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When we visited Dartmoor recently we came across quite a few ponies on the western side of the moor, near the road to Tavistock, including these two.
Dartmoor ponies have been here a long time. Hoof prints found on Dartmoor during an archaeological dig were found to be 3,500 yrs old! Written records of ponies on the moor go back as far as AD1012, and in the mid 1800s ponies were used to transport granite from the moorland quarries.
In 1950 there were around 30,000 ponies on the moor, but now there are only approximately 1500, and only a small proportion of these are the pedigree Dartmoor Ponies.
All the ponies are owned by various Dartmoor Commoners, (the farmers and residents of the Moor who have grazing rights on the open moor), and with these rights comes the responsibility of seeing that the herds of ponies are kept healthy. Many groups of ponies from Dartmoor are now being used in Conservation Projects all over the UK.
Source: www.visitdartmoor.co.uk/explore-dartmoor/dartmoor-animal-...
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The Itsukushima shrine dates back to the 6th century, and has been in its present form since 1168 when funds were provided by the warlord Taira no Kiyomori. The shrine's construction, consisting of pier-like structures built over the bay, is due to the holy status that the island once commanded. Commoners were historically not allowed to set foot on the island, and had to approach by boat, entering through the gate that appears to float.
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Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. - Aldo Leopold
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The Pannage, New Forest National Park
Not my normal subject matter as I’m sure any regular followers have already spotted!
The other week I was driving between silver birch locations in the New Forest and went around a bend to find several cars sitting in the road / pulled over. Now in somewhere like Yellowstone National Park that’s all too common but not over here in sleepy Hampshire! In the New Forest you might get the odd car slow down to look at a pony but not a full on ‘Yellowstone line’ of traffic.
I then spotted a whole ‘group’ of pigs rooting around in the grass verge and partaking in that well known game of “Why did the pig cross the road?”. Quickly parking up (yes I know that it’s a bit hypocritical!) I grabbed the camera and set off to snap a few of them doing their best to clear all the acorns from the forest floor.
So what do you call a group of Pigs? I suddenly realised I didn’t know. According to various Google experts:
A group of young pigs is called a litter.
A group of hogs is called a passel or team.
A group of swine is called a sounder.
Not being any sort of expert on things porcine I will leave it for others to decide.
During the autumn months, it’s not an uncommon sight to see pigs roaming the forest floor and roads in the New Forest National Park. The reason for this is one of pannage!
Pannage is the practice of releasing domestic pigs into a forest, and goes all the way back to the time of William the Conqueror, who founded The New Forest in 1079.
The pigs are released into the forest to eat fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts and other nuts; green acorns in particular are poisonous to the New Forest Ponies and cattle which roam the forest the majority of the year.
Up to 600 pigs and piglets will work their way through the forest eating the acorns and nuts from the forest floor. It is the only time of year that the pigs are allowed to roam the open forest, the rest of the time they are kept in their smallholdings by the commoners. In the 19th century the number of pigs released for pannage was as high as 6,000.
Pannage is no longer carried out in many areas of the country but can still be observed every year here in the New Forest National Park. Pannage lasts for a minimum of 60 days and is vital because acorns are poisonous in large quantities to cattle and ponies and can lead to cholic. Pigs however are believed to spit out the toxic skins and enjoy eating the acorns.
You can usually find the pigs roaming the New Forest from around the third week in September, or whenever the acorns begin to drop from the beautiful oak and beech trees. The exact Pannage dates are decided by the New Forest Verderers and the Forestry Commission based on seasonal variations. During times of exceptional acorn falls, the pannage season is usually extended by the Verderers.
New Forest pigs must also be fitted with a ring through their nose which still enables them to forage through leaf litter and surface vegetation but stops them from rooting into the ground with their snouts causing damage to the Forest. Some of the different breeds of pig that you can find out on the New Forest include: Tamworth, Gloucestershire Old Spot, the British Saddleback and the Wessex Saddleback. There isn’t a specific breed of New Forest pig.
