Ringed Plover - Charadrius Hiaticula

Norfolk

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Photographed perched on a tree stump at Yorkshire wildlife park

Thema der Woche bei - smile on saturday - music for the eyes.

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Selena Gomez / Ring

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The ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) is a large, conspicuous kingfisher. The Ringed Kingfisher feeds primarily on fish. But it also takes reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans and insects.

Pantanal, Brazil

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Ringed Plover

Tinkerbell{e} Smile on Saturday. HSoS.

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Nikon Z 9, 800mm S PF, 1/1000, f/6.3, ISO 500. Drake. View Large.

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I saw this group of Ring-necked ducks at Commonwealth Lake yesterday. I had heard that some folks have seen a golden eye there; although I didn't see it, I was happy to see these!

Day 19 of 20 of albums that influenced my musical tastes.

Seven - James

"Ring, ring the bells

wake the town

everyone is sleeping

shout at the crowd

wake them up

this anger is deeper than sleep

Got to keep awake to what is happen

I can't see a thing through my ambition

I no longer feel my God is watching over me

Got to tell the world we've all been dreaming

This is not the end, a new beginning

I new longer feel my God is watching

Break, break the code

Concentrate,

let the door swing open

See, through all my walls

All my floors, now I'm in deeper than sleep

When you let me fly,

grew my own wings,

now I'm tall as the sky

When you let my drown

grew gills and fins

Now I am as deep as the sea

When, you let my die,

my spirits free

There's nothing challenging me"

James: youtu.be/N0xRALsTGIE

The song in an anther wonderful version in an X-Files chapter: youtu.be/tDRVOXtTquQ

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North Norfolk

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The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.

There seem to be good numbers of Ring Ouzels around this year in the usual places around the Derbyshire edges. I took this image near Burbage earlier today.

A rocky landing - Stevenston, Ayrshire

The old cash register at Vulture City's last filling station hasn't had a sale in 80+ years as the towns mines were closed during WWII. President Roosevelt shut all none essential mines to concentrate on the war effort. This was basically the end for the fading, isolated town. Mining has started again at the sight, the towns new owners have had to work fast to save as much as they can of the historic property before its gone forever....

Elan Valley.

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Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Chanonry Point

Rossall Point

Hearing the bell ring but not knowing where the clapper is !!

HBW!

We took a trip into Birmingham today. Didn’t get a chance to go in while the Commonwealth Games were on so I thought we should take the opportunity to go and see this cool sculpture before it moves on at the end of this month. Had to do some shadow work to lift out the detail, but the iPhone did well!

I was lucky to see the UK's only naturalised parrot - The Ring-necked parakeet, he was popping in and out of a whole in the tree. Apparently they became established in the wild in the 1970's after a captive birds escaped or were released.

Male Little Ringed Plover about to mate with the seemingly unaware female

... of Spanish Bluebells / Spanische Hasenglöckchen (Hyacinthoides hispanica) last spring in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

... for a Peaceful Blue Monday!

Fire training at the DND Base.

At Parker Aviary..San Diego Zoo,Ca.

Larus delawarensis

Aythya Collaris

I love these little pin-felt mice that I bought last Christmas.

Ringed Plover

I don't usually photograph the Gulls but this one was so close and posing quit well so I fired off a quick shot.

”Ring”😄

Silver Ring with Peridots

Size : 1 ¼ " x 1 ¼ "

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Ringed Plover - Charadrius Hiaticula

The common ringed plover's breeding habitat is open ground on beaches or flats across northern Eurasia and in Arctic northeast Canada. Some birds breed inland, and in western Europe they nest as far south as northern France. They nest on the ground in an open area with little or no plant growth.

If a potential predator approaches the nest, the adult will walk away from the scrape, calling to attract the intruder and feigning a broken wing. Once the intruder is far enough from the nest, the plover flies off.

Common ringed plovers are migratory and winter in coastal areas south to Africa. In Norway, geolocators have revealed that adult breeding birds migrate to West Africa. Many birds in Great Britain and northern France are resident throughout the year.

The ringed plover is a small, dumpy, short-legged wading bird. It is brownish grey above and whitish below. It has a orange bill, tipped with black, orange legs and a black-and-white pattern on its head and breast. In flight, it shows a broad, white wing-stripe.

They breed on beaches around the coast, but they have also now begun breeding inland in sand and gravel pits and former industrial sites. Many UK birds live here all year round, but birds from Europe winter in Britain, and birds from Greenland and Canada pass through on migration.

Population:

UK breeding:

5,400 pairs

UK wintering:

34,000 birds