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A lagoon is a body of saline water that is partially separated from the adjacent sea and which keeps a proportion of saltwater at low tide. As well as providing an important habitat for seabirds, waterfowl and marshland birds, lagoons also contain unique invertebrates and specialist plants which make this type of habitat important to the UK’s overall biodiversity.
37 acres of littoral land and saline lagoons was purchased by the Society in 1991, with assistance from English Nature (now Natural England), after almost four years of fundraising and negotiations with the land owner. This area lies immediately south of a 33 acre area, which includes Easington Lagoon, which is owned by the Environment Agency and leased to the Society. A further 22 acres of land to the direct south of the Lagoons was purchased in 2000. This package of land is know as Beacon Lagoons, though has also variously been known as Beacon Ponds, Kilnsea Lagoons and Easington Lagoons. It was initially purchased primarily because of the Society’s interest in the little tern colony situated there.
The BLNR contains a variety of coastal habitats including sand dunes, shingle, salt marsh, saline lagoons and pools. The site is situated on the Holderness coast, 2km north of the Spurn peninsula and south-west of the village of Easington. It holds SSSI designation and is a potential SPA and a proposed Ramsar site because it comprises a variety of important features including:
· Its saline lagoons, which are a UK priority Annex 1 habitat under the EC ‘Habitats Directive’
· Its importance for its colony of over 1% of the British breeding population of little terns on its shingle beach and as a feeding and roosting site for important numbers of migratory birds
· Lagoons are included as a priority feature under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan
· Plants and animals which are either mainly or entirely restricted to a lagoonal habitat. These species include flora and fauna protected under schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981).
The SHCS is responsible for the management of the BLNR, with the Spurn Bird Observatory involved in the organisation of the Little Tern Protection Scheme. A Tern warden (kindly funded by BP Exploration) is employed during the breeding season to help protect the birds against predation and from the accidental intrusion of beach users.
The water in the lagoons is strongly saline but not tidal, though storm surges may occasionally temporarily connect the lagoons with the sea. These breaches introduce marine organisms that may survive in the lagoons for several years. There is also an area of non-tidal salt marsh and some low dunes.
The main threat to the flora and fauna of the lagoons is the erosion of the beach by the North Sea and by the rise in sea levels. This ultimately threatens the site with ‘coastal squeeze’ whereby the lagoons will become tidal, eventually eliminating them altogether. It is expected the southern addition will eventually acquire a similar aspect to the present lagoons, which will prolong the life of the habitat and its associated flora and fauna.
Some vulnerable plant species such as Divided Sedge (Carex divisa) and Saltwort (Salsola Kali) occur here, along with Spiral Tasselweed (Ruppia cirrhosa) which is close to qualifying as a threatened species in the near future, and Sea Wormwood (Seriphidium maritimum) which is an Internationally important species.
Invertebrates characteristic of such lagoons as these are found here. Species include the mollusc Ventrosia ventrosa, the crustaceans Palaemonetes varians and Idotea chelipes, and the bryozoans Conopeum seurati. These are just a small example of the many different species in the lagoons.
I can still clearly remember when my idea of a "perfect day" was to stay at home doing nothing at all.
To only wake up when I felt fully rested... and to only get out of bed when the urge to do so overwhelmed me (for a pee probably). Then to spend the rest of my day alternating between the kitchen and fridge... and the couch and television. I might spend some time reading a book... but that would require some concentration and effort... so I would probably keep that to a minimum. In those days the thought of doing absolutely nothing for a few days sounded like total bliss!
We should always be careful what we wish for. :)
UP priority stack captured westbound snaking it's way through the rugged Maricopa mountains at Shawmut AZ.
And if it fits it sits...
What I always assume to be the Willow Springs, Illinois UPS train, given that it runs with a six-pack regularly and stops everything in it's path, blasts uphill through Prado Dam on it's way eastward. As an Ocean Alliance eastbound rots away waiting for power to "become available", when I took this picture the train had been there for three days and a of posting this it's still there, moving an amazing fifty or so miles in nearly two weeks....
well we have to practice, practice, practice playing in shutter priority mode and aperture mode .... so this is the result of playing with the settings.
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Put the Lensbaby double glass optic in the Lensbaby Scout no aperture ring and put the macro filter 4x on the optic. All this was on the Canon EOS 1DS Mark III. It was pouring rain out this morning when I took this so had an umbrella over my shoulder and thought I would see what I could capture on a rainy day. Reszied and edited (Kodachrome preset and upped the exposure just a tad.) ISO was 100. in ON1 Photo Raw 2021.
