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Manorbier beach, part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
With its magnificent clifftop castle and historic Norman church, Manorbier has much to offer tourists with an interest in the past as well as visitors who love the seaside. Facing south-west and sheltered by the protective jut of Priest’s Nose head, the beach is sandy and spacious and popular both for family use and, when the sea state is suitable, for surfing.
Fossils can be found along the stream bed, although some are of poor quality, and along the cliffs to the side of the beach the rock formations are revealed as vertical beds. The evidence of early human habitation consists of many flint microliths, housed in museums around the area, from the Mesolithic and Neolithic ages. The King's Quoit cromlech is the most notable monument in the local area and is to be found to the south east of Manorbier bay and beach.
Later evidence points to occupation of The Dak with the finding of a perforated mace head as well as Bronze age burial mounds on the Ridgeway. Fortifications also seem to have been prominent including an Iron Age enclosure near Manorbier station and the site of a multivallate, meaning multiple ditches, promontory fort at Old Castle Head where there are remains of hut platforms within the ditches. A well-restored lime kiln is in Mud Lane behind the castle. To the east of Manorbier, on the side of the road to Lydstep, is an area of strip lynchets dating to early Anglo Saxon times and perhaps as early as the Bronze Age.
The Norman knight Odo de Barri was granted the lands of Manorbier, Penally and Begelly in gratitude for his military help in conquering Pembrokeshire after 1103. The first Manorbier Castle was motte and bailey style, with the stone walls being added in the next century by later Normans. Giraldus Cambrensis, son of William de Barri, was born in the village in 1146, and called it "the pleasantest place in Wales".
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Supermoon low tide clamming. The cub is guarding its clam from the sea gulls and sibling both of which would take it in an instant. Nikon Z7II and 100-400 mm S lens.
These cubs are too young to dig their own, they try, and get in the way of mom digging clams and the sow will give each of the cubs a clam to get their interest and begin their training. They eat it and play with it and have to defend their prize against both seagulls and sibling. Basic bear training.
The cubs seem really doglike in their expression, behavior, and brawling, but not so much the adults.
I saw one adult bear carrying a dead sea gull, probably got in the way of the wrong bear trying to steal a clam and it didn't go well.
When I had spotted them from above I was not sure if she was homeless and finding a spot away from people or not. When I came by later on my walk and spoke with her she said she gets that a lot. It was just a favorite quiet place to enjoy the sunset. She said when the road is not blocked off, cars and all sorts of folks gather down at the waters edge.
Lee had recently graduated from college and had an online graduation ceremony in 2020. A very different experience and one it sounds she did not enjoy so much after devoting so much time into her degree.
Her dog, Chloe, works as an emotional support dog for one of the local elementary schools. She was protective of Lee, but put at ease when Lee called her back. A gentle big dog.
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This Eastern phoebe was not going to go far away from its nest full of babies. The kids were almost too big for the nest and its location under the eaves, on a light fixture meant there was foot traffic. We didn't hang around too long.
We had seen this young mother in the spring guarding her young brood.
I was surprised therefore to see her once again displaying her maternal instincts to protect presumably another brood. Although I couldn't see the chicks I could hear them rustling in the vegetation.
To appease mum we kept out of the way and made our way back to the main bay.
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
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Most of the time, we were watching from inside so as not to scare them. I did go outside this time to attempt to get a better photograph.
Still unable to see the cub through the bushes, I heard a low growl which seemed to be coming from quite close. So I stopped, slowly backed up, and then saw the mother who had been crouched down behind a bush ready to protect her cub.
Au café (Paris 9eme, janvier 2025)
It is a café brasserie near the Opera Garnier, Paris 9th arrondissement. A lot of dark oak-colored paneling covers the walls and gives the café a warm and protective atmosphere. A small mirror on the wall reflects the activity of the café terrace and the street in front, while also reflecting a painting present inside which is shown in this photograph.
This female mallard was literally pushing her little brood away from that goofy photographer with the grey hair who kept talking to himself while taking their picture. Taken in the La Crosse River marsh earlier this summer.
Taken from my car and cropped a bit--did not approach the nest; in fact, until she raised her head I didn't realize there was a nest or a goose in that overgrowth!
Cows protective of their calves on the grazing marshes beside the River Bure between Gt. Yarmouth and Acle, Norfolk.
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Photoby: Kiora (seraltha)
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Don’t mess with mama! A vigilant mother seal, at right, charges a male seal that tries to come ashore in the same sandy cove as her pup. The female (tagged RL42, Leia) was mother of the third Hawaiian monk seal pup born on Oahu in 2021. After this encounter, the 19 year old male (tagged RE74, Benny) decided to move several hundred meters down the shoreline to his own private beach. He may have just wanted to haul out in the warm sun, or may have been checking to see if the female, with a pup that was almost weaned, was receptive. An observant ghost crab cautiously runs for cover.
Mother goose was so worried that I will harm her chicks that I could see her heart pound in her chest.
The Green Sea Turtle is one of seven species of sea turtles worldwide. It gets its name from the greenish color of its flesh and fat. Adult green turtles are unique among sea turtles in that they are herbivorous, feeding primarily on seagrasses and algae. This diet is thought to give them greenish colored fat, from which they take their name. The green sea turtle is an endangered species. Their populations have drastically declined in the last 50 years. Their meat and eggs are highly prized and eaten in some countries; they can drown when caught in fishing nets or die after eating trash such as plastic bags that they see as jellyfish. Their numbers are also reduced by boat propeller accidents, fishnet-caused drowning, and the destruction of their nesting grounds by human encroachment.
-- Fun Facts --
‧ Green sea turtles are unique—they are one of the largest species of turtle and the only turtle that is strictly herbivorous as an adult (although juvenile green sea turtles will also eat crabs, sponges and jellyfish).
‧ Like all sea turtles, green turtles have a protective shell but can’t pull their head and flippers inside like land turtles can.
‧ Green sea turtles nest on the same beach where they hatched. Since they don’t reach sexual maturity until at least 20 years old, this is even more impressive. So, how do they find their way home more than 20 years later? Green sea turtles actually use the Earth’s magnetic forces to navigate their way home.
‧ Like humans, green sea turtles breathe oxygen. Unlike humans, they can spend up to two hours underwater before they need to come up to the surface to breathe.
‧ Green sea turtles can also survive by drinking salt water because are able to excrete the extra salt through “salt glands” behind their eyes.
‧ Green Sea Turtles can live to be more than 70 years old and weigh up to 700 lbs.
‧ Green Sea Turtles in the Eastern Pacific actually have darker shells and are known locally as "black turtles".
-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 1600
‧ Aperture – f/4.2
‧ Exposure – 1/30 second
‧ Focal Length – 30mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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A protective Seal mum - but unfortunately for the pup, mum only suckles her pup for around 3 weeks before leaving it to fend for itself.
For anyone who hasn't been, the shot below shows just how close you can get to the seals, who don't seem at all bothered by the onlookers.
Explore - July 30, 2009 - #474
Yup - still more from the photowalk ....
Found this dragonfly flitting amongst the leaves at Hollis Gardens in Lakeland and couldn't get over its marvelous color. In all its striped splendor, it's perfect for Gorgeous Green Thursday!! What I really love about these little insects, however, is that they seem to be smiling all the time. Would appreciate an ID if anyone knows what kind this little guy is.
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