During the pannage season some of the local artisan bakeries, farm shops and shops sell piggy-shaped biscuits to celebrate this most ancient of New Forest practices. After pannage, some local butchers sell special pannage pork!
Whilst I do like to experiment with a bit of wildlife photography I don’t think I have the patience needed! Landscapes and some street photography are where I feel happiest.
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Oenanthe hispanica
We were to encounter these stunning Wheatears widely during our time; the eastern race 'melanoleuca' comes in two forms - the dark throated form seemed to be far commoner.
This group of Vermilion Waxcaps (Hygrocybe miniata) looked rather attractive in the grassland this weekend. They are smaller than the commoner Scarlet Waxcap, and are usually a vermilion colour with a dry, scaly cap with a corrugated margin. There are also two tiny Mycena mushrooms growing amongst them. These were photographed in West Yorkshire.
Although the New Forest pony is a recognised breed in its own right, their appearance can be quite diverse, as many other breed bloodlines have been introduced to the New Forest ponies. Among the other breeds they have been mixed with to create the variety you see today include Welsh, Arab, Thoroughbred, Hackney, Highlands and Exmoor..There is a myth that the New Forest ponies are completely wild, however, they are only wild in the sense that they are able to roam freely around the National Park. They are in fact owned and cared for by New Forest Commoners.During the winter, once most of the grass has been eaten and doesn’t grow back as quickly, the ponies may also eat holly and gorse to help supplement their diet.
Photography: Chris
The life-size bronze statue by Matthäus Lang stands on the church square in front of the Resch Castle, the former vicarage of Eggenburg. The statue was created by Maciej Zychowicz from Poland in 1993.
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (* 1468 in Augsburg as Matthäus Lang; † March 30, 1540 in Salzburg) was a Salzburg archbishop and cardinal and an important clergyman of the Catholic Church. He also became known as a fanatical persecutor of evangelical Christians, especially the Baptists.
The commoner Lang acquired the castle of Wellenburg in 1507 and was called Lang von Wellenburg after he was raised to the nobility.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthäus_Lang_von_Wellenburg
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Die lebensgroße Bronzestatue von Matthäus Lang steht am Kirchenplatz vor dem Reschschloss, dem ehemaligen Pfarrhof von Eggenburg. Die Statue schuf Maciej Zychowicz aus Polen 1993.
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (* 1468 in Augsburg als Matthäus Lang; † 30. März 1540 in Salzburg) war ein Salzburger Erzbischof und Kardinal sowie ein bedeutender Geistlicher der katholischen Kirche. Bekannt wurde er auch als fanatischer Verfolger evangelischer Christen, insbesondere der Täufer. Der bürgerliche Lang erwarb 1507 das Schloss Wellenburg und wurde nach seiner Erhebung in den Adelsstand Lang von Wellenburg genannt.
Mehr lesen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthäus_Lang_von_Wellenburg
The New Forest pony is one of the recognised mountain and moorland or native pony breeds of the British Isles.[1] Height varies from around 12 to 14.2 hands (48 to 58 inches, 122 to 147 cm); ponies of all heights should be strong, workmanlike, and of a good riding type. They are valued for hardiness, strength, and sure-footedness.
The breed is indigenous to the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England, where equines have lived since before the last Ice Age; remains dating back to 500,000 BC have been found within 50 miles (80 km) of the heart of the modern New Forest. DNA studies have shown ancient shared ancestry with the Celtic-type Asturcón and Pottok ponies. Many breeds have contributed to the foundation bloodstock of the New Forest pony, but today only ponies whose parents are both registered as purebred in the approved section of the stud book may be registered as purebred. The New Forest pony can be ridden by children and adults, can be driven in harness, and competes successfully against larger horses in horse show competition.
