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With only a month and a half until the first show of the new rally season, Preserved Bournemouth Yellow Buses Dennis Dart M455 LLJ is seen out in the sunshine this afternoon having a winter clean.
One of a pair of female common darter dragonflies that were sitting on the neighbour's washing line. Natural light
Common Darter ( Sympetrum striolatum)
As it's name suggests this dragonfly is very abundant in England. It breeds in still water, even stagnant ponds, and can be seen well into November.
The males become a bright orange-red with maturity with small black spots near the end of its abdomen.
Females have a pale, yellowish-brown abdomen often developing red markings along the segment boundaries and medial line as they age.
I've added a photograph of the female in the comments section.
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This Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) was seen in my front garden as I returned, disheartened, from a rather fruitless trip to my local wood, which seemed to resemble a wildlife desert! It goes without saying, this little dragonfly brightened up my day :)
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Dennis Dart (TJ 836) with Duple body, new to Entwhistle of Morecambe in 1933.
Seen at the Alexander Dennis Open Day.
The darters, anhingas, or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae, which contains a single genus, Anhinga. There are four living species, three of which are very common and widespread while the fourth is rarer and classified as near-threatened by the IUCN. The term snakebird is usually used without any additions to signify whichever of the completely allopatric species occurs in any one region. It refers to their long thin neck, which has a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged, or when mated pairs twist it during their bonding displays. "Darter" is used with a geographical term when referring to particular species. It alludes to their manner of procuring food, as they impale fishes with their thin, pointed beak. The American darter (A. anhinga) is more commonly known as the anhinga. It is sometimes called "water turkey" in the southern United States; though the anhinga is quite unrelated to the wild turkey, they are both large, blackish birds with long tails that are sometimes hunted for food
The dear old thing she's dead and may be never be seen again. My favourite bus in all Edinburgh and this was a really nice discovery to find way at the back of the normal service buses, out of the way of anyone within Central depot. What a moment!
Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer SPD number 188 (Y188 CFS) and renumbered 53 sits lonely and abandoned with notices saying 'Do no Enter / Do not remove parts'.
Get There Greener Darts numbers 54 to 59 operate on Service 36 and 188 (53) seemed like the grand uncle of the group - I still look closely when the others come along thinking and hoping it might just be this one.
There is a huge lack of quality fish photos of North american species, even worse so many are miss identified! so trying to ID some has been difficult. It will be an on going thing but I am going to try and catch and photograph as many species as I can.
First up is...
The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) is a native North American fish found in small, fast-moving streams and small to medium-sized rivers. It grows to 2 to 3 inches (51 to 76 mm) in length.[1] The species is very sensitive to pollution and silt, staying in clean, pollution-free water. The rainbow darter is easily identified by three dark spots on the back, and blue and orange in the dorsal and anal fins. It is a small perch-like fish found in freshwater streams in North America.
With the imminent arrival of Lothian's new Volvo 7900 Hybrid single deckers the end is approaching for our 40 remaining Dennis Darts. These vehicles have been fantastic work machines and have served the company well over the past 14 years, initially operating on Lothian's flagship service 22.
Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 66 (SK52 OJL) is seen on a sunny afternoon in Princes Street on Service 12 with a branded Eclipse on the opposite side at British Home Stores.
LB has a growing number of events throughout the year, notably an annual Doors Open Day which is usually held in September.
This free event welcomes the public to see inside Central depot in Annandale Street. It's a fun day out and everyone can experience the opportunity to find out more about LB's fleet and general operations.
Passengers who would like the chance to speak directly to staff and air their opinions on bus travel in Edinburgh can join in one of the regular Bus Users' Surgeries, held at different times throughout the year.
Rear view of the MCT Dart repaint.
This one used the CMNL Blackburn Transport Dart which needed 3 days in the paint stripper then another day of scraping off the remaining paint with blade and wire wool.
Don't know what they use in their ivory paint - perhaps real ivory??? :-)
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Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Anhingidae
Description: The Darter is a large, slim water bird with a long snake-like neck, sharp pointed bill, and long, rounded tail. Male birds are dark brownish black with glossy black upperwings, streaked and spotted white, silver-grey and brown. The strongly kinked neck has a white or pale brown stripe from the bill to where the neck kinks and the breast is chestnut brown. Females and immatures are grey-brown above, pale grey to white below, with a white neck stripe that is less distinct in young birds. The Darter is often seen swimming with only the snake-like neck visible above the water, or drying its wings while perched on a tree or stump over water. While its gait is clumsy on land, it can soar gracefully to great heights on thermals, gliding from updraft to updraft. It has a cross-shaped silhouette when flying.
