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LNER A4 No4464 'BITTERN' and No4468 'MALLARD' alongside LNER Peppercorn Class A2 'BLUE PETER' and LNER Class V2 No4771 'GREEN ARROW' at Barrow Hill. All out of action at present and either being worked on or mothballed in a museum. I would love to see all of these locos doing what they do best. Performing out on the mainline!
Little Tern - Sterna Albifrons
This delightful chattering seabird is the UK's smallest tern. It is short-tailed and has a fast flight. Its bill is a distinctive yellow with a black tip. It is noisy at its breeding colony where courtship starts with an aerial display involving the male calling and carrying a fish to attract a mate, which chases him up high before he descends, gliding with wings in a 'V'.
Its vulnerable nesting sites and its decline in Europe make it an Amber List species. It is also listed as a Schedule 1 species in The Wildlife and Countryside Act.
This bird breeds on the coasts and inland waterways of temperate and tropical Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in the subtropical and tropical oceans as far south as South Africa and Australia.
There are three subspecies, the nominate albifrons occurring in Europe to North Africa and western Asia; guineae of western and central Africa; and sinensis of East Asia and the north and east coasts of Australia.[4]
The little tern breeds in colonies on gravel or shingle coasts and islands. It lays two to four eggs on the ground. Like all white terns, it is defensive of its nest and young and will attack intruders.
Like most other white terns, the little tern feeds by plunge-diving for fish, usually from saline environments. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display.
At the beginning of the 19th century the little tern was a common bird of European shores, rivers and wetlands, but in the 20th century populations of coastal areas decreased because of habitat loss, pollution and human disturbance.
The loss of inland populations has been even more severe, since due to dams, river regulation and sediment extraction it has lost most of its former habitats. The Little Tern population has declined or become extinct in many European countries, and former breeding places on large rivers like the Danube, Elbe and Rhine ceased. Nowadays, only few river systems in Europe possess suitable habitats; the Loire/Allier in France, the Vistula/Odra in Poland, the Po/Ticino in Italy, the Daugava in Latvia, the Nemunas in Lithuania, the Sava in Croatia and the Drava in Hungary and Croatia. The status of the little tern on the rivers Tagus and lower Danube is uncertain.
P1100558 - Wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
# 365 - 13 Aug '2019 - 18:45 (13:15 GMT)
Image taken from an open jeep safari at a close distance 🐾
At - Kaziranga National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Eastern Himalayas.
Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International ...
WONDERFUL FACTS - The Wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) - also called Asian Buffalo, Asiatic Buffalo and Wild Asian Buffalo.
Is a large bovine native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
It has been listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the remaining population totals less than 4,000.
A population decline of at least 50% over the last three generations (24–30 years) is projected to continue.
The global population has been estimated at 3,400 individuals, of which 3,100 (91%) live in India, mostly in Assam.
The wild water buffalo is the probable ancestor of the domestic water buffalo
(Wikipedia)
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Just arriving in Wycoller from the opposite end ! The bridge is 1000 year old !!
Clam Bridge is possibly more than 1000 years old and is listed as an Ancient Monument. It is a single slab laid across Wycoller Beck and once had a handrail. In 1989 and again in 1990 the bridge was swept away and cracked in two. It was repaired and replaced in 1991.
The gorgeous light seen from my parents house. This is my favourite spot to sit and listen to simple silence.
Det underbara ljuset som man kan se från mina föräldrars villa. Det här är min absoluta favoritplats för att sitta och lyssna på tystnaden.
wie wenden wir den technischen Fortschitt an dass er gut für die Menschheit ist eine Frage die uns immer noch beschäftigt ist...
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Fritz Lang erweckte 1927 in Metropolis die erste Roboterfrau „Maria“ zum Leben. Maria: ein „Maschinenmensch“; ein stählern, glänzender Roboter mit weiblichen Geschlechtsmerkmalen, also nicht nur Roboter sondern auch Androide. Androide: aus dem Griechischen, künstlicher Mensch, menschenähnliche Maschine.
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P1250810 - Nilgiri Laughingthrush - Size 20 cm
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Nilgiri laughingthrush - IUCN Red list endangered species.
The Nilgiri laughingthrush (Montecincla cachinnans) is endemic to high elevation areas of the Nilgiris region of Western Ghats, India.
Also known as Black-chinned or Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush.
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The Litchfield Public Library is situated in the center of Library Park in the heart of downtown Litchfield. The block on which the library sits forms the center of the downtown square.
The Classical Revival-style library was designed by Bloomington architect Paul Moratz and was constructed in 1904-05 at a cost of just under $16,000. Funds in the amount of $15,000 were obtained from the Andrew Carnegie Library Trust. In return, the City of Litchfield promised to maintain a free public library at the cost of not less than one-thousand dollars a year. Litchfield's contribution exceeded this amount.
Known as the "Patron Saint" of libraries, Andrew Carnegie spent the first 66 years of his life building a great fortune and the last 18 years giving it away. Between 1886 and 1919 his library benefactions world-wide surpassed $56M dollars. The Litchfield Public Library is just one of 105 Carnegie grants in various amounts made to Illinois communities between 1900-1916.
A new, larger Litchfield Public Library building opened in 2017. The building shown in this photo is now owned by the City of Litchfield where it is open to the public and home to the Litchfield Tourism Office.
Litchfield, a city in Montgomery County, is located in South Central Illinois and is part of the Metro East of St. Louis. Forty-six miles to the north of Litchfield is the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Two separate alignments of historic U.S. Route 66 (1930-1940 and 1940-1977), aka the Mother Road, run through the city. Litchfield had a population of 6,605 at the 2020 Census.
The Litchfield Carnegie Public Library was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1999.