All ponies grazing on the New Forest are owned by New Forest commoners – people who have "rights of common of pasture" over the Forest lands. An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze. The population of ponies on the Forest has fluctuated in response to varying demand for young stock. Numbers fell to fewer than six hundred in 1945, but have since risen steadily, and thousands now run loose in semi-feral conditions. The welfare of ponies grazing on the Forest is monitored by five Agisters, employees of the Verderers of the New Forest. Each Agister takes responsibility for a different area of the Forest. The ponies are gathered annually in a series of drifts, to be checked for health, wormed, and they are tail-marked; each pony's tail is trimmed to the pattern of the Agister responsible for that pony. Purebred New Forest stallions approved by the Breed Society and by the New Forest Verderers run out on the Forest with the mares for a short period each year. Many of the foals bred on the Forest are sold through the Beaulieu Road pony sales, which are held several times each year.
As I wrote in my last post it was my first visit to the New Forest and I had not really done any research . I was hoping we might spot some of the wild ponies I had heard about , I need not had worried there were ponies everywhere also pigs goats deer and donkeys roaming around; you need to drive cautiously in the Forest. The photo was taken on out walk through the forest it was very peaceful but you kept seeing groups of ponies foraging in the trees . The shot tries to convey this the animals are obscured by the trees but I hope it gives an idea of the New forest. I have never seen feral horses before in England it was rather delightful
If you have the time the text underneath gives an explanation as to how the system works its rather peculiar and archaic
The breed of horse is indigenous to the New Forest in Hampshire in southern England, where equines have lived since before the last Ice Age; remains dating back to 500,000 BC have been found within 50 miles of the heart of the modern New Forest. DNA studies have shown ancient shared ancestry with the Celtic-type Asturcón and Pottok ponies. The grass in the New Forest always looks remarkably tidy, it is a direct result of animal activity. In fact, their grazing and browsing supports rare plant species including wild gladiolus and chamomile. This in turn helps the wider ecosystem and encourages other species to thrive here including the Dartford warbler and the southern damselfly. In fact, the southern damselfly lays its eggs in the water-filled hoofprints of ponies (and cattle) nearby to the streams that pass through the New Forest.
All ponies grazing on the New Forest are owned by New Forest commoners – people who have "rights of common of pasture" over the Forest lands. The ancient tradition of commoning dates back from before the days when William the Conqueror made this area his private hunting reserve and imposed strict laws on the locals. In return for this, the locals were given the rights to graze their animals on the ‘common’ (this being the land which is now known as the New Forest).
An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze. The population of ponies on the Forest has fluctuated in response to varying demand for young stock. Numbers fell to fewer than six hundred in 1945, but have since risen steadily, and thousands now run loose in semi-feral conditions. The welfare of ponies grazing on the Forest is monitored by five Agisters, employees of the Verderers of the New Forest. Each Agister takes responsibility for a different area of the Forest. The ponies are gathered annually in a series of drifts, to be checked for health, wormed, and they are tail-marked; each pony's tail is trimmed to the pattern of the Agister responsible for that pony.
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Shag is a really old name for this bird, first recorded in 1556 and used by all the early bird authors. It refers to the tuft of feathers that develops on the head in the breeding season. They look very similar to Cormorants, especially in winter when they don't have the tuft, and even birdwatchers have difficulty telling them apart. Here's a Shag is non-breeding plumage: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/23415197231/in/photolist Yet in 2014 a study found that it was not closely related to all of the Northern Hemisphere cormorants, and was nearer to the Southern Hemisphere cormorants like this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/53604280624/in/photolist So it was removed from the genus Phalacrocorax and placed in Gulosus all by itself. Gulosus means gluttonous but I don't know why that was chosen. Its species name aristotelis, given by Linnaeus commemorates the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BCE) who's work Enquiry concerning Animals was considered to be the start of descriptive Zoology. He mentioned more than 140 birds, though many cannot be identified to species.
