Rural Asia
View allAll Photos Tagged daw
Another image from Daws Hall - I love the reflections of the bushes in the water especially the curved branches that appear to carry on with thier arc.
Finally ventured out with my camera, after 4 weeks nursing a broken knuckle, to Daws Hall Nature Reserve and Gardens in Suffolk. Beautiful sunny, but cold, day. This scene just caught my eye with the sun shining through the trees, bushes and shrubs highlighting their colour, shape and form and casting wonderful shadows over the wet grass.
Wondering through the forested area at Daws Hall Nature Reserve and Gardens in Suffolk this little guy caught my eye. It was growing on moss on a tree trunk - only about 5mm to 10mm tall. No idea what sort of toadstool it is but no doubt someone out there knows.
A Class 185 First TransPennine Express unit is seen heading towards Manchester Piccadilly, crossing over Stockport's famous viaduct.
It was probably destined for Manchester Airport, this picture was taken on Saturday 15th March 2008
Running around ten minutes early, Great Western Castle class No. 5043 "Earl of Mount Edgcumbe" makes light work of Arley bank near to the site of the former Daw Mill Colliery, hauling the 1Z43 Tyseley Warwick Road-York and return Christmas White Rose, organised by Vintage trains.
It's magical when you witness a sunrise like this over the most beautiful harbour in the world.
This was taken from Dawes Point last Sunday morning. In case you were sleeping, this is what you missed...:-)
I hope you enjoy this image.
Please check out my website: www.brianbornstein.com to view my online gallery.
You can contact me if you would like to purchase some prints.
Canon 6D
Canon 17-40mm f/4L USM
ISO 100 | 35mm | F11 | 1/2 sec
Lee 0.9 GND
5 Shot stitched Panorama
And here's why I usually shoot birds through my window: If I step outside they tend to fly away. ;)
10/2020
Apparantly, the common name jackdaw first appeared in the 16th century, and is thought to be a compound of the forename Jack, used in animal names to signify a small form (e.g. jack snipe), and the archaic native English word daw.
The light rushes in as the morning lid is lifted. I was on the North Yorkshire moors for sunset last night which was not up to much. I was going to sleep in the car over night to catch the sunrise but with little to show for my venture I set of home with my tail between my legs. By the time I had driven home my resolve was up, I shall not be defeated. So I'm out again at dawn to catch the sunrise, although at a more local venue.
Excerpt from streetsoftoronto.com/city/biidaasige-park-toronto/:
Toronto just opened its biggest new park in a generation—and it’s absolutely stunning
July 22, 2025
Toronto unveiled its largest new park in a generation on Friday and it is a stunner. This expansive park is part of a major flood protection and revitalization effort that is reshaping the city’s eastern waterfront and setting the foundation for future sustainable communities.
Biidaasige Park sits on Ookwemin Minising, a new island formed through the re-routing and naturalization of the Don River. The name Ookwemin Minising means “place of the black cherry trees” in Anishinaabemowin and reflects the landscape’s Indigenous roots. The creation of the island and park was driven by the need for flood protection in the Port Lands, one of the largest urban renewal efforts in North America.
The Port Lands Flood Protection project, which involved rebuilding the mouth of the Don River, was designed not just to safeguard over 174 hectares of land from future flooding, but to create new natural environments and accessible public space. Biidaasige Park is the first completed public amenity on this reimagined terrain.
Biidaasige Park sprawls over 50 acres.
Biidaasige (pronounced bee-daw-sih-geh) means “sunlight shining toward us,” and the park lives up to its name with bright, open spaces, extensive native plantings, and dynamic features for recreation and play. The park space is spread over a whopping 50 acres (20 hectares) today—with another 10 acres (4 hectares) coming in 2026—the park includes:
•An incredible and huge naturally contoured playground with larger-than-life animal sculptures representing Indigenous dodems (clans)
•The city of Toronto’s first-ever ziplines, which are modest but super fun
•The Badlands Scramble, a waterplay and climbing area
•Picnic grounds and two dog off-leash zones
•A pebble beach-style landing area for launching kayaks and canoes
•Fishing platforms and step-downs to the river for nature access
•Trails for walking and cycling
•Wetlands and native vegetation for birdwatching, including the Don Greenway wetland corridor
This first phase alone features over 5,000 trees, 77,000 shrubs, and two million herbaceous plants—all part of a carefully restored riverine ecosystem.
