speculation that a warming climate could assist the bird in re-colonising some of its former haunts, if only in small numbers.
Population:
UK breeding:
1-3 pairs
UK passage:
250 birds
The bullfinch is a bulky bull-headed bird. The upper parts are grey; the flight feathers and short thick bill are black; as are the cap and face in adults (they are greyish-brown in juveniles), and the white rump and wing bars are striking in flight. The adult male has red underparts, but females and young birds have grey-buff underparts. It moults between July and October, but males do not have the duller autumn plumage that is typical of some other finches. The song of this unobtrusive bird contains fluted whistles, and is often described as 'mournful'.
Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, southern England. Its sandy beach is dotted with colorful beach huts and backed by Georgian houses. Victorian Nothe Fort offer harbour views. Weymouth Sealife Park is home to sharks, turtles and stingrays.
This is a shot from my archives which has never been uploaded before for the Smile on Saturday theme of Sunset. I am a sucker for a lovely sunset and have got so many sunset shots that have never seen the light of day! HSoS! The shot was taken at Penclawdd - a super place for a sunset at high tide
just a nature shot, enjoy.
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My daddy is in hospital now, I just want to say because maybe I won't be really around these days. Hope you all understand. Thanks.
There is spring in the talk of the chickadees outside my window, and in the cheerful bluster of a red squirrel in the hickory :-)
Dallas Lore Sharp, The Atlantic Monthly, February 1908
HBM!! Protect the ones you love...wear a mask, take care :-)
schwabacher's landing, grand tetons national park, wyoming
Found this in a plant pot while I was gardening.
Found one last year as well.
Have a lovely day.
ID Irene Mary
Tersa Sphinx Moth caterpillar.
For the Macro Mondays theme: “What is that?”
Have a guess ;-))
And a lovely start of this week!!
Update: it is a macroshot of a zipper ;-))
Hello my amazing Flickr friends !
Today is a blue day at Color my World Daily but I’m skipping it this time since we have a very unique and interesting theme at Looking close on Friday this week. The theme is : "My Name is…" and it must be a black and white picture. Dont worry the blue color will be back next Friday… unless there is another awesome theme incompatible with the blue color…)
So here we go, my name is : Magdalena aka Magda627.
Now you know almost everything there is to know about me :-).
I hope you will like my picture my friends !! See you later and have an amazing day !!
Happiness is
where we are look with the eyes of our heart ..
in every wild flower
in every butterfly
in every blooming tree
in every flying bird
in the beauty of Nature
in the sky that inspires us to dream
in every smile
in every act of kindness
in everyone we love
everything that touches our senses ...
in everything and ... in us the universal power!
Have a beautiful day my dear Flickr -friends and followers.
Heartfelt thanks for you visits, stars and beautiful comments!
Kalimera!
“To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back”
Voltaire
Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:~)
Brendastarr texture
Thanks a lot for your visits, comments, faves, invites, etc ... Always very much appreciated !
I think this is a Sorbus? Rowan? Mountain Ash? Or are they all the same? I am rubbish at identifying trees!!
"Time is free but priceless
You can't own it but you can use it
You can't keep it but you can spend it
Once you have lost it you can never get it back..."
Details: thebeautysecondlife.blogspot.com/2019/09/time-is-precious...
Midyat is a town in Mardin province of southeastern Turkey. The history of Midyat can be traced back to the Hurrians during the 3rd millennium BC. The town is a melting point of religions and languages.
6 weeks old Lucky is enjoying the fresh grass and I enjoyed our little foto-session so much. It was just great being with these adorable and innocent squirrel-babies (Squirrels-2020-9879.jpg)
Life is just a bowl of cherries, don’t take it serious, its mysterious. Life is just a bowl of cherries, so live and laugh and laugh at love, love a laugh, laugh and love.
Some weeks are just rough...but in the end, we just gotta make it through.
