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STONECHATS are easy to find if you visit a suitable habitat, birds often perch conspicuously and announce their presence with harsh, agitated calls. Seen at the ancient highway at Sandwich Kent.
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Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopus Major
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The great spotted woodpecker occurs in all types of woodlands and is catholic in its diet, being capable of extracting seeds from pine cones, insect larvae from inside trees or eggs and chicks of other birds from their nests. It breeds in holes excavated in living or dead trees, unlined apart from wood chips. The typical clutch is four to six glossy white eggs. Both parents incubate the eggs, feed the chicks and keep the nest clean. When the young fledge they are fed by the adults for about ten days, each parent taking responsibility for feeding part of the brood.
The great spotted woodpecker occurs in Eurasia from the British Isles to Japan, and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia, and it is absent only from those areas too cold or dry to have suitable woodland habitat. It is found in a wide variety of woodlands, broadleaf, coniferous or mixed, and in modified habitats like parks, gardens and olive groves. It occurs from sea-level to the tree line, up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in Europe, 2,200 m (7,200 ft) in Morocco and 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in Central Asia.
The great spotted woodpecker became extinct in the island of Ireland in the seventeenth century, due to deforestation, but the island was naturally recolonised by this species, with the first proven nesting in County Down in 2007. Its expansion in range is continuing, with breeding proven or suspected in at least 10 counties by 2013, with the main concentration in Down and County Wicklow. Genetic evidence shows the birds to be of British, rather than Scandinavian, ancestry, with the populations in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic having separate origins. The great spotted woodpecker was also found to have been nesting in the Isle of Man from 2009.
Population:
UK breeding:
140,000 pairs
another one with suitable colors for Christmas ....
Taken in a Sand Forest area in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, in June 2017
The Narina Trogon is the most widespread of the 3 African trogon species. It lives in riverine and lowland forest in Southern and Eastern Africa where it sits upright in the canopy, typically with its back to the outside.
It is an insectivore.
apaloderma narina
narinatrogon
trogon narina
Narinatrogon
Sand Forest is an increasingly rare habitat found in Kwazulu Natal (South Africa) and southern Mozambique. Many interesting mammals and birds inhabit these beautiful forests
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the Rock Pratincole is a rare and small African wader that migrates to areas where the rocks in large rivers are exposed when the water level is low. The water level in the Kafue River was very low during my stay in Kafue National Park in early November.
Their short and broad bill is very suitable to catch different types of insects in flight, typically in the morning and late afternoon.
Although the numbers are decreasing in the last decades it is not yet considered endangered.
glareola nuchalis
rotsvorkstaartplevier
glaréole auréolée
Halsband-Brachschwalbe
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If we take Time to look at Things upon Reflection, Amazing things really do happen, pressures seem to disappear, impossible becomes possible.....
More often we will see a reason to Smile.......
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands
(Typically Scotland)
Exposure row
In the Buachaille Etive Mor in Scottish highlands I stood before sombre sky and was already my tripod in talk when suddenly the sky opened and gave me the suitable light that I needed for this photo.
(Typisch Schottland)
Belichtungsreihe
Am Buachaille Etive Mor in den schottischen Highlands stand ich vor düsterem Himmel und war bereits mein Stativ am auspacken, als plötzlich der Himmel sich öffnete und mir das entsprechende Licht schenkte, dass ich für dieses Foto brauchte.
Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
For the 😄 HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄 theme: 'Locked'
I hope it is suitable for the theme, as the paper is locked with the points to keep it together.
Happy Crazy Tuesday everyone.
An old origami model, called 'Braided Paper', which I refolded recently, actually the very first one after the big move ;-)) When I folded it years ago it was a difficult model, but now it is easy. Funny how these things work.
I used a square of rice paper 29,7cm, that is rather thin, because it has lots of layers in the middle.
Final size: a square of 10,5cm
As I do love backlighting, in the first comment box you can see that version ;-)
Model: origami Braided Paper
Design: J.C. Nolan
Diagrams:
- in his book Creating Origami by J.C. Nolan
- on the Internet as PDF-file
- here you find a video tutorial
A very telling scenario from the Westfjords in Northwest Iceland. Nature does not leave too many space where man may settle with ease and this has prevented this wonderful area of becoming majorly settled. The odd and occasional homestead and farm and very few urban settlements are loosely dotted mostly along the coastline.
Suitable for today's weather:
autumn misty mood on the Moselle Trail near Piesport.
Passend zum heutigen Wetter:
herbstliche Nebelstimmung am Moselsteig bei Piesport.
Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!
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Suitable are not corners, but curves;).
