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I visited Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary Yesterday, where they have a herd of sheep. The sheep are large, much bigger than the Shetlands at the farm where I work. I found them at lunch time, and they were enjoying their hay.
Had to go back to my copse on its little drumlin this evening - ideally would have been there 5 mins earlier for more stormy skies but still rather lovely for a little while.
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Brown, purple and copper tones veiled in mist
and low cloud, looking over Loch EiI.
This view from Potter’s line shows a plethora
of glacial drumlins, small hummocks, on the far shore.
A dreamy, clearing shroud of early morning autumnal mist,
embraces the Loch Shiel mountains.
The sheep is not impressed, when green grass is available,
but I’ve had my breakfast, so I am!
Info from Wikipedia:
Georges Island (named after George II of Great Britain) is a glacial drumlin and the largest island entirely within the harbour limits of Halifax Harbour located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. The Island is the location of Fort Charlotte - named after King George's wife Charlotte. Fort Charlotte was built during Father Le Loutre's War, a year after Citadel Hill (Fort George). The island is now a National Historic Site of Canada.
The island was originally named île à la Raquette which means Snowshoe Island. For a brief time, the Island was known as île d'Enville, named after the leader of the great Duc d’Anville Expedition who was buried on the island for a number of years. In 1749, the island was named "George Island" after King George II, and then finally, in 1963, it was renamed "Georges Island".
Upon the arrival of Edward Cornwallis and the outbreak of Father Le Loutre's War, fortifications were established on Citadel Hill (Fort George) (1749) and Georges Island (Fort Charlotte) (1750).
During the Seven Years' War, two thousand French sailors were imprisoned on the island after the British victory in the Battle off Cape Race, Newfoundland.
During the war, Fort Charlotte was one of four forts where Acadians were imprisoned over the nine years of the Expulsion of the Acadians(the others were Fort Frederick, Saint John, New Brunswick; Fort Cumberland; and Fort Edward (Nova Scotia)). The Acadian prisoners in the vicinity of Halifax were subject to various degrees of confinement and dependence upon victualization, without the right to own land, continuously, from 1759 to 1768. According to historian Ronnie Gilles-LeBlanc there were approximately 1660 Acadians held prisoner on the island during the deportation (1755-1763), with a maximum of 600 prisoners at one time. Many Acadian men in the region were occupied with road building, fisheries, wharf building, and wood cutting, and lodged close to where they worked.
During the American Revolution the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) were stationed at the fort to protect the harbour from American Privateers.
Georges Island was part of the "Halifax Defence Complex" from the mid-18th century to the Second World War, with Citadel Hill and Fort Charlotte on the island being restored by Parks Canada. For nearly two hundred years Georges Island was the scene of constant military activity. Tales of executions, forts and hidden tunnels surround the folklore associated with the mysterious island. It had an Island Prison Camp, a Look Out Point, an Acadian Prison camp, and a Quarantine Station.
The Georges Island Lighthouse was established on the island in 1876. The original wooden tower burned in 1917 and was replaced by an octagonal concrete tower in 1917. The light was manned until 1972 when it was automated and destaffed.
Visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Island_(Nova_Scotia)
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I don't know the real name of this juvenile goat, but his dad is Titus, and he was conceived over the winter. He shares the same giant head as Titus, who appears in previous photos from Drumlin Farm. Titus also stars in the "Wup wup" video. I couldn't get a decent shot of him today, as he was grazing out in the field and kept his head down.
66 702 "Blue Lightning" heads 4N03 11:27 Carlisle N.Y. to Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb on Selside. A location I hadn't done for many years, probably because it's too easy!
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These two young females were born this spring at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, a vast Audubon property in Lincoln, MA. I first visited there on a field trip in second grade, and it's a favorite place for photography.
This goat at Drumlin Farm had kids recently, who find security by gathering around her. Some of them will stay at the farm, while others will move on to different farms.
I photographed this spectacular classic red clay drumlin in the Aktau Mountains, Altyn Emel National Park, Kazakhstan. A drumlin is "an elongated hill in the shape of an inverted spoon or half-buried egg formed by glacial ice acting on underlying unconsolidated till or ground moraine".
13/03/2019 www.allenfotowild.com
This sheep has a very long face! I'm not sure of the gender, but he/she came up for pats after this photo. I just don't like calling an animal "it."
These sheep are at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where I visited today. They also have many farm animals. It is run by the Audubon Society.
The distant Mourne Mountains with their atypical snow covering and a last tiny kiss of light! Taken from the slopes of Scrabo and looking over the drumlins!
This is the 4th image in my Western Fells set to form the sixth part of my UK Mountain Ranges project. In this project I intend through these simple and intimate and sometimes gritty images to convey the drama and wild ruggedness of the UK's mountains in all types of weather at all times of the day.
The Western Fells are a range of mountains in the English Lake District. As with the rest of the Lake District, these hills are very popular with walkers although perhaps as they are slightly more remote it is still possible to enjoy a day exploring them without running into too many people.
Taken on a very fine day on the way up the Tongue towards Great Gable and looking back down the Ennerdale Valley, small Drumlins pepper the valley floor. These are mounds of glacial deposits that are surprisingly large once you start navigating around them.
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Childish excitement travelling from east to west in late winter.
You know soon, very soon, the West Coast “Munros” will gleam like incisor teeth above the forested landscape.
Faochag, left, and The Saddle or Forcan Ridge, right, are such peaks that advertise the thousand metre micro-climate of semi-Alpine splendour.
Spin-drift sweeps off the upper slopes to accumulate in layers like royal icing.
The snowy back-cloth forms a pleasing contrast to the pastel tans and greens of the bracken and forest of the lower slopes of this historic Glen.
The West Coast beckons.
Such a grand mountain corridor befits the momentous land and seascapes that lie in prospect.
I visited Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary today to photograph their many wonderful animals. This pretty cow saw me giving her friend a burdock leaf, and came over to enjoy one for herself.
This young goat has it pretty good, growing up at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. There's a big meadow next to the barn, and lots of playmates.