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The green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. It is resident but prone to seasonal movements and is found widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and the Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia and Asia through India to Vietnam. They are mainly insect eaters and they are found in grassland, thin scrub and forest often quite far from water. Several regional plumage variations are known and several subspecies have been named.
Like other species in the genus, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and ants, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. Before swallowing prey, a bee-eater removes stings and breaks the exoskeleton of the prey by repeatedly thrashing it on the perch. Migration is not known but they make seasonal movements in response to rainfall. These birds are somewhat sluggish in the mornings and may be found huddled next to each other on wires sometimes with their bills tucked in their backs well after sunrise. They sand-bathe more frequently than other bee-eater species and will sometimes bathe in water by dipping into water in flight. They are usually seen in small groups and often roost communally in large numbers (200-300). The birds move excitedly at the roost site and call loudly, often explosively dispersing before settling back to the roost tree.[12] The little green bee-eater is also becoming common in urban and sub-urban neighborhoods, and has been observed perching on television antennae, only to launch into a brief, zig-zag flight formation to catch an insect, then return to the same perch and consume the meal. This behaviour is generally observed between the hours of 7:00 and 8:00am, and after 4:00pm.
The breeding season is from March to June. Unlike many bee-eaters, these are often solitary nesters, making a tunnel in a sandy bank. The breeding pairs are often joined by helpers. They nest in hollows in vertical mud banks. The nest tunnel that they construct can run as much as 5 feet long and the 3-5 eggs are laid on the bare ground in the cavity at the end of the tunnel. The eggs are very spherical and glossy white. Clutch size varies with rainfall and insect food density. Both sexes incubate. The eggs hatch asynchronously with an incubation period of about 14 days and the chicks grow fledge in 3 to 4 weeks and in the fledging stage show a reduction in body weight.
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Handwashing my pink blouse in a green Tupperware Fix 'n Mix Bowl
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Tenuous Link: Dry Cleaning >> Wet Cleaning (washing)
Green Expo 2026 Photography Competition
Earlier this year, I decided to have a go at entering the Green Expo 2026 Photography Competition in Chester.
I submitted five images across the themes of The Natural World's Resilience and Progress to Net Zero. It was a really enjoyable challenge, particularly as some of the photographs featured solar panels, which required special permission to access and photograph.
I'm delighted to share that I was awarded 2026 Professional Photographer of the Year in the Progress to Net Zero category.
It was a real honour to have the winning images from all of the categories displayed outside Chester Cathedral. It's always rewarding to see your work exhibited in such an iconic location.
A huge thank you to the organisers, the judges, and everyone involved in making the competition such a success.
The winning image was taken from the roof of Storyhouse, looking across its solar panels towards Chester Cathedral.
For more information about Green Expo see their site:
#ChesterCulture
Copyright (c) 2026 Mark Carline
Category: Progress to Net Zero (Energy, Innovation, and Reducing Waste)
Please state the photo's relevance to the North West and North Wales. (No more than 200 word, e.g. Its location, or of an innovation that could apply or is being used here.).
This photograph is firmly rooted in the North West, taken from the rooftop of Storyhouse, Chester’s premier cultural hub. Storyhouse is widely recognized across the region as a pioneering model for sustainable community spaces. The building itself is an award-winning example of regional urban innovation: a major retrofitting project that successfully transformed a defunct, 1930s Art Deco Odeon cinema into a thriving modern theatre, library, and cinema. The vast solar infrastructure captured in this image represents a critical step forward for urban centres throughout the North West and North Wales. It proves that energy-intensive, public-facing cultural institutions can radically reduce their reliance on the regional grid. By demonstrating how a large-scale, 312-panel photovoltaic array can be seamlessly integrated into a dense conservation area—with the historic towers of Chester Cathedral visible in the distance—this location stands as a shining beacon of municipal progress toward net zero.
Please tell us why you think your photo is relevant to the category you have chosen and the story behind the photo (max 200 words).
This image directly aligns with "Progress to Net Zero" because it documents the industrial-scale adoption of renewable energy within a busy urban environment. The story behind the photo centres on the hidden sustainability of our favourite public spaces. While thousands of visitors utilize Storyhouse daily, this massive clean-energy operation works silently overhead. The photograph captures rows of densely packed solar arrays stretching across the flat roof, showcasing the creative optimization of limited city space to maximize solar capture. What makes this photo relevant to the category is its powerful visual contrast: the cutting-edge, geometric lines of the modern solar panels are framed by the traditional brick chimneys and tiled rooftops of the surrounding historic city. It tells a story of ecological evolution, showing that a community venue dedicated to stories can rewrite its own environmental narrative—slashing carbon emissions and proving that a sustainable future can be built directly on top of our cultural past.
I love photographing lizards and there are plenty here in Florida. The most common in my area being the green and brown anoles.
The male green anole shown here is displaying what older southerners refer to as "his beard". They display these in mating rituals and to defend territories.. It is most commonly displayed in conjunction with head bobbings.
This male is showing battle scars on his face. Males are known to be aggressive towards one another when defending territory or winning over a female. They often lock jaws and twist and turn not unlike an alligator death roll. Just when you think one is surely going to kill the other. The jaws unlock the heads bob and the injured walks away. The victor often bobbing his head and displaying and retracting its dewlap victoriously. I have seen males shortly after fights with toes missing, scarred faces and legs and even ripped dewlaps (beards).
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You see all these pictures of shiny old American cars in Cuba - what you don't always see is that most of them are creaky old rustbuckets belching out black smoke!
View of Green Mountain Fire Lookout and adjacent campground from the northeast, July 21, 2017, by Greg Shine, BLM.
Featuring panoramic views of the lava flows, cinder cones, and desert landscape of the Fort Rock and Christmas Valley area of central Oregon, the Green Mountain Campground offers a remote camping experience perfect for photography, solitude and stargazing.
The site offers 6 first-come, first-served primitive campsites between the peaks of Green Mountain and East Green Mountain, just below an active fire lookout. Whether using it as a base camp for exploring nearby attractions like Crack in the Ground and the Four Craters Lava Field, or simply seeking an out-of-the-way site with stunning sunrises and sunsets, visitors willing to brave its washboarded dirt access road will not be disappointed.
Know Before You Go:
Access is via rugged dirt roads that may be impassable at times. Four-wheel drive vehicles are highly recommended. Facilities at the Green Mountain facilities include 6 designated campsites, a vault toilet, picnic tables, and fire grates. This is a primitive campground so please pack out all of your trash. The fire lookout atop Green Mountain is manned from June through October. The nearest services are in Christmas Valley, Oregon.
Directions: From the town of Christmas Valley, head east on the Christmas Valley Highway for approximately 2 miles. Turn north (left) onto Crack in the Ground Road and continue for about 5 miles, and turn left onto Lava Craters Road, following signs to Crack in the Ground. Follow the road past this site for about 4 miles, following the road for another 3 miles as it turns west and north and becomes the Green Mountain Road (BLM Road 6109-00).
Point of Interest:
The campground offers numerous vistas for viewing and photographing sunrises, sunsets, high desert storms, and night-skies.
Contact:
Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview District
1301 South G Street
Lakeview, OR 97630
541-947-2177
BLM_OR_LV_Mailbox@blm.gov
Green Dragon Basket--A carved Chinese Dragon green stone center stitched with sinew, green glass beads and Hunter green pine needles, 9.5".
Photographed using the Kodak Brownie II, and Lomography's 110 format film. Photographed at the National Rhododendron Gardens, Victoria, Australia.
Ceiling boss, Norwich Cathedral.
The Green Man is an ancient Pagan symbol, and no-one can be certain why it appears in so many European churches...
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At Riverside Yard. This is a work car -- these cars don't run in service anymore. They were used from late 1976 to (I think) 2007.
Refrigerated Cargo ship (pallatised) GREEN ATLANTIC passing Königsförde / Kiel Canal eastbound with destination Mukran | Photo: 28.12.2015 | © Hans-Wilhelm Delfs, Kiel |
IMO 8320585 | MMSI 325350000 | Call-Sign: J7BD6 | Flag: Dominica/Portsmouth | Class. : LRS |
GT 3402 | NT 1574 | dwt 3073 | TEU 164 |
Loa 93,83 m | Lpp 86,42 m | Br. 15,91 m | Draught 5,952 m | Depth 6,82 m |
Engine : 1 x 4-stroke-8-Cyl.-Oy Wärtsilä-Diesel engine - 8R32 – 4080 BHP – 3001 kW – 14 kn
Shipbuilder: Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd., Appledore – Yard-No. AS140 – keel laid 20.02.1984 – launched 25.09.1984 –- delivery 30.04.1985 |
Owner : Adare Corp., Tallinn/Estonia – Manager: Norfos Shipping Ltd., Tallinn/Estonia
History:
GREEN ATLANTIC (1997-xxxx) - Adare Corp., Tallinn
ex ANAIS (1993-1997)
ex JOKULFELL (1985-1993) - Eimskipafelag Islands H/f
This description was last edited on 14.10.2018
Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis).
WWII British Sailor Cemetery.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Buxton, North Carolina.
May 16, 2022.
Nikon D7500. AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR.
(300mm) f/5.6 @ 1/1000 sec. ISO 180.
A small, stocky wading bird, the Green Heron is common in wet spots across much of America. It can be difficult to see as it stands motionless waiting for small fish to approach within striking range, but it frequently announces its presence by its loud squawking.
The Green Heron is one of the few tool-using birds. It commonly drops bait onto the surface of the water and grabs the small fish that are attracted. It uses a variety of baits and lures, including crusts of bread, insects, earthworms, twigs, or feathers.