Even on a rainy day there is something to photograph.
Food first…. even with his painted portrait in his view…. But it was a perfect prop for this week’s theme. Happy Caturday everyone!
[ west end ] Bento Poses - Bombom II - Single Pose Collection
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◉ 2022 Update
◉ 5 Bento Poses + 5 Mirrors
◉ 3 Priority Levels
◉ 3 Huds (by priority)
◉ 3 Pose stands by Priority
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Starting on 6.25.22
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Camera ModelCanon EOS 40D
Shooting ModeAperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )1/1600
Av( Aperture Value )4.0
ISO Speed320
LensEF300mm f/4L IS
اختيرت صورة الأسبوع في قطر فوتو وديجي كام في وقت واحد
والشكر موصول للفارس على هذا العرض الجميل
A brush cutting crew, a switching crew, and the regular excursion all ended up converging at the Walkersville station. The switcher was in the center, looking both ways at the action unfolding around them.
“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." Marthe Troly-Curtin
like...time spent doing 'selfies' with your 4½ month old granddaughter...enjoyable, fun, priceless...not wasted...
thanks to....loads of people for a zillion textures!!
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re...the flickr blackout week....my heart says yes...my head says no...I dislike the new format intensely...I will avoid it for as long as possible via foreign language versions...then reluctantly...will learn to adapt...it's all about priorities...there are more important things in life than flickr...but...I'd hate to lose contact with my lovely flickr friends,contacts, groups.... and I hope many of you will stick with it and find a way of coping with whatever yahoo/flickr throws at us!
View from the caboose of a freight train shunted to allow ALCO No.19 to pass on the main. Sumpter Valley Railroad photographers' weekend.
Running close to on time but with a few empty slots is BNSF Train Z NBYWSP1 20U, the old Santa Fe 991 out of North Bay, California for Willow Springs, IL. The four jacks are screaming accelerating out of the 35 MPH permanent for the Sibley Bridge as they race through Floyd on Main Track 1 of the BNSF Marceline Sub.
Yes, the symbol is correct. If you hadn't heard, recently the Z symbols were inverted in priority, a Z9, once the hottest, is a Z1 now. Z8's are the least "warm".
Locomotives: BNSF 8334, BNSF 5249, BNSF 8114, BNSF 5052
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Floyd, MO
i wonder why the camera opted to close down to f 22, i usually shoot with shutter priority, but why push the iso way up and the aperture way down, did i had the wrong setting, i don;t think so...
Well, after checking it out, indeed, the dial was set for aperture, and closed down to f22, all my fault, not the camera!
Sorry I've been MIA lately.
I've come to the harsh reality that I base my identity in my photography, in my comics and in my current romantic relationship. I know that this isn't the way I should be. My identity should be in Christ and my self worth should not be in any earthly thing.
I am running full force for the Lord in a way I never have.
I mentally stepped away from my photography.
I broke up with my boyfriend so that I could focus on the things I need to.
I'm doing what I need to do to get where I wanna be.
I'm continually amazed by the goodness of the Lord and how satisfied I am just resting in his promises.
So yeah. Here's to getting your priorities straight!
Sur le A401, même les 500 sont plus prioritaires... A401 attendant que le L514 libère la voie principale pour pouvoir poursuivre son chemin vers le trou noir qu'est Taschereau...
On the A401, even the 500s have priority... A401 waiting for the L514 to clear the mainline so it can continue on its way to the black hole that is Taschereau...
than a nice cup of hot coffee... the way I start every morning. A little time to relax, enjoy before I start the day. It's a priority!
UP 6272, one of the last SP painted AC44's, leads Z-CIBP east through Lockport after multiple holdups by higher priority trains.
I assume if you think "Panthéon" this is not what comes to mind.
It's just, well, I love stairs....
Ich vermute mal, wenn Ihr "Panthéon" denkt, dann kommt so ein Bild hier nicht als erstes.
Ich mag aber nun mal Treppen....
Program:Aperture-priority AE
Lens:18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR
F:11.0
Speed:1/160
ISO:100
Focal Length:105.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 157.0 mm)
Focus Mode:AF-A
AF Area:Dynamic Area (21 points)
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO
VR:On
EV:-1
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
WB:Auto1
Picture Control:Standard
Focus Distance:5.62 m
Dof:1.26 m (5.06 - 6.32)
HyperFocal:49.88 m