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The storm Helga wines around the corner so I play with my archives today. Wish you all a good weekend regardless of where you are :)
Purple Sandpiper - Calidris Maritima
In Britain, these birds occur in winter in good numbers principally along the east and south coasts, where they favour rocky shorelines adjacent to the sea.
It is much rarer as a breeding bird, found only in a localised area of the Cairngorms National Park, where 1–3 pairs have bred since the 1970s. Records of breeding by this species in the UK are monitored and archived by the Rare Breeding Birds Panel.
They are late migrants and move to rocky ice-free Atlantic coasts in winter. most go no further south than North Carolina and northern Portugal. They are fairly gregarious, forming small flocks, often with ruddy turnstones. This species is tame and approachable.
Their breeding habitat is the northern tundra on Arctic islands in Canada and coastal areas in Greenland and northwestern Europe. They nest on the ground either elevated on rocks or in lower damp location. The males makes several scrapes; the female chooses one and lays 3 or 4 eggs. The male takes the major responsibility for incubation and tends the chicks. The young feed themselves.
An apparent case of hybridization between this species and the dunlin has been reported from England.
A couple of pairs nest in Scotland, but this species is mainly a winter visitor to almost any rocky coast in the UK. Most are found in Orkney, Shetland and along the east coast of Scotland and northern England - it is scarce south of Yorkshire, other than Devon and Cornwall. The breeding areas in Scotland are kept secret to protect the birds from egg thieves and disturbance.
It is listed on Schedule 1 of The Wildlife and Countryside Act.
An archive image from times when you could still photograph alone and undisturbed for hours in the Lower Antelope Canyon.
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To all the friends who had been following me closely, I know you will pardon me for digging into my stockpile. To the newly acquainted? This is good as new shot.
我知道我的老朋友們會原諒我放庫存。對新朋友來說，這則可以權以充新。
trying to clean out some files and found this image of my Hyacinth Bean Vine that I fell in love with...
« Les photos qui restent, ce sont celles qui s’imposent, celles qui ont prouvé qu’elles avaient une raison d’être. »
- Klavdij Sluba
HARD DAYS coming, but despite this I wish you a peaceful NEW week!
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it's about learning how to dance in the rain!"
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