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Sometimes referred to as the Snakebird. Photo taken at Emerald Botanic Gardens, Emerald, Queensland.
This common darter dragonfly has chosen to warm himself in the sun on a dried cowpat. From his point of view it probably looks like the perfect landing pad!
These bird images are all taken at the bird sanctuary at Bharatpur at the 'Keoladeo National Park' or 'Keoladeo Ghana National Park'. The sanctuary that plays host to thousands of birds especially during the winter season. Over 230 species of birds are known to have made the National Park their home. It is also a major tourist centre with scores of ornithologists arriving here in the hibernal season. It was declared a protected sanctuary in 1971. It is also a declared World Heritage Site.
Keoladeo Ghana National Park is a man-made and man-managed wetland and one of the national parks of India. The reserve protects Bharatpur from frequent floods, provides grazing grounds for village cattle and earlier was primarily used as a waterfowl hunting ground. The 29 km2 (11 sq mi) reserve is locally known as Ghana, and is a mosaic of dry grasslands, woodlands, woodland swamps, and wetlands. These diverse habitats are home to 366 bird species, 379 floral species, 50 species of fish, 13 species of snakes, 5 species of lizards, 7 amphibian species, 7 turtle species, and a variety of other invertebrates. Every year thousands of migratory waterfowl visit the park for wintering breeding etc. The Sanctuary is one of the richest bird areas in the world. It is known for nesting of its resident birds and visiting migratory birds including water birds. The rare Siberian cranes used to winter in this park but this central population of Siberian cranes is now extinct. According to founder of the World Wildlife Fund Peter Scott, Keoladeo Sanctuary is one of the world’s best bird areas.
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What you see here is Genesis!! Seen here on a Southdown Enthusiasts Club visit to the Dennis factory in Guildford was the very first completed Dennis Dart prototype with Duple/Carlyle 'Dartline' bodywork.
By this time it had been relegated to internal use within the factory and was used for experimentation (at this time it was powered by natural gas as seen by the lettering on the side).
The first of many... I don't know if it is still with us though.
Central Travel, Ltd Sheffield Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 SN53KKT in Angel Street, Sheffield on the 18th October 2022. (Ex Go Ahead London General LDP258)
Squarepeg SF04RHJ has been running with a private plate for some months but is now originally registered again, here it is operating the 22 in Garforth. This vehicle was new in Scotland with Mc Colls but became a loan vehicle with a dealership before moving on again and eventually finding a home here.
Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2
New to Stagecoach Southdown in September 2004 as 34643
Ex Stagecoach Midlands Red 'South' in June 2006
I'm back in my comfort zone...awe aint that nice? My dear Darts I miss them so much.
Here's my exact text from that day in 2012:
Sunday the 4th of March and Lothian make substantial changes and alterations to fares, services, fleets, diagrams and depots.
It's always a little exciting when major changes occur to transport networks and Edinburgh is also adjusting to another seismic re-arranging of city centre traffic this week-end as the eastern end of Princes Street will close with most traffic being diverted down Leith Street. This will affect virtually everyone travelling in the central area for the foreseeable future owing to ongoing tramworks.
So a big moment for learning new route diagrams, checking timetables and making sure we've got the increased fares for the buses we want to travel on, that's assuming we can find where they are!
My most joyous photograph of the day is Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 61 (SK52 OJE) just leaving the terminus at Granton and behold a single decker on Service 19. What a special treat this is and a new destination for the 19 to Lochend too. Note the new banner 'Revised Adult Fares'.
This was a very funny collab with HRVB a few months ago. Dart game and pub meets beer flush overkill.
Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) or Snake bird, drying out and warming up in the early morning light at Bundala National Park, Sri lanka.