I photographed this Shag on Lunga in the Treshnish Isles, looking very handsome with its emerald eye and primrose gape. They only nest at the coast and rarely stray inland. They are also long-lived, with the oldest being found dead just one month under thirty years from when it was ringed as a chick. Surprisingly it is much commoner than Cormorant in Britain, yet Cormorant nests inland and frequents inland freshwater bodies. The UK population of Shag is about 18,000 pairs, compared to Cormorant with only about 8,900 pairs.
This was not originally a church bell, but the city's warning used in case of storm floods, fire, or some other hazard. The first storm belt from 1333 was damaged by partial collapse of the Commoner’s Tower in 1594. It was recast in 1599 in the medieval bishop's palace in Bispegade from which according to sources it was dragged to the Cathedral ‘by a flock of scholars’ from the cathedral school.
The Storm Bell measures 147 cm in diameter, and weighs approximately 3 tonnes. It has not been swung since the early 1800s, for fear that the oscillation of the heavy belt might destabilize the tower. A mechanical hammer ensures that the bell strikes the hour (1-12 strokes)
🇩🇰 CAMPANA DE TORMENTA, 1599
Esta no era originalmente una campana de iglesia, sino para advertir a la ciudad utilizada en caso de inundaciones, incendios o algún otro peligro. El primer cinturón de tormentas de 1333 fue dañado por el derrumbe parcial de la Torre del Comunero en 1594. Fue refundida en 1599 en el palacio medieval del obispo en Bispegade desde donde, según las fuentes, fue arrastrado a la Catedral 'por un rebaño de eruditos' de la escuela de la catedral.
La Storm Bell mide 147 cm de diámetro y pesa aproximadamente 3 toneladas. No se ha movido (pendularmente) desde principios del siglo XIX, por temor a que la oscilación del pesado soporte pudiese desestabilizar la torre. Un martillo mecánico asegura que la campana suene la hora (1-12 golpes)
Portrait Street - nel AD1398 Un salto indietro nel tempo, fino al Medioevo.
A step back in time, until the Middle Ages.
Volterra AD 1398 è una delle più belle e apprezzate rievocazioni storiche italiane. La festa si svolge nel cuore pulsante della Volterra medievale e nel magnifico Parco di Castello dominato dalla austera mole della Fortezza Medicea.
Il centro storico della città si anima di un passato mai sopito e i visitatori sono trasportati, come per magia, indietro nel tempo. Focosi destrieri, audaci cavalieri, nobili, dame, artigiani e mercanti, popolani e contadini, sbandieratori, balestrieri e soldati, giocolieri, musici e giullari fanno rivivere per incanto il misterioso medioevo di Volterra.
Volterra AD 1398 is one of the most beautiful and appreciated Italian historical re-enactments. The festival takes place in the pulsating heart of medieval Volterra and in the magnificent Parco di Castello dominated by the austere bulk of the Medici Fortress.
The historic center of the city comes alive with a never-ending past and visitors are transported, as if by magic, back in time. Fierce steeds, daring knights, nobles, ladies, artisans and merchants, commoners and peasants, flag bearers, crossbowmen and soldiers, jugglers, musicians and jesters revive the mysterious medieval town of Volterra by magic.
Volterra, Pisa Italy AD 1398
Locomotive Services machines 20107 (D8107), 20118 & 20132 crawl through Acton Bridge onto the Slow line as booked to allow 1A25, 1G48 and 9M51 to pass. The move to the Slow line suited me as the locos are more visible than they would be ploughing straight ahead on the Fast. And I've no idea why the nickname "Moose" is applied to 20s but I far prefer it to the commoner names!
The three locos were forming 1Z89 0742 Keighley to Euston LSL private charter on 13th October 2025. Ironically the last time I photographed any of the class around Acton Bridge, there were four of them, delivering a new Stadler unit for Merselyrail.