Taken at SLURL:
Everything is the same
Everything is broken
Everything still works
Everything stands still
Everything goes through everything
There's nothing I know for sure anymore
Blue was the sky under wich I slept
Green was the grass I walked on
There could be clouds full of worries
In the end they floated by
I'm looking for the common thread
Something that makes it all logical
I want to see, the way I saw, when I still had you
Because now, everything is gray
'Cause I can see the sun
But I don't feel the heat
The world is still spinning for me
But she's lost her colors
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Entwined Florence hair
Sorumin WarmVintage Jacket&sweater set
HIVE Coffee on the go
Taken @ Bella's Nocturne
Autumn has arrived. Finally... 😃 I'm an autumn child and this is definitely my favourite season ☀️😉 wish you all a happy autumn. Stay safe 😉👍
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro
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The Krall Barn is believed to be the oldest existing log barn in Lebanon County. The effort to save it first kicked off in 2007, when the structure, then located east of Schaefferstown, was saved from destruction by a cooperating owner, Howard Scharff, who worked with Schaefferstown’s Bill Ross by offering to donate the barn if it was dismantled. The way it stands now, most of the exterior of the Krall Barn is nearly complete. But there are many smaller, inside projects yet to be tackled. The education center is expected to make it easier for visitors to enjoy their time at the 110 acre historic site that features three locks of the Union Canal, an engineering feat visited by none less than President George Washington himself during its construction.
-Jeff Falk -www.lebtown.com
Every single detail is here :
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♫♪♫ ...When you feel my heat, look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide
Don't get too close, it's dark inside
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide .. ♪♫♫
Kuznetsky Most is one of the most beautiful pedestrian streets in the historical center of Moscow.
The street got its modern - and at the same time historical - name thanks to the Kuznetsky Bridge across the Neglinnaya River. Today, Kuznetsky Most Street attracts citizens with its high-quality landscaping, an abundance of architectural monuments and an unusual relief: due to the significant difference in heights between Petrovka and Rozhdestvenka, the city landscape looks especially picturesque.
Kuznetskaya Sloboda on the high bank of the Neglinnaya River - Neglinnaya Upper - appeared in the 12th century, but its heyday came only at the end of the 15th, when the Cannon Yard was built in the vicinity, and the Moscow prince Ivan III ordered to settle in it blacksmiths and grooms who served new production. At the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, Novgorod and Pskov were annexed to the Moscow principality, and craftsmen of various professions from these cities were moved to the Neglinny Upper.
In 1737, the street burned out during the Trinity fire, but rather quickly new buildings were built on it, in which foreign shops began to be located. Gradually, the street turned into the abode of foreign trade: the French showed particular zeal, opening fashion and haberdashery shops here, thanks to which Kuznetsky Most became the main shopping street in Moscow. During World War II and the fire of 1812, it practically did not suffer from the fire, since the French guard took over the protection of the business of compatriots. After the war, trade flourished again, and many fashionable shops were opened on it (almost all of them were foreign, most of them were French). The abundance of foreign shops made Kuznetsky Most the most fashionable and aristocratic street in Moscow, which it remained until the 1917 Revolution.
During the Soviet era, the street lost part of the historical buildings, many buildings were rebuilt, and the street gradually took on a modern look.
After the reconstruction carried out in 2012, the Kuznetsky Most section from Bolshaya Dmitrovka to Rozhdestvenka became pedestrian.
Today Kuznetsky Most Street is a well-maintained pedestrian zone, where city holidays and festivals are often held.
Despite the losses of the Soviet years, a large number of architectural monuments have been preserved on it: tenement houses, partially preserved city estates and passages. Among them are famous Moscow sights: the building of the Moscow International Trade Bank, Khomyakov's trading house and others.
Manarola is a small town, a frazione of the comune of Riomaggiore, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is the second-smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns frequented by tourists, with a population of 353. We spent there beautiful day in September 2018.
My bicyclet is from NUTMEG : Cargobike.
Available at Epiphany.
Pose and wine glass is from ANA POSES : Bordeaux 1.
Available at Epiphany.
The old ladies dog in the charette is from REZZROOM : Poodle toy.
Available at Equal10.
It's been in the news: "This is the first big partial eclipse to happen in the UK since 1999, and the next one isn't until August 2026, so this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity." - So all gear set up and waiting - hoping for a glimpse of that "once-in-a-generation" event...
BUT the weather didn't play by the rules where I live: Muddy skiess all morning... No sun to be seen, let alone the moon trying to cover it up...
Still, with all the gear in place, when the clouds went I decided to do a shot of the sun (background image - HDR'ed) and "post-processed" my moon in with Photoshop afterwards.
Ha: If you cannot rely on UK clear skies, create your own eclipse! ;-)
Made for mental sanity & Sliders Sunday: HSS!
"Nature" is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse—the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.
Emily Dickinson
This photo is an adaptation of a famous Pink Floyd poster. The body paints feature album covers from some of the most popular albums of the group, in chronological order.
Recognitions
This picture was made cover of group Sound and Vision - Music in SL in June 2020
To accompany this photo, here is one of the greatest song from the band: Listen