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Two of three Nimrod MRA4's parked at BAE Woodford in Stockport, Cheshire. The fate of these aircraft isn't 100% decided yet but it doesn't look good. Such a shame
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard
Status: Resident, winter migrant from Iceland, Fennoscandia, Russia, Poland, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium & France. Additional captive-bred birds are released each year for hunting.
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population is regarded as Secure by BirdLife International.
Identification: Among the largest of our ducks (with the exception of Shelduck). Males with striking green head, yellow bill, white ring around the necj, grey underparts, blue speculum, black rump. Females brown in colour, but with blue speculum, dark stripe across the eye and whitish tail sides.
Similar Species: Males are unmistakable. Females and juveniles resemble other female and immature dabbling ducks.
Call: Male with nasal 'rheab', repeated when alert on water, and short whistle during courtship. Loud quacking of females.
Diet: Diet highly variable, and plant material, particularly seeds predominate. A range of animal material is also taken, including molluscs and crustaceans. Other food taken includes grain and stubble, and they have been shown to feed on a variety of food items presented by humans.
Breeding: Nest sites vary, mostly in ground where hidden in vegetation.
Wintering: Mallard are the most widespread species, although not quite as numerous as Wigeon or Teal. They occur in almost all available wetland habitats in Ireland.
Where to See: Common throughout Ireland. Loughs Neagh & Beg in County Antrim, Wexford Harbour & Slobs in County Wexford, Lough Foyle in County Derry, Strangford Lough in County Down and Lough Swilly in County Donegal are among the top wintering sites (1,000-5,500 birds).
Monitored by: Irish Wetland Bird Survey.
This time of year the garden pond is occupied by numerous frogs. They are very protective about their eggs and help each other when an intruder(photographer) is approaching.
The Majorelle Garden in Marrakesh, Morocco, designed by Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s. It was owned by Yves Saint-Laurent from 1980, and his ashes scattered there in 2008.
Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation. The symbol of Imperial Russia, enter in Peter and Paul Fortress
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth, opened on 4 March 1890. In it's day, it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world. It is still used regularly today to carry passengers by train across the Firth of Forth.
In July 2015 it was announced as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Also a rare Victorian Penfold post box, introduced in 1879. It was during this period that red became the standard colour for post boxes, formerly being green.
Two girls. Catamarca. 1926.
Name of Expedition: 2nd Captain Marshall Field Paleontological Expedition
Participants: Elmer S. Riggs (Leader and Photographer),Robert C. Thorne (Collector), Rudolf Stahlecker (Collector), Felipe Mendez
Expedition Start Date: April 1926
Expedition End Date: November 1926
Purpose or Aims: Geology Fossil Collecting
Location: South America, Argentina, Catamarca
Original material: album print
Digital Identifier: CSGEO69440
Two of Pentacles is today's Group Creative Experiment card.
This card is not like me. I struggle with the balancing act of life, with adapting and going with the flow. I get thrown by changes to my routine and have hard time taking time to play or kicking back...
but I DO write on myself with markers. So here: two new pentacle eyes. To help lend a different view, perspective (learn a few new skills?)
(background texture via pink sherbet)
Two friends requested that I photograph some of their recreational activities.
© 2013 Christopher Wilson