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This lovely small island was our first port of call on our Greek cruise . There is virtually no motor vehicles here & transport is by donkey . The island is blissfully time-warped ; a listed architectural reserve , as new construction is (theoretically ) banned. A unique & charming place .
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The second item on my bucket list - a bucket of bolts. According to www.urbandictionary.com, a bucket of bolts is a machine that is old, run-down, or worn out. I think this old truck qualifies!
I got lucky with the horse in the background too. He decided to cross the entire field to get into the photo. Have a great weekend everyone!
A grade II listed structure, the Tees Newport Bridge was originally constructed in 1934 and was designed to lift up to allow boats to pass through on the River Tees underneath. To celebrate its 80th birthday it recently had a repaint in its original grey and red colours, not that you may see them in this photograph as it also had a new LED lighting system installed which allows it to be lit up in an array of colours.
With all of the steel and its hulking presence it is almost reminiscent of something out of a space sci-fi movie.
As a photographer this is what appeals to me about this image: The patterns in the girders, the rainbow colours running down the sides of the uprights and the patterns the shadows make on some of the blue beams.
Bare metal bodywork is always a winner in my book, and this 1958 Lister Chevrolet Knobbly is right up there in my eyes. Another low down point of view shot along the flank, highlighting those beautiful curves.
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Dieselbe Mauer auf dem Burgberg (voriges Foto), der so viele Attraktionen in sich birgt, wie die Tropfsteinhöhle und auch die alte Schiffswerft im Berg, die man restauriert hat.
Piraten nisteten sich hier ein und horteten ihre Schätze, so daß römische Truppen eingreifen mußten.
Dabei wurde der junge Cäsar gefangen genommen.
Es rollten viele Köpfe, da man zu wenig Lösegeld für seine Freilassung verlangt hatte.
Letztendlich wurde der Burgberg mit einer List der Seldschuken erobert und die Piraten ergaben sich.
Ein Denkmal des erfolgreichen Seldschukenführers steht am Ortseingang von Alanya.
Auch die Kreuzritterburg in Kap Anamur wurde von den Seldschuken erobert.
The Lemon Tree Restaurant in Tenterden is housed in a 14th century heavily timbered former Wealden Hall House, reputedly visited by King Henry VIII. lemontreetenterden.co.uk
Wikipedia: The Wealden hall house is a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed hall house traditional in the south east of England. Typically built for a yeoman, it is most common in Kent and the east of Sussex but has also been built elsewhere. Kent has one of the highest concentrations of such surviving medieval timber-framed buildings in Europe.
It is a Grade 11 listed building.
Bucket list moment. woke up early this morning in complete darned to climb the mountain and watch the sun rise over Alesund. .feeling very accomplished.
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Pronto estará listo el diccionario que te permitirá conocer y asimilar con facilidad las 5000 palabras menos conocidas de la lengua española:
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Ahora ya podrás evaluar tus conocimientos de español con estos nuevos y amenos juegos:
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www.cerebriti.com/juegos-de-lengua/vocabulario-dificil
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Otro juego didáctico mío ya puede hallarse en este portal de cultura general:
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Hace dos años terminé mi periplo por todos los municipios de Soria: una de esas provincias de la España vaciada que tanto atesoran (ahí dejo más de 200 fotos).
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Mi enciclopedia visual, a modo de banco de imágenes, ya cuenta con más de 1500 fotos como ésta:
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Otras fotos mías también pueden contemplarse en mi trabajo “Todos los pueblos de Cataluña”:
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Ahí dejo unos enlaces para que pongas a prueba tus conocimientos sobre flora con 31 amenos juegos:
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Ahí dejo 5 juegos más para poner a prueba tus conocimientos sobre el mundo animal:
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Ahí dejo mi nuevo trabajo (El rincón del test cultural) para que pongas a prueba tus conocimientos:
The plaque reads: Anne Van Gogh, sister of the painter Vincent Van Gogh lived here 1875 – 1876. Employed as an usher at a school in Ramsgate at the time, he visited Anne on more than one occasion, poverty compelling him to walk all the way from London.
Since Vincent Van Gogh died in 1890, the building is now grade 2 listed and part of our heritage
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Looking through some old SD cards again and ran across this shot from 2017. This was back when I didnt have a DSLR yet and was shooting with a Nikon point and shoot, but the photo is still pretty clear and sharp. Standard cab SD70 #2556 leads an eastbound grain train on an overcast day through Wabun, Va on the Whitethorne district. I'm guessing this particular unit never got rebuilt because I can't find it on a list anywhere.
The North Euston Hotel is a hotel in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It was built 1840–41, to a design by Decimus Burton. During the second half of the 19th century, the building was used by the War Department as a School of Musketry; by the end of the century it had reverted to its original purpose. The hotel has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. (Wiki)
This is the seafront, otherwise known as The Cleave, at Kingsand on the Rame Peninsula in the far south-east of Cornwall. The Devonport Inn is a delightful Grade II-listed pub dating originally from around 1740 (though with subsequent alterations) that is popular with locals and visitors alike. The seafront overlooks Plymouth Sound, and quite often gets battered by winter gales. For that reason most of the buildings along here have window shutters and flood protectors on the doors.
This beautiful Grade I-listed Church in Gressingham in the north of Lancashire dates back to the 12th century. The remains from that era include a Norman doorway. The church was partly rebuilt in 1734 when the three-stage tower was constructed. It was then refurbished in the latter part of the 19th century by the renowned church architect, E G Paley.
The Grade II-listed Hardwater Mill is just to the west of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, on the River Nene near Great Doddington. The buildings date from the mid-1700s to the early 1800s, though there has been a watermill on this site since the time of the Domesday Book. Milling ceased in 1946 and it is now a private residence.