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Seen attending the Southsea Spectacular Bus Rally in June 1994 is Guildford & West Surrey Dennis Dart / East Lancs B40F 509 L509CPJ, new the previous month.
Reigate Heath Windmill,
Surrey.
TAKEN - 1.27p.m. Wed 2nd Sept'20
Reigate Heath Windmill is a grade II* listed post mill at Reigate Heath, Surrey, England which has been restored and is used as a chapel. It is thought to be the only windmill in the world which is a consecrated church.
The roundhouse is open for church services the third Sunday of each month during the summer and there are occasional services at other times.
Newark Priory in Surrey. Established by 1199 and disestablished in 1538. It's located on private land between the River Wey and the Abbey Stream so any shots of it have to be from a distance sadly. I snuck into a nearby field to get as close as I could while we were visiting friends just up the road from it. It is said that Henry VIII really went to town on the Priory, apparently employing a cannon on a nearby hill to bombard the building into ruins. It was Grade 1 listed in 1925.
Highest Explore Position #123 ~ On August 19th 2008.
Baby European Polecat - British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England - Sunday August 17th 2008.
Click here to see the Larger image
European Polecat ~ Mustela putorius ~ A member of the weasel family (Mustelids), polecats were once widespread and common throughout mainland Britain. Relentless persecution by gamekeepers up until the late 1930's resulted in extermination everywhere except for a small population in north Wales. They have since recovered and are now found throughout rural Wales, the Border counties and are spreading across the Midlands, South and into the South-East.
They are solitary in nature and active throughout the year. They favoured habitat is woodland, riverbank and surrounding farmland. They will hunt by night or by day for small rodents, birds and insects using a keen sense of smell to locate their prey.
They emit a pungent musky odour, particularly when threatened. The polecat is the ancestor of the domestic ferret and can interbreed with them.
Origin ~ Native of the United Kingdom.
Size ~ Male length: 55 cm plus 20 cm tail. Female length: 50 cm plus 16 cm tail - about the same size as a ferret.
Description ~ Sexes alike. Fur long, almost black with purple sheen showing buff undercoat. White markings on face and ears.
Habitat ~ Favours lowland country below 500m in woodland, marsh, riverbanks, farmland and farm buildings.
Young ~ One litter of 3 -7 young born May or June after 40 days gestation. Fully grown in 3 months.
Diet ~ Frogs, water voles, trout, eels, rabbits, snakes and ground nesting birds.
Population Pre-breeding season estimated to be 63,000 and increasing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, is a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, weasels and minks. Polecats are dark brown with a lighter bandit-like mask across the face, pale yellow underbody fur, a long tail and short legs. They are somewhat larger than weasels, weighing between 0.7 kg for females to 1.7 kg for males, but smaller than otters.
Range, habitat and ecology ~ Polecats are found throughout Europe. They are mainly nocturnal and are found in woodlands, farmlands and wetlands. They often make dens in stream banks or under tree roots. Almost entirely carnivorous, they feed largely on small mammals such as voles and rats and, seasonally, on frogs and toads. Small birds and insects are a much smaller component of their diet. They require a home range of about a square kilometer. The pattern of polecat predation on frogs was found to be sex selective and predation by polecats is found to influence sex ratio, male abundance and sexual conflict in a frog mating system, restricting the opportunity for multiple mating.
Reproduction ~ Though polecats are chiefly polygynous, females can show polyandry and the sexual conflict aspect of the mating system can change with environmental conditions. Sexual conflict may result in sexually antagonistic co-evolution, in which one sex evolves a "manipulative" character which is countered by a "resistance" trait in the other sex.
Hybridisation ~ Polecats (mainly dark phenotype) are able to hybridise with the rare European mink and have fertile hybrids. In some parts of England the abandoning of domestic ferrets has led to ferret-polecat hybrids living in the wild. Often hybrids have a less distinct facial mask, light throat patches and lighter fur especially on the undersides. However there are some hybrids that are almost indistinguishable from pure polecats.
The native polecat has made a recovery across much of central and southern England thanks in part to reintroduction programmes. Recent DNA studies have shown that the pure native polecats have become firmly reestablished and are not becoming greatly hybridised. It has been suggested that the hybrid animals containing domesticated ferret genes are less well adapted to life in the wild than native polecats as the hybrids tend to be distributed near or beyond the main polecat range.
Other species ~ Other species of polecat include the Steppe Polecat (M. eversmanni) and the European Mink (M. lutreola). Most zoologists believe that the domestic ferret (M. putorius furo) is descended from the European Polecat, or possibly from a hybrid of the European and steppe varieties. The Zorilla, also called the striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), lives in subsaharan Africa.
After 31 years, I think this view from The Oval makes an interesting glimpse into the past. The Surrey CCC sponsored cars for 1983 were Daihatsu Charmants.
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Papercourt Meadows,
Ripley,
Surrey.
TAKEN - 4.22p.m. Fri 31st July '20
FACT - Papercourt Meadows is part of the larger Papercourt SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) complex that lies on a floodplain between the village of Send and the River Wey.
The majority of the reserve is covered by a floodplain grazing marsh, with areas of open water and trees. The site is bordered by watercourses on three sides - these include the River Wey and Broadmead Cut.
Flora species of note include marsh stitchwort, water-dropwort and slender tuffted sedge, whilst birds include reed bunting, sedge warbler, linnet and stonechat. Meadow pipit and dunnock may also be spotted, as well as a variety of owls at dusk.
When were we taking pictures of this magnificent building , security guard showed up and told us that :
“They don't want you to take pictures”
I asked : " Why ? "
- " Because you are private properties and don't have a permission "
I asked : " Where the “private” property ends " and I moved tripod 3'.
Than she told us that we were still under the camera surveillance .
I asked “ Why do you film me – I didn't sign permission "
She just walked away.
So in my opinion – I take images of the building ( that was build with heavy government involvement ) and they take pictures of me – so the both parties are not happy but I think that is even trade. By the way – this image was taken from the “public” side.
Because of this incident I looked more into Photographers Rights here are couple of links that are applicable to Canada
www.blogto.com/city/2007/07/your_rights_as_a_photographer...
See where this picture was taken , Central City , Surrey BC [?]
Explore Aug 20, 2009 #95
Our local, very quaint village. It is often busy with tourists so the raw weather gave a quieter time.
my city changes every moment of each day. a few odd places seem as if they're fixed in a certain age or era but
this of course is illusion
in truth, as we all know, no thing that can be known with the eye lies undisturbed in the face of the eternal march of time.
I made the journey up here last weekend, and driving up the only problem I thought I might have is not having enough cloud. As I approached Banstead a huge dark cloud hung overhead and stayed there right until past sunset, depositing its load on me just to rub salt in the wound. So I returned again this weekend to try my luck once more, and thankfully had better luck this time around.
Book Release Party - Tanja Székessy stellt ihr Kinderbuch "3 KINDER UND EIN TAG" vor. OSLO Coffee Bar, Berlin -
Skizzenblog / More sketches: -> sketches.surrey.de
Sunbury-on-Thames is a suburban town located in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England. It lies just outside the Greater London boundary, with Kingston being the closest 'Greater London' town.
On the outskirts of London, Sunbury is surrounded by other suburban towns, with Feltham to the north, Hampton to the east, Ashford to the northwest, and Walton-on-Thames to the south.