Distribution: In Australia, the Darter is found from Adelaide, South Australia, to Tennant Creek, Northern Territory and then to Broome, Western Australia. it is also found in south-western Australia, from Perth to Esperance. Worldwide, it has been thought of as one of two mainAnhinga species (the other, A. anhinga, is found in North America), found in the southern half of Africa, Madagascar, Iraq, Pakistan, India, south-east Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea. However, A. melanogaster is now considered to be further divided into three species, with rufa being found in Africa, melanogaster in south Asia and novaehollandiae in New Guinea and Australia (the Australasian Darter).
Habitat: The Darter is found in wetlands and sheltered coastal waters, mainly in the Tropics and Subtropics. It prefers smooth, open waters, for feeding, with tree trunks, branches, stumps or posts fringing the water, for resting and drying its wings. Most often seen inland, around permanent and temporary water bodies at least half a metre deep, but may be seen in calm seas near shore, fishing. The Darter is not affected by salinity or murky waters, but does require waters with sparse vegetation that allow it to swim and dive easily. It builds its nests in trees standing in water, and will move to deeper waters if the waters begin to dry up.
Feeding: The Darter catches fish with its sharp bill partly open while diving in water deeper than 60 cm. The fish is pierced from underneath, flicked onto the water's surface and then swallowed head first. Smaller items are eaten underwater and large items may be carried to a convenient perch and then swallowed. Insects and other aquatic animals, including tortoises, may also be eaten, as well as some vegetable matter. In hot weather, adult birds may pour water from their bills into the gullets of their young chicks when they are still in the nest.
Breeding: The Darter is usually a solitary bird, forming pairs only while breeding. Breeding is erratic, happening whenever water levels and food supplies are suitable, but most often occurs in spring and summer. Nests are usually solitary, but Darters may nest within loose colonies with other water birds that nest in trees, such as cormorants, spoonbills and ibis. The male decorates a nest-site with green leafy twigs and displays to attract a mate, with elaborate wing-waving and twig-grasping movements. The male carries most of the nest material to the nest-site, which is normally in the fork of a tree standing in water, usually about 3.5 m above the water's surface. Both sexes complete the nest, incubate the eggs and raise the young. Chicks are kept warm by brooding continously (or cooled down by shading with spread wings) for up to a week after hatching and both adults stay in the nest with the chicks overnight. In hot weather, the adults will even shake water over the chicks after a swim. Chicks can swim after about four weeks in the nest and start to fly at about 50 days.
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au)
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Darters are a water bird that is closely related to Cormorants. Their feathers are not waterproof and since they are underwater hunters you will usually see them sitting out of the water on a log or rock with their wings spread right out drying themselves. Their feathers are permeable to water to allow for decreased buoyancy so they can sink to catch their prey. They have an oil gland at the base of their tail which they use while preening and squeezing the water from their feathers.
DART 6 is used by the Drowning Accident Rescue Team as the logistician's vehicle. It was acquired secondhand from the City of Sacramento, where it was used by the Parks Department.
Note the custom badging at the lower right of the passenger door.
1973 Dodge Dart Swinger
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Buses Excetera S29 (S29 ETC, ex-Y975 TGH) and London General LDP183 (Y983 TGH) wait in traffic at Epsom Clock Tower, on the 516 and 318 respectively.
Clock Tower, High Street, Epsom, Surrey.
Most of Lothian's Dennis Darts will be demoted to the reserve fleet shortly but if any are to remain in service for a while longer then it's perhaps this one.
Unlike its sisters number 75 (SN75 JNO) has a 53 registration plate and this is due to the original vehicle being destroyed by fire in 2003, just 6 months after newly delivered. One night whilst running light (on the City Bypass from Wallyford to Longstone off a late-evening service 44) an electrical fault created a huge blaze with only the front and rear surviving, the rest having melted. This then is the replacement 75 for the original one.
In 2002 these buses were new and branded to Lothian's flagship Service 22 (and the night Service 22).
Dart 75 picks up a few passengers from their shopping trip at the Gyle.
Description
The Darter is a large, slim water bird with a long snake-like neck, sharp pointed bill, and long, rounded tail. Male birds are dark brownish black with glossy black upperwings, streaked and spotted white, silver-grey and brown. The strongly kinked neck has a white or pale brown stripe from the bill to where the neck kinks and the breast is chestnut brown. Females and immatures are grey-brown above, pale grey to white below, with a white neck stripe that is less distinct in young birds. The Darter is often seen swimming with only the snake-like neck visible above the water, or drying its wings while perched on a tree or stump over water. While its gait is clumsy on land, it can soar gracefully to great heights on thermals, gliding from updraft to updraft. It has a cross-shaped silhouette when flying.