Semperoper, Dresden. Saxony. Germany.
Nikon D810 + Laowa 12 mm f/2.8 Zero-D
Although kiki's clothes are not suitable for wandering, they are comfortable at home...:P
kiki's new stuff --Lunar Demi @ equal10
A suitably dark and oppressive shot for these dark and oppressive days. It seems the whole of Europe is in a terrible state and here in Wales I'm not allowed to visit my favourite beach. I've taken to doing watercolour paintings of birds to give me some creative release, instead of my beach photos. Each Time You Hurt is by Curse of Lono. I still can't believe how lucky I was to have had a fantastic month in the Alps in such a year of lockdowns.
Càrn Mairg is commonly climbed with the other three Munros of the Càrn Mairg group (Meall Garbh, Meall nan Aighean and Càrn Gorm). With a height of 1041 metres (3415 feet) it is the highest of the group and qualifies as a Munro and a Marilyn. The terrain of the Càrn Mairg range is similar to high, rolling moorland with only small depressions between the four Munros, a landscape which is suitable for ski mountaineering and has been likened to the Cairngorms, however the circuit of the hills is a long walk being almost 18 km in length.
Càrn Mairg is usually climbed from Invervar (grid reference NN665482) in Glen Lyon as part of the circuit of the four Carn Mairg group Munros. For many years parking was a problem on the narrow road but the car park built by the Chesthill estate has eased this difficulty. The clockwise circuit follows the Invervar Burn for just over a km until the forest is left behind, then the first Munro of Càrn Gorm can be climbed by going west, the route then goes to Meall Garbh before reaching Càrn Mairg. Navigation throughout the walk is aided by a dilapidated line of old rusting fence posts which follow the ridge. A direct ascent is possible from Fortingall (grid reference NN738470) up Gleann Muilinn but this is a round trip of around 20 km. The summit is marked by a large cairn of quartzite boulders and gives a fine view of Schiehallion to the NE.
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
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Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
On this circular hiking trail suitable for all we walk towards the Cascadas del Hervidero, beautiful waterfalls of crystalline water between siliceous rocks formed by the waters of the Guadalix River. We also enjoy the historic town of San Agustín del Guadalix and a path to the banks of the Guadalix River surrounded by natural pools and majestic willows, junipers, poplars, poplars, alders and roses. (Fountain Hiking Madrid)
En esta ruta de senderismo circular y apta para todos caminamos hacia las Cascadas del Hervidero, bellos saltos de agua cristalina entre roca silícea formados por las aguas del río Guadalix. También disfrutamos del histórico pueblo de San Agustín del Guadalix y de un camino a la ribera del río Guadalix rodeado de pozas naturales y majestuosos sauces, enebros, álamos, chopos, alisos y rosales.( Fuente Senderismo Madrid)
The name of this orchid is: Mini Phalaenopsis
Suitable place for cultivation: A half shade place (indirect shade) is recommended, as direct exposure to the sun can cause burns on its leaves. So, the best time is the morning sun.
Watering: once a week; always letting the water drain well, because the excess of it in its roots can help to kill it (rotting). The orchid, in general, resists the lack of water well, more than the excess. For this reason, gravel is placed in its vessels, Styrofoam, to have this easy flow.
Never place dishes or anything that could block the water from flowing out of the pot.
Flowering: from one to three times a year, this will depend on the adaptation to the place where you will stay.
Pruning: it is recommended to cut the stem of the orchid. One tip is to cut above the second little one, so you preserve the plant. This makes all the difference to help it bloom again, as they say that this pruning helps the plant not to send nutrients to the place that is already "dead", thus failing to nourish other healthy parts.
Fertilization: The famous 10-10-10 or 20-20-20 = NPK formula (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), should be applied biweekly or monthly. The proportion of fertilizer must be as indicated on the label. It is usually 1 teaspoon of coffee for every liter of water.
In the autumn and winter months, fertilization can be suspended.
If you do not want to stay with your orchid in the plastic vase in which it comes, you can easily fix it to tree trunks, wrapping your roots with coconut fiber or moss and fixing with a resistant band.
Coloring: different colors: white, yellow, burgundy, lilac, baby pink, greenish, pink, streaks and orange.
Lago Misurina, also known as the "Pearl of the Dolomites" for its beauty, is the largest natural basin of Cadore.
As a jewel set among the UNESCO Dolomites, Lake Misurina stands at 1756 m. and is known not only for its charm, but also for the therapeutic properties it offers thanks to the particularly healthy microclimate.
