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A small lake with a lot of birds, turtles and more. Paradise for wildlife.
at Robert Neumann Park, Currumbin Valley, QLD Australia
Little Gull - Hydrocoloeos Minutus
The smallest of all Gulls.....
Rare Vagrant from North Eastern Europe and Russia
wild Dianthus
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Little Tern - Sterna Albifrons
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20160701-08
red currant [ribes rubrum]
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Pentax K200D, 28mm, f/2.8, 1/350s, ISO 100
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Taken along the Yarra River at Southbank, Melbourne.
Description
The Little Black Cormorant is a black cormorant with a greenish sheen to the back and a slender grey hooked bill.
Size
62cm
Habitat
freshwater wetlands, sheltered coastal waters
Food
fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects. It catches prey underwater
Breeding
large stick nests in the fork of a tree or on the ground
Range
throughout Australia
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I found a pair of Little Owls nesting in an old oak tree a few miles from my home last autumn and as they still had two juveniles with them I left them well alone.
I returned to the site the afternoon and couldn't believe my luck when this adult was looking at me from the front door.
Little Owls were introduced to the UK in the 19th century. They can be seen during the day. This one has made its home at Knepp Wildland, Sussex.
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.
Little donkey, little donkey on the dusty road
Got to keep on plodding onwards with your precious load
Been a long time, little donkey, through the winters night
Don't give up now, little donkey,
Bethlehem's in sight
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.
I shared this image quite a long time ago but I decided to crop it slightly. I really like this area and this old abandoned shed. So I thought it was worthy of another share. And I have been posting pics of old houses/abandoned buildings so I thought I would continue with that. :-)
And I think it has kind of a holiday feel to it maybe because of the red and green. ;-)
This little Cygnet was taken 2 years ago at the park,
Unfortunately this year we had none, one of the parent was hurt and it had to be rehabilitated, the other parent not seeing its mate it flew away, came back for a week but it left again,
Swans mate for life.
Normally I don't do much to my photos, except crop and alter the contrast... but which I liked this shot, I didn't like the flat greyness of the shot (it was an overcast drizzly day), so I've wacked up the brightness! So it's not natural, but I prefer it! (Funny as I also hate it when I blow the highlights!!).
Ryan’s Field - Hayle - Cornwall