What makes the new park so impressive, beyond the playground and the amazing spaces designed for people to congregate and enjoy the area, is that it sprawls and you can explore much further afield than one might think up a first visit.
The trails actually run on the other side of the new Don River and stretch all the way to the shipping channel south of the park, which provides an incredible experience for visitors. An area rarely seen up close by anyone who lives here.
Any active types, joggers, cyclists, paddle boarders and kayakers will love this new play space, especially when combined with Cherry Beach for an epic loop option.
While Biidaasige Park is the first completed piece of public space on Ookwemin Minising, the broader vision is ambitious. At 98 acres (39 hectares), the island is expected to eventually support more than 15,000 residents, nearly 3,000 jobs, and 15 additional acres of parkland. Mixed-use developments and sustainable housing are already in planning, made possible by the foundational flood protection work.
The naturalization of the Don River and the creation of Biidaasige Park represent a significant environmental milestone. Where once stood a neglected industrial floodplain, there is now a living river valley with new habitat, green infrastructure, and public access to water—all designed to withstand the climate-related challenges of the future.
The next phase of development will see the expansion of the island community and additional parks and public amenities. The Lassonde Art Trail will open in 2026 alongside the park’s final section. And with plans to accelerate housing construction on both Ookwemin Minising and the adjacent Quayside lands, this newly accessible stretch of the Toronto waterfront is poised to become a model of sustainable and inclusive urban growth.
SE-DAW - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 - SAS - Scandinavian Airlines Systems
in July 1984
c/n 47.629 - built in 1974 for SAS -
retired 2004 and stored ROW - scrapped
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Standing Buddha at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The 99 metres (325 ft) tall pagoda is situated on Singuttara Hill, to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, and dominates the Yangon skyline.
Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama.
6Z40 Eastleigh - Rugby crane move, lucky with the sun but I underestimated how much the train would blend into the ploughed fields! Thanks to gen providers.
Myanmar Railways 'YD' class 2-8-2 No.961 heading a well-loaded cane train with passengers from Thazi to Pyinmana on 4th January 1999.
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission
Car: Ford Escort RS2000.
Engine: 1993cc in-line 4.
Year of manufacture: 1979.
Date of first registration in the UK: 29th June 1979.
Place of registration: Shrewsbury.
Date of last MOT: 11th May 2015.
Mileage at last MOT: 86,663.
Date of last change of keeper: 14th August 2020.
Number of previous keepers: Not known.
Date taken: 17th September 2023.
Tyseley's Pannier's, Nos. L94 (7752) & 9600 drift past Daw Mill Colliery on 14th April 2012 while working Vintage Trains 'East Midlands Rambler' 1Z84 0755 Tyseley Warwick Road - Tyseley Warwick Road via Lichfield & Coalville. L94 (previously BR No,. 7752), was one of several Pannier Tanks purchased by London Transport from BR to haul engineering trains around their system, hence the livery carried today. Daw Mill Colliery closed less than a year later in March 2013 due to the consequences of a serious underground fire. It had been Britain's biggest coal producer but doubts over it's future were already circulating in early 2012. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
47241 is leading 86243 past Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire their train was the 11.31 Shrewsbury to Euston service
Daw Mill Colliery opened in 1956, it was closed after an underground fire in 2013, the site has been levelled.
47241 was built by Brush as DD1918, it entered traffic 16/11/1965 becoming 47241 under TOPS. It was named The Silcock Express August 1994, the plates were removed August 1995, on September 12th 1995 it was named Halewood Silver Jubilee 1988. It was scrapped at C.F. Booth 13/01/2006
86423 was built at Doncaster as E3152, it entered traffic 07/06/1966. Under TOPS it became 86023,86323 01/1983,86423 01/1989. It was withdrawn in October 2003 and cut by Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers at Crewe LNWR.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 26/03/1989: All rights reserved
Not really a tachikoma, but built within the spirit.
Note the leg technique, working like radius and ulna.
Now one of the most rural canals in our area, the Daw End branch was built with an industrial purpose. Constructed in about 1800, this canal allowed boats to carry limestone flux to the smelting furnaces in the Black Country.
As passengers find space on the cane wagons for the journey ahead, Myanmar Railways 'YD' class 2-8-2 No.961 prepares to leave Ywa Daw with loaded sugar cane from Thazi on Independence Day, 4th January 1999.
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission