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I had to check this identity in RSPB book of British Birds, and after my last Faux Pas, I wanted to be sure of my I.D.
So its a good job I did as it is not a Merganser as I had thought it was, but still a cousin within the Merganser grouping.
Some more Info courtesy of RSPB :-
These handsome diving ducks are a member of the sawbill family, so called because of their long, serrated bills, used for catching fish. A largely freshwater bird, the goosander first bred in the UK in 1871. It built up numbers in Scotland and then since 1970 it has spread across northern England into Wales, reaching south-west England. Its love of salmon and trout has brought it into conflict with fishermen. It is gregarious, forming into flocks of several thousand in some parts of Europe.
"The Cut" is an iconic Decorah scene. It frames a view out into the country side. I took several shots of this area. This one ended up being my favorite.
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Artist Rebecca Bayer's Merge, a 366-metre-long shock of colour, stretches along Highway 1 between Mountain Highway and Fern Street is one of the final pieces of the $200-million Lower Lynn Improvement Project, intended to shield the Inter River neighbourhood from highway noise. Bayer chose the 20 different colours specifically because they are found in the flora, fauna and landmarks from the Lynn Valley area. Summarized info from: www.nsnews.com/local-news/massive-art-piece-adorns-highwa...
My 25th image on explore (31/8/2022) reaching No. 78!
A final view of central London from this flight home.
To the south of the Thames, lies Southwark, specifically Newington and the West side of Borough. The view encompasses everything from the Waterloo IMAX, Waterloo East, and Waterloo Bridge, Capital Tower, the Cut and Union Street, to the OXO Tower, the Southbank Tower and Sea Containers London, to Blackfriars Bridge and the Tate Modern.
Across the Thames, you have vews of Somerset House, the British Museum and Bloomsbury, Space House, the LSE and Kings College London, St Clement Danes Church, and the Royal Courts of Justice, Corams Fields, Temple, and High Holborn.
One Blackfriars and SAMA Bankside are both conspicuously absent, as is the Switch House addition to the Tate Modern, and the Bankside buildings lack their modern cladding.
Taken with my Nikon D40, fitted with a Tamron 70-300mm F4/5.6 DI LD (Nikon AFS) lens and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
Seen on the Leeds Liverpool Canal near Heaton's Bridge, West Lancashire, UK. This lonely narrow boat seemed to be undergoing restoration.
Seen on the Leeds Liverpool Canal in Lydiate, Merseyside, UK. They were heading on to Liverpool for a steam festival being held there so they told me. Unfortunately, they had run aground just prior to this shot being taken but some excellent canal boat skills saved the day.
ntentional Camera Movement (ICM) is something completely new to me and something I would not have tried if it wasn't for a Nottingham Outlaws Photographic Society (NOPS) in house competition challenge. So off with camera I went and these are a selection of the images that I produced.
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Loch Thom, Cornalees and across the Firth of Clyde to Argyll from above the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park.
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Seen looking north along the Leeds Liverpool Canal from the Bells Lane swing bridge in Lydiate, Merseyside. Only wish the camera had been with me but it's surprising how a decent(ish) shot can come from a Windows phone.
The 'Cut', Seaton Sluice
Access to the original harbour at Seaton Sluice was extremely difficult especially when a North-East wind was blowing. By the middle of the 18th century this, together with other limitations of the harbour, made it extremely difficult to cope with the ever-increasing trade in coal and salt. So plans and specifications were drawn up to cut a new harbour eastward through solid rock and by 1764 the work was completed. A major engineering feat in its day the 'Cut, or 'Gut' as it is now known locally, was some 270 metres long, 9 metres wide and 15 metres deep. This harbour has long since fallen into disuse
Seen where the A57 Manchester Road bridge at Hyde in Greater Manchester crosses over the Peak Forest Canal
Remember when everyone misheard the lyrics of Taylor Swift's song? lol
Just being camp, camp is us