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The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and across the Palearctic. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in the British Isles, but winters in large numbers in the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
La Sagrada Familia
El Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia , conocido simplemente como la Sagrada Familia, es una basílica católica de Barcelona (España), de estilo modernista fue diseñada por el arquitecto Antoni Gaudí. Iniciada en 1882, todavía está en construcción.
The Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, known simply as the Sagrada Familia, is a Catholic basilica in Barcelona (Spain), in a modernist style designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. Begun in 1882, it is still under construction.
Antiguamente llamada Barcelona-Término, es una de las estaciones de ferrocarril de Adif de Barcelona, es la segunda después de Sants en cuanto a tráfico de media y larga distancia. De ella parten casi todas las líneas regionales de Catalunya y algunos servicios de largo recorrido.
Formerly called Barcelona-Término, it is one of the Adif railway stations in Barcelona, it is the second after Sants in terms of medium and long distance traffic. Almost all the regional lines in Catalonia and some long-distance services depart from it.
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Leica M8, AVENON SuperWide-L 21mm f/2.8 with infrared filter
MRA Poseidon P8A ZP805 'Fulmar', leaving
RAF Lossiemouth
Nikon D810 70-200mm f2.8G f4 1/800 190mm ISO 64
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Leica M8, AVENON SuperWide-L 21mm f/2.8 with infrared filter