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The common ringed plover or ringed plover is a small plover. Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35–41 cm wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. Wikipedia
Outer Hebrides Uist
taken during a stroll along the Outer Alster, Hamburg.
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Here's my house in Outer Cove. It's actually half-hidden in trees, but it's there along the main road (the one cutting from the left to the right of the photo) and it's got a black roof. Cow field across the road, hay field to the left of that, neighbours behind us and across the road to the left, and a big barn with a scarey dog and stray cats up the road to the right. the road leading to the right heads out to the cliffs of Outer Cove, and the road leads down to a sheltered beach there.
These are the waves breaking out on the outer reef - they had been hammering all week. These are a bit smaller than we had seen, but remember, these are about 3 to 5 miles from where I am sitting taking the photo, so they have to be at least 12 feet or so. They weren't breaking very nicely today though - not very ridable. Oh well, maybe next time I can get my board out there.
This photo was taken during a trip to Vorovoro Island in the north of Fiji with TribeWanted (www.tribewanted.com). TribeWanted is the group featured in the new BBC2 documentary, Paradise or Bust
Tughlaqabad Fort, Delhi, India
Tughlaqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, stretching over 6 km, built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, of the Delhi Sultanate of India in 1321, as he established the third historic city of Delhi, which was later abandoned in 1327.
The crumbling ruins of the Tughlaqabad Fort convey a sense of lost grandeur. The massive ramparts, battlements, and the mammoth stonework of this fort speak highly of the engineering skills of the workers who constructed it. The fort served the dual purpose of a defensive structure as well as the imperial capital of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. There are a number of monuments within the precincts of this massive fort.
The origin of the historic city of Tughlaqabad and the Tughlaqabad Fort goes to the period of the Delhi Sultanate (AD 1191–1526). The Tughlaqs (AD 1321–1414) who followed the Khiljis (AD 1290–1321) were great builders and the city of Tughlaqabad and Tughlaqabad Fort were their first major architectural achievement.
The story behind the foundation of Tughlaqabad is an interesting one. Ghazi Malik, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty, was once a slave of Mubarak Khilji, the last Khilji sultan. One day, while walking by the area where the Tughlaqabad Fort is now located, Ghazi Malik suggested to his master that the rocky prominence would be an ideal site for building a fort. The Khilji sultan laughed at his slave and suggested that the slave build a fort there when he became a sultan. When Ghazi Malik, as Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, founded the Tughlaq Dynasty in 1321, he did just that—Tughlaqabad is Delhi’s most colossal and awesome fort, even in its ruined state.