A legend says that the lake was a gift from the fairy of Monte Cristallo to the daughter of King Sorapiss, Misurina, who insistently wanted a magic mirror. The mirror (water) was given to the girl, but on one condition: that the king became an imposing mountain, and so it explained the formation of the mountain range Sorapiss and the beautiful lake.
Around Lake Misurina we can see some of the most beautiful peaks of the Dolomites: the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Sorapiss, Cadini and Cristallo.
It is the ideal place to make pleasant excursions in contact with nature, suitable for families and experienced hikers, but also to spend pleasant moments of relaxation.
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Dartford Warbler - Sylvia Undata
The Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) iDs a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is dull reddish-brown below except for the centre of the belly which has a dirty white patch. It has light speckles on the throat and a red eye-ring. The sexes are similar but the adult female is usually less grey above and paler below.
Its breeding range lies west of a line from southern England to the heel of Italy (southern Apulia). The Dartford warbler is usually resident all year in its breeding range, but there is some limited migration.
The Dartford warbler was first described by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant from two specimens that were shot in April 1773 on Bexley Heath near Dartford in Kent.
The species is naturally rare. The largest European populations of Sylvia undata are in the Iberian peninsula, others in much of France, in Italy and southern England and south Wales. In Africa it can be found only in small areas in the north, wintering in northern Morocco and northern Algeria.
In southern England the birds breed on heathlands, sometimes near the coast, and nest in either common gorse (Ulex europaeus) or common heather (Calluna
Dartford warblers are named for Dartford Heath in north west Kent, where the population became extinct in the early twentieth century. They almost died out in the United Kingdom in the severe winter of 1962/1963 when the national population dropped to just ten pairs. Sylvia undata is also sensitive to drought affecting breeding success or producing heath fires, as occurred during 1975 and 1976 in England when virtually all juveniles failed to survive their first year.
However, this species can recover well in good quality habitat with favourable temperatures and rainfall, thanks to repeated nesting and a high survival rate for the young. Indeed, they recovered in some areas of the UK, but numbers are once again on the decline in other regions of their natural range.
The range of the Dartford warbler is restricted to western and southern Europe. The total population in 2012 was estimated at 1.1–2.5 million breeding pairs. The largest numbers occur in Spain where there were believed to be 983,000–1,750,000 pairs. For reasons that probably include loss of suitable habitat, the Spanish population appears to be declining. The species is therefore classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being Near threatened.
A period of climatic warming since 1963 has seen the UK population increase to "more than 2,500 pairs in 2006 (Wotton et al. 2009). Expansion into patches of structurally suitable habitat (up to an altitude of 400m), more northerly areas and away from the core of the range, from Dorset and Hampshire to Derbyshire and Suffolk, is likely to have been facilitated by milder winter weather (Wotton et al. 2009, Bradbury et al. 2011)... The Dartford warbler population in the UK is expected to continue to increase. However, future climate-based projections for the European range indicate that by 2080, more than 60% of the current European range may no longer be suitable (Huntley et al 2007). There is evidence that this is happening already, with severe declines in Spain and France (Green 2017). For this reason, the species is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Global Red List. If the declines in southern Europe continue, the UK will become increasingly important for global conservation of this species".
Population:
UK breeding:
3,200 pairs
suitable for high bay warehouse and logistic center, such as an Amazon logistic center ...
due to more and more orders in the mail order business, truck traffic is increasing significantly and the space required for logistics centers will be enormous in the future, soil sealing by ugly rectangular buildings, which we can not afford environmentally, retail is destroyed and our beautiful city centers fall dead ...
;-) ...
anyway, this is a hall of a museum, which I like best ...
ƒ/8.0 24.0 mm 1/40 100
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While helping out in a friends garden down in Sussex, I spotted this little caterpillar very much in danger of getting stepped on, so I rescued it. My gardening work was forgotten as I dashed to find my camera and macro lens. Despite me having saved it from likely death by squish, it proved to be a most uncooperative subject, very reluctant to hold still to have its picture taken.
Maneuvering it into a suitable position for the head-on shot I wanted proved tricky - I wanted to avoid direct contact to prevent harming the caterpillar and didn't want to touch its tiny hairs which I expected could be irritating. This beautiful face belongs to the caterpillar of the Buff-tip moth, Phalera bucephala.
No caterpillars were harmed in the making of this photograph. When I was finished, it was allowed to crawl to safety underneath a courgette plant.
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歩き続ける 彼岸花 咲き続ける
I keep walking
the spider lilies
keep blooming
—Taneda Santoka
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Its Setsubun in Japan, a feast day involving the casting out of demons at various shrines. I took out the Alain head and played with the sliders a bit to create something suitable and slightly odd looking with Oni fangs.
Although its the wrong time of year for the Spider Lily, you cannot deny that it is a beautiful flower when in full bloom, something that cinphul has managed to perfectly capture in her hairstick set. I'm holding the gorgeous Lodestone Heart by !Reliquary! which has an added rim light which catches the eye during the tossing animation.
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Pose: a mod by me of the built in pose with the heart
Macro Mondays - Bathroom, November 30th 2020
- cotton swab
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Harris hawk (parabuteo unicinctus) on the look-out for suitable prey. Once spotted it swoops down at great speed, taking its victim by surprise.
A medium-large bird of prey, the species breeds from the southwestern United States south to Chile, central Argentina, and Brazil.
It is notable for its behaviour of hunting cooperatively in loose packs, while other raptors often hunt alone. Such intelligence helps to understand their social nature, for as falconry birds they are easy to train.
Many thanks for your welcome comments. Wishing you a great weekend!
Ducks are precocial and a hen will lead her ducklings over land a little after hatching in order to find a suitable water source for feeding. This chestnut brown duck is confusable only with the Fulvous Whistling Duck but has chestnut upper-tail coverts unlike the creamy white in the latter.
These mallards seem to look for a suitable place for a nest. They have visited our property several times, but I guess they'll nest somewhere else in the end. Our pond is rather small and has a hedge around it.
We went out for a drive on Moon View Road. What an amazing moon-like landscape! There was heavy cloud cover and unfortunately no moon. But since I had a suitable moon, I decided this would be a good place to add it.
Happy Moon Monday!
On this circular hiking trail suitable for all we walk towards the Cascadas del Hervidero, beautiful waterfalls of crystalline water between siliceous rocks formed by the waters of the Guadalix River. We also enjoy the historic town of San Agustín del Guadalix and a path to the banks of the Guadalix River surrounded by natural pools and majestic willows, junipers, poplars, poplars, alders and roses. (Fountain Hiking Madrid)
En esta ruta de senderismo circular y apta para todos caminamos hacia las Cascadas del Hervidero, bellos saltos de agua cristalina entre roca silícea formados por las aguas del río Guadalix. También disfrutamos del histórico pueblo de San Agustín del Guadalix y de un camino a la ribera del río Guadalix rodeado de pozas naturales y majestuosos sauces, enebros, álamos, chopos, alisos y rosales.( Fuente Senderismo Madrid)
I was surprised to see that the Magic carpet grows so well in stone walls too. I found a huge wall covered with this plant many years ago.
suitable for today:
Berger's clouded yellow on a common daisy in the morning sun.
passend zum heutigen Hochsommertag:
Hufeisenklee-Gelbling auf einer Wiesenmargerite in der Morgensonne.
Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!
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We have been and about today looking for suitable Oilseed Rape subject matters and the tower seemed a good place to start.
The folly was built in around 1700, by the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury who was a noted philosopher. It is thought that he did a lot of his philosophising in this tower, and from this suggestion it has become known as the Philosopher's Tower. We also visited a nearby barn which seems to have become a celebrity on Flickr as I have seen quite a few shots of it after doing a Flickr search and at least one of my contacts photographed it today too!
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genus classic, suitable for maitreya and legacy
PUMEC store skin Carol for Genus bom, appliers gift from the store group (entry 399L)
Wasabi store hair + hud gift 0L group is not needed
[POUT!] shop shadows bom, appliers genus, catwa, lelutka, lelutka evolution and lipstick appliers genus 0L gift from the free shop group
market store .Mars. eyelashes appliers genus 0L
event Valentine's Shop and Hop until February 17th a gift of 400L credit from the Blueberry store the group is not needed (I had leftovers from previous loans, or things can be bought gradually, because it is not the first time that credit is given) jacket, sweater, mesh maitreya skirt, belleza, slink, legacy
location Kaleidoscope Island knee-highs bom gift 0L group not needed
LA PERLA shop sneakers maitreya, belleza, slink legacy 1L group is not needed
ISON store accessory bag + hud maitreya, belleza, legacy gift 0L from the free store group
Lomomo shop bento nails mesh + hud maitreya, legacy 0L gift from the free shop group
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location Mile High Event place where the photo was taken
This is a wobbly pic of the yellow crocus that are putting on a marvellously cheerful display under my pear tree, suitably cooked for Sliders Sunday.
Two years ago a Flickr friend of mine, Ali de Niese, died after a short illness. It was she who first got me interested in ICMs, a style that she mastered so easily. I'm dedicating this to her memory.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Sliders Sunday and 100x :)
Scadoxus multiflorus (formerly Haemanthus multiflorus) is a bulbous plant native to most of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia to South Africa.
It is grown as an ornamental plant for its brilliantly coloured flowers, either in containers or in the ground in where the climate is suitable. There are three recognized subspecies. Strongly toxic like other Scadoxus species, it has been used as a component of arrow poisons and fishing poisons, as well as in traditional medicine. Common names, some of which are used for other species, include blood lily, ball lily, fireball lily, blood flower, Katherine-wheel, oxtongue lily, poison root and powderpuff lily.
DESCRIPTION:
Fast growing native, sprawling shrub with beautiful white bottlebrush flower spikes appearing in late spring and flowering through to early summer. Growing to approx 1.5m, suitable to use as a small hedge or mass plant as a ground cover. Will adapt to poor, clay soils and salt.
I had forgotten about the MM theme until almost last light last night. So out to the garden to find a suitable leaf I went. I tried a camellia leaf, which was ok, but the serrations are small and then I spotted the hydrangea leaf, which had to do as about 2 minuets later the sun dropped down and I would have been left without any natural light.
This is about 1.5 inches in size.
Thanks for stopping HMM
Despite appearances, the cockpit section of this aircraft was constructed largely of wood! During WW2, the de Havilland company devised methods of using plywood and balsa to form light and strong structures suitable for aircraft manufacture, the most famous example being the Mosquito. After the war, as the company workforce still had the skills to work with wood they continued using it (at least to some extent) in the earliest jet aircraft. Early jet engines lost power through the use of long jet pipes, so for the dH Vampire family of designs, the tail plane was extended out on booms either side of the exhaust. Other early jet aircraft designs of the era split the exhaust laterally and exited it just behind the wings on either side, continuing the fuselage back to carry the tailplane (eg the Hawker Sea Hawk). An advantage of jets was that the high ground clearance for large propellers was no longer needed, meaning the undercarriage legs could be shortened, reducing weight and making servicing easier. The pilot's forward visibility was greatly improved by the use of tricycle undercarriage making ground handling much safer.
Vampires first flew in 1943, entered service in 1945 and were finally retired from the RAF in 1955. Over 3,000 of various marks were built, serving in the air forces of more than a dozen countries.
The waterfall of the hotbed of San Agustín,
In this circular hiking route and suitable for all, we walk towards the Hervidero Waterfalls, beautiful crystalline waterfalls between siliceous rock formed by the waters of the Guadalix River. We also enjoy the historic town of San Agustín del Guadalix and a path to the banks of the Guadalix River surrounded by natural pools and majestic willows, junipers, poplars, poplars, alders and rose bushes.
From San Agustín del Guadalix, we begin a route where the intense colors of the beginning of spring were accentuated by the rain, which despite the photos, respected us in large part of the route. The historic town of San Agustín del Guadalix, was a land of Iberians, Romans, Visigoths and was under Arab rule for almost two centuries (877-1084), it will be Alfonso VI who after fierce fighting reconquers and orders to repopulate the area. It will pass into the hands of the, already mentioned on many occasions, Mendoza Family, but it will not be until the 16th century when Juana la Loca will grant them the title of villa. It also suffered the vicissitudes of the War of Independence, when Napoleon's army set it on fire. It is therefore a place full of anecdotes, curiosities and history. (Source: Trekking Madrid)
La Cascada del hervidero de San Agustín,
En esta ruta de senderismo circular y apta para todos caminamos hacia las Cascadas del Hervidero, bellos saltos de agua cristalina entre roca silícea formados por las aguas del río Guadalix. También disfrutamos del histórico pueblo de San Agustín del Guadalix y de un camino a la ribera del río Guadalix rodeado de pozas naturales y majestuosos sauces, enebros, álamos, chopos, alisos y rosales.
Desde San Agustín del Guadalix, comenzamos una ruta donde los intensos colores del comienzo de la primavera se vieron acentuados por la lluvia, que a pesar de las fotos, nos respetó en gran parte de la ruta. El histórico pueblo de San Agustín del Guadalix, fue tierra de íberos, romanos, visigodos y estuvo bajo dominio árabe durante casi dos siglos (877-1084), será Alfonso VI quien tras encarnizadas luchas reconquiste y mande repoblar la zona. Pasará a manos de la, ya mencionada en muchas ocasiones, Familia Mendoza, pero no será hasta el siglo XVI cuando Juana la Loca les otorgará el título de villa. También sufrió las vicisitudes de la Guerra de Independencia, cuando el ejército de Napoleón la incendió. Es por tanto, un lugar cargado de anécdotas, curiosidades e historia. (Fuente : Senderismo Madrid)