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The Libellula fulva
Compared to the commoner and more widespread Broad-Bodied Chaser, the Blue Chaser has a more restricted range; it's largely absent from Scandinavia, the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula. It also tends to be much the rarer of the two. In our part of Central Italy, though, it's still quite common and in fact - because of its highly territorial nature - it's one of the easiest species to photograph. Libellula fulva is a fairly large dragonfly. Its main distinguishing features include the male's steely-blue eyes, light-blue abdomen and dark abdominal segments 8-10. The females and immature males are of a strikingly beautiful orange colour, which - with age - changes into light blue in the case of males and brown in the case of females. The species has a dark-brown wing patch (but only on the hind wing) and a dark patch on the tip of each wing.
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Surrounding St. John the Baptist church, Markyate, Hertfordshire. This is a very old fence and I do not know who put it there. If it was the Church, then in order to place a boundary between the sacred and the profane (sheep and cow very likely being in the profane bracket). If it was the landowner, the person owning the mansion Markyate Cell, it was probably meant to keep the commoners off his land. Anyway, the iron fence is still there and telling you to respect boundaries. Leica M8, Voigtlaender NC 1.4/35 wide-open.
I have posted rather a lot of photos from Baja so here's something closer to home. This is a male Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) displaying over a Peak District woodland. Female Goshawks are noticeably larger than males and I have noticed that whenever birdwatchers say they have seen a Goshawk they nearly always add that it was female. I think this is because there is a risk of confusion with the smaller, and much commoner Sparrowhawk. By claiming a female Goshawk, the implication is that you cannot have mistaken it for a Sparrowhawk. Yet I remember on one occasion a group of birders had convinced themselves they were watching a "big" female Goshawk when it was actually a (small) male Sparrowhawk.
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Lagom - Nordic Walk- In [Hanger F]
A large ki'i stands near the Royal Grounds in Pu’uhonua o Honauna National Historical Park on the big island of Hawai'i. Wooden images of the gods, known to the ancient Hawaiians as ki’i, protect Pu’uhonua o Honauna, one of the most sacred places in Hawaii. The ki’i guard the Hale o Keawe Heiau, a sacred temple that housed the bones of 23 Hawaiian chiefs said to still inhabit the area with their power or mana. On one side of the Temple and wall was the Pu’uhonua or place of refuge. Until 1819, defeated Hawaiian warriors and those who broke sacred law could escape death by reaching this sacred ground. A ceremony of absolution would take place to allow the law-breaker to return to society. On the other side of the Temple and wall was the Royal Grounds. Some of the ki'i were also placed at the entrance to the Royal grounds as warnings to the commoner. Kapu Ki’i, a wooden image that guards the royal grounds, reminds those who see it of the kapu or laws requarding approaching or distrubing the royals. Those ignoring the Kapu Ki’i may pay with their life for their transgression.
I saw my first Corncrake on South Uist in May 1985 and I have seen precisely thirteen birds in Britain in total (plus a couple abroad), though I have heard many more. By the way, six of the thirteen sightings were on Iona this spring, which is where I photographed this bird trying to hide in short grass. They used to be a familiar sound throughout Britain and were even heard regularly on the London Commons in the nineteenth century. You might think that in the days when they were much commoner they would be seen more frequently, but they always seem to have been elusive. John Clare (1793-1864), the Northamptonshire poet, was a patient and careful observer of wildlife. He wrote I believe the habits of the land rail are little known. I know but little of them myself. Where is the school boy that has not heard that mysterious noise which comes with the spring in the grass and green corn? I have followed it for hours and all to no purpose. It seemed like a spirit that mocked my folly in running after it.
It is still well-known among birdwatchers that you should never pursue a Corncrake in its field as it just sends it deeper into cover, which seems to be what John Clare discovered for himself two hundred years ago. The Corncrake in this photograph just sat motionless, watching me, trying to hide in short grass on Iona.
The New Forest donkeys are all owned by the New Forest’s Commoners, people who live here and have rights to let their animals graze the open forest - this tradition goes back many hundreds of years. I really like shooting low and into the sun and the donkey's grazing a Janesmoor Pool, Fritham made lovely silhouettes and shadows.
Rockford Common, New Forest National Park.
Been rather fed up with the weather recently so when I saw the forecast showed a chance of a possible bluehour shot I set my alarm for 03:30am to get down to Rockford Common in the New Forest. Arrived to find a lot of cloud on the horizon so went and shot some compositions and then decided to go for a walk. I decided to shoot the path in the photo and almost got caught by surprise when the cloud broke on the horizon. I saw the sun above the hill before it reached my camera so quickly thought 'sunstar' and got shooting. I know sunstars are a bit cliché but I like them 😉
Rockford Common is an area of open heathland and woodland, grazed by livestock belonging to local commoners. The area is rich in wildlife and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It's one of THE places to go in The New Forest for heather and the heather is certainly looking good at the moment.
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Miss Poutine has some troubles of her own
She has a cat who just won't leave her alone
She tried and tried to give that cat away
She gave him to someone far far away
But the cat came back, the very next day..
He just couldn't stay away...
It's wonderful to have so many grasshoppers in the garden. Most of them seem to be Field Grasshoppers like this one!
The Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) is one of the commoner grasshoppers, found throughout most of Britain. It favours short, sunny grassland, and so it is not uncommon on garden lawns and rockeries. It is a brownish grasshopper, but the colour varies. Striped and mottled forms occur with parts of the body varying from buff through orange to purple. It has sharply incurved pronotal side-keels. The dark wedges on the pronotum don't reach the base. The underside of body is distinctively hairy in both sexes. The species is winged, flies well and has been known to swarm.
It enjoys a long season with nymphs hatching from late March. Adults appear from June and may survive until early December. They feed on plants and grasses. Males can be seen displaying to females by rubbing their legs against their wings to create a 'song' - a brief, single chirrup, repeated at short intervals. After mating, eggs are laid in the soil ready to hatch the following summer.
The difference in colour and markings of these little fellas is really quite pleasing. A real flash of colour when compared with the commoner end of the European finch spectrum.
Medium-sized dove with spotted wings, a distinctive striped neck patch and a bold white tip to the rounded tail. Found in wooded and semiopen habitats, especially farmland and heath with hedges and scattered trees. Usually rather shy; seen mainly in flight, but at times perched on utility wires. Feeds on ground, where it may associate with other pigeons. Appreciably smaller and slimmer than much commoner and overall paler Eurasian Collared-Dove. Extremely similar in plumage to Oriental Turtle-Dove, but has less extensive dark centers to the wing feathers and averages pinker on the breast.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Cory's Shearwater/Cánóg Cory (Calonectris borealis) is the largest species of shearwater seen in Irish waters, being almost twice the size of the much commoner Manx Shearwater. Like that species, Cory's Shearwater has white underparts. The upperparts (head, back and rump) are a light brown while the wings are a contrasting darker brown/black. At close range and in good light, the large yellow bill can be seen. Distinguishable from Manx Shearwater almost on flight-style, having a much more relaxed flight action which includes long glides on bowed wings interspersed with only a few slow flaps of the wings. In poor conditions, confusion with Fulmar (similar size and flight action) is possible. (Birdwatch Ireland)
This species breeds on Madeira, the Azores and the Berlengas Archipelago in Portugal and the Canary Islands in Spain. This individual was photographed off Madeira. A beautiful bird that I was lucky to see in Madeiran waters recently. Despite seeing so many of them, my heart still beats faster when they start appearing on seawatches from the south coast of Ireland during the autumn.
Walking around many of the New Forest villages, it is very common to see Ponies, Donkeys, Cattle, Sheep and at certain times of the year, even Pigs, out for a casual stroll, or hanging around the shops or even the pub!
"The New Forest pony is one of the recognised mountain and moorland or native pony breeds of the British Isles. All ponies grazing on the New Forest are owned by New Forest commoners – people who have "rights of common of pasture" over the Forest lands. An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze."