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Ce monument commémore l’une des dernières figures importantes des Lumières écossaises, le philosophe et professeur de philosophie morale à l’Université d’Édimbourg (de 1786 jusqu’à sa mort en 1828) : Dugald Stewart (1753-1828). Considéré comme l’un des plus grands philosophes de son temps, il a également enseigné l’économie, la philosophie naturelle, le grec et la logique et a été l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages de philosophie, dont la philosophie de l’esprit humain. En 1792, Stewart publia Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, un traité qui commence par une discussion sur la vue. Stewart, comme le philosophe David Hume (1711-76) avant lui, s’intéressait particulièrement à la perception comme moyen de comprendre le monde, croyant que l’on ne pouvait pas se concentrer sur tout mais se limitait à des détails spécifiques. Il était un disciple de l’école de philosophie scottish Common Sense fondée par Thomas Reid, dont il avait assisté aux conférences à l’Université de Glagow. Parmi les étudiants bien connus de Stewart, on compte Lord Palmerston, le futur premier ministre, James Mill, le philosophe, et Sir Walter Scott, le romancier et poète.
La Royal Society of Edinburgh a commandé le monument et choisi son site en 1830. Ce dernier a été achevé en Septembre 1831, trois ans après la mort de Stewart. Il a été conçu par l'architecte écossais William Henry Playfair. Le mémorial est basé sur le monument choragique de Lysicrate à Athènes. Il s’agit d’un temple circulaire de neuf colonnes corinthiennes cannelées autour d’une urne surélevée sur un podium circulaire et dispose d’un toit en forme de dôme peu profond, surmonté au centre d’une urne ouverte à plumes. Il dispose d’une clôture polygonale en fonte restaurée avec des piliers en pierre, ornés de couronnes. La forme du monument choragique d’Athènes était devenue plus largement connue grâce à son illustration dans les Antiquités d’Athènes de Stuart et Revett, publiées en 1762. Une version contemporaine du monument, le monument Burns de Thomas Hamilton (1830-32) peut être vu à proximité sur Regent Road.
This monument commemorates one of the last important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, the philosopher and professor of moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (from 1786 until his death in 1828): Dugald Stewart (1753-1828). Considered one of the greatest philosophers of his time, he also taught economics, natural philosophy, Greek and logic and was the author of several philosophical works, including The Philosophy of the Human Mind . In 1792 Stewart published Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, a treatise that begins with a discussion of sight. Stewart, like the philosopher David Hume (1711-76) before him, was particularly interested in perception as a means of understanding the world, believing that one could not focus on everything but was limited to specific details. He was a disciple of the Scottish Common Sense school of philosophy founded by Thomas Reid, whose lectures he had attended at the University of Glagow. Well-known students of Stewart include Lord Palmerston, the future Prime Minister, James Mill, the philosopher, and Sir Walter Scott, the novelist and poet.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh commissioned the monument and chose its site in 1830. It was completed in September 1831, three years after Stewart's death. It was designed by Scottish architect William Henry Playfair. The memorial is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. It is a circular temple of nine fluted Corinthian columns around a raised urn on a circular podium and has a shallow domed roof, surmounted in the center by an open feathered urn. It has a restored cast iron polygonal fence with stone pillars, adorned with crowns. The form of the Choragic Monument at Athens had become more widely known through its illustration in Stuart and Revett's Antiquities of Athens, published in 1762. A contemporary version of the monument, Thomas Hamilton's Burns Monument (1830-32) may be seen nearby on Regent Road.
For years I was smitten with the notion of perspective. I measured up just about everyone with "what it's like to be in their shoes". I always found that it aided my attempts at compassion and understanding.
I can feel a desire to go off and root out a copy of Desiderata coming on!
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The Valley of the Kings across the Nile River from Luxor gives us all an understanding of the lives (and deaths) of peoples who lived some 3000 years ago.
Work continues in the scorching heat.
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If my understanding is correct this is a non-breeding adult. It bears a numbered metal leg band so is likely to come from a local breeding community. I have sought advice.
A fictional lesson on understanding, from George MacDonald's children's (and adults) fantasy work, The Princess and the Goblin.
Thank you for looking. The script font is Viner Hand.
That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.
-Richard Lugar
Samburu National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
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The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus Chlorocebus. The five distinct subspecies can be found mostly throughout Southern Africa, as well as some of the eastern countries. These mostly herbivorous monkeys have black faces and grey body hair color, ranging in length from about 50 centimetres (20 in) for males to about 40 centimetres (16 in) for females.
In addition to very interesting behavioral research on natural populations, vervet monkeys serve as a nonhuman primate model for understanding genetic and social behaviors of humans. They have been noted for having human-like characteristics, such as hypertension, anxiety, and social and dependent alcohol use. Vervets live in social groups ranging from 10 to 70 individuals, with males changing groups at the time of sexual maturity. The most significant studies done on vervet monkeys involve their communication and alarm calls, specifically in regard to kin and group recognition and particular predator sightings.
"Love the whole world as a mother lovers her only child."
- Buddha
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Punakaiki River Gorge, West Coast, New Zealand
We are heading back to the West Coast of the South Island next week for a 2 week photography trip, with the plan to spend most of the time exploring the areas that we haven't had the time to before.
So I have been looking through the photos from our last trip to that area (8 years ago, in a time prior to me understanding photography) and this image jumped out at me for the amazing light on the cliffs.
This shot was taken with a entry level 12 megapixel DSLR, using a kit lens, and shot as a Jpeg. But it still looks good to me.
If you have time, watch and listen...
an oldie...
Aquarius - Let the Sunshine In
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
[instrumental and tempo shift]
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
[continue to end with concurrent scat]
Oh, let it shine, c'mon
Now everybody just sing along
Let the sun shine in
Open up your heart and let it shine on in
When you are lonely, let it shine on
Got to open up your heart and let it shine on in
And when you feel like you've been mistreated
And your friends turn away
Just open your heart, and shine it on in
The Canadian Pacific signal maintainer gives the office to approaching train 484, that all is well at the grade crossing and 9617's engineer responds in kind.
CP Train 484
Richwood, WI.
Autumn 2013
Wall where the boys of a school leave their messages of tolerance and of human understanding. If only we had preserved a little of that innocence and that hope of when we were children maybe the world would be a better place. Montevideo city. Uruguay.
Bertie and Sky were sitting on the sofa in their favourite place happily chatting away when Posh Bear sat down beside them.
“How are you guys today?” Asked Posh.
“We’re good thanks, Posh.” Replied Bertie.
“Posh, do you understand hoomans?” Asked Sky, with a hopeful look on his face.
“No, I don’t think there is an animal around that understands hoomans, why do you ask?”
“Well, Bertie and me were talking about it.” Replied Sky.
“That should be Bertie and I, Sky.” Corrected Posh.
“I don’t think so Posh, we have never spoken about what Sky and me were talking about.” Said Bertie defending his best friend.
“Okay, so why do you wish to know about hoomans?” Asked Posh giving up on the grammar.
“It was just an observation Posh; we were trying to work out if hoomans and clocks were related at one time.” Explained Bertie.
“Hoomans and clocks?” Said Posh scratching his head with his paw.
“Yes, we thought they might be related, or even that they may be in battle against one another.” Said Sky looking at Bertie.
“Why do you think that? I mean what do they have in common with one another?” Asked Posh still confused.
“Lots of things Posh.” Said Sky readily.
“Yes, they both have faces, they both have two hands, they often both have feet, and only the other week I heard the man talking about his ticker and clocks have them too.” Said Bertie nodding as he explained.
“Yes, and there is more too, Posh. Hoomans seem to live their life governed by time and clocks, as if they are confused but still fighting against time, like for ever.” Added Sky.
“There is also the fact that hoomans have tried to remove the face from clocks and also have taken their hands and ticks away on many new clocks, so they are just numbers. We find all this very strange.” Said Bertie firmly and looking at Sky in agreement.
“So, so what do you have to say about that Posh? Are we right?” Asked Sky seemingly desperate for his reply.
“Well, I agree that it all fits together and I suppose time was invented my hoomans, but I don’t think there is a real connection there.”
“How can you say that Posh? Hoomans are fascinated by time, they always want to look backwards and forwards into the future. Is that because they are not happy with the present?” Asked Bertie.
“I don’t know, and I don’t think you’ll ever find the answers chaps, let us change the subject and talk about something we do understand like honey?” Said Posh gently.
“Posh, do you think that if clocks were soft and fluffy like us, and were good listeners that never betrayed a secret, that were always there to listen and love their hooman, do you think they could replace us bears?” Asked Bertie.
Posh smiled softly at his friends as he shook his head.
“Now that I can be sure about, hoomans love us bears just as we love them and there is nothing, not even time, that will replace that bond we have between us. It is often forged just after the birth of a hooman, and goes deep down, it will last for ever.”
Traversing the former Missouri Pacific River Subdivision at my favorite curve in Levasy, MO is a UCEX coal train.
From my understanding, these will become increasingly rare or extinct on this line due some trackage rights deal with BNSF on the Jeff City Sub. Feel free to elaborate in the comments as I don't know the full scoop of the situation.
I saw this guy sitting on the high line for five minutes, then get lit up all the way to Congo. Thankfully I made it with three minutes to spare. Could've been a bit cleaner, but oh well. High-headlight aces are one of my favorite motors.
Weather lore
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Red sky at night
"Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" first appeared in the bible in the Gospel of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day's weather. Despite there being global variations in this saying such as "Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors warning", the scientific understanding behind such occurrences remain the same.
Weather lore is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather.
It has been a human desire for millennia to make accurate weather predictions. Oral and written history is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and adages meant to guide the uncertain in determining whether the next day will bring fair or foul weather. For the farmer wanting to plant crops, for the merchant about to send ships on trade, foreknowledge of tomorrow's circumstances might mean the difference between success and failure. Prior to the invention of the mercury barometer, it was very difficult to gather numerical data of any predictive value. Even though there were devices such as the weather stick which gave some indication of moisture changes, the only instrument of any reliability was human experience.
I am designating the cockroach as the #SaniProject2017 official mascot (much to the chagrin of my partners), (I am looking into t-shirts being made :))
And herein we come to the crux of the matter.
At a glance, I could be mistaken for a cockroach fetishist, or at least a Blattodean sympathizer with all these photos and posts. And of course it's always easy to jest and treat with levity subjects that are either perceived as trivial or unpleasant.
However, the cockroach is a subject chosen with care and foresight as one of the first organisms to really be showcased by the #SaniProject2017. They represent beauty through understanding. They represent diversity. They represent what is underfoot, and what passes as invisible but which contributes in manifold and literally, untold ways. They represent the 99% of organisms which make up the rainforest ecosystem, and which are beholden to the 1% of the so-called banner species. And finally, maybe, they will come to represent disgust, confined to our own ignorance and intolerance.
So you can celebrate a diversity in all its forms, or else you can champion poverty through ignorance.
Ask yourself, "what to you is the cockroach underfoot?"
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Ask. Observe. Question.
Always
The #SaniProject2017 - An exploration into the beauty of biodiversity
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Thanks to Gil Wizen for the ID.
I would imagine that ancient man got a bit perplexed and even terrified by the aurora. It might have meant good tidings. It might have meant the opposite, depending on the culture. It's an awe inspiring sight, whatever era it happens in, though. And in this case, we were fortunate to stumble upon an unexpected display as we arrived to shoot Mount Hood and Trillium Lake here in Oregon. I'm starting to use more layers and masks in these types of shots, in this case curves and contrast masks on the sky and foreground. I'm not sure if there's a big difference in the final outcome compared with processing it as a single image through Lightroom and Photoshop, but I think it's at least a subtle improvement, even if the mask edges are a bit rough.
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a story of Human Rights ... San Jacinto ... Peter Gabriel
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putting an image to the first verse of the Banjo Paterson poem "A Bush Christening" - reproduced here for your edification:
A Bush Christening
On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few,
And men of religion are scanty,
On a road never cross'd 'cept by folk that are lost,
One Michael Magee had a shanty.
Now this Mike was the dad of a ten year old lad,
Plump, healthy, and stoutly conditioned;
He was strong as the best, but poor Mike had no rest
For the youngster had never been christened.
And his wife used to cry, `If the darlin' should die
Saint Peter would not recognise him.'
But by luck he survived till a preacher arrived,
Who agreed straightaway to baptise him.
Now the artful young rogue, while they held their collogue,
With his ear to the keyhole was listenin',
And he muttered in fright, while his features turned white,
`What the divil and all is this christenin'?'
He was none of your dolts, he had seen them brand colts,
And it seemed to his small understanding,
If the man in the frock made him one of the flock,
It must mean something very like branding.
So away with a rush he set off for the bush,
While the tears in his eyelids they glistened —
`'Tis outrageous,' says he, `to brand youngsters like me,
I'll be dashed if I'll stop to be christened!'
Like a young native dog he ran into a log,
And his father with language uncivil,
Never heeding the `praste' cried aloud in his haste,
`Come out and be christened, you divil!'
But he lay there as snug as a bug in a rug,
And his parents in vain might reprove him,
Till his reverence spoke (he was fond of a joke)
`I've a notion,' says he, `that'll move him.'
`Poke a stick up the log, give the spalpeen a prog;
Poke him aisy — don't hurt him or maim him,
'Tis not long that he'll stand, I've the water at hand,
As he rushes out this end I'll name him.
`Here he comes, and for shame! ye've forgotten the name —
Is it Patsy or Michael or Dinnis?'
Here the youngster ran out, and the priest gave a shout —
`Take your chance, anyhow, wid `Maginnis'!'
As the howling young cub ran away to the scrub
Where he knew that pursuit would be risky,
The priest, as he fled, flung a flask at his head
That was labelled `MAGINNIS'S WHISKY'!
And Maginnis Magee has been made a J.P.,
And the one thing he hates more than sin is
To be asked by the folk, who have heard of the joke,
How he came to be christened `Maginnis'!
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"The understanding of the self is the beginning of the cessation of isolation, and therefore of loneliness." -J. Krishnamurti
"What is important, then, is not to overcome loneliness, but to understand it, and we cannot understand it if we do not face it, if we do not look it directly, if we are continually running away from it. And our whole life is a process of running away from loneliness, is it not? In relationship we use others to cover up loneliness; our pursuit of knowledge, our gathering of experience, everything we do, is distraction, an escape from the emptiness."
From the book 'On Love and Loneliness' by J. Krishnamurti
Classé en 1994 au site du patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco, le complexe Kiyomizu-dera est le symbole du syncrétisme religieux comprenant un temple bouddhique et un sanctuaire shinto,
Le temple principal, le Kiyomizu-dera Hondo à été construit en l'an 780.
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Classified in 1994 in the site of the UNESCO world heritage, complex Kiyomizu-dera is the symbol of the religious syncretism understanding(including) a Buddhist temple and a Shinto sanctuary,
The main temple, the Kiyomizu-dera Hondo in summer built in the year 780.
Mirador del Pando, Prioro, León, Spain.
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You are all so sweet and understanding when we all fall behind on views, comments, Flickr e-mails......I am slowly catching up! I feel so good I wanted to share this little fun dress I found it for $5.00 at a dress outlet! Yes........lI know it is too short for me, and I am too " mature " for it, and it's bodice causes it to not quite hug my figure because of the larger male chest bone structure around the breast area (do you ever feel like you have over-analyzed a picture -giggle) and it made me bring out my long crazy unbrushable fun hair,.........but it made me feel pretty, and girly, and it is so sparkly and fun..........so here it is! ( giggle)
xoxoxo
Bobbi Elizabeth
Photo of Turtle Lake captured via Minolta MD Rokkor-X 85mm F/1.7 lens. Spokane Indian Reservation. Selkirk Mountains Range. Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills section within the Northern Rockies Region. Inland Northwest. Stevens County, Washington. Late September 2020.
Exposure Time: 2 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/22 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 6000 K * Film Plug-In: Fuji Provia 100F * Filter: Hoya HMC CIR-PL (⌀55mm) * Elevation: 2,484 feet above sea-level
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One of my favourite places in Prague, I thought I'd missed the chance to photograph this room as they closed up at 12 but it was only for an hour. Enough time to sample the monastery's on-site micro brewery selling very nice unpasteurised amber beer. The staff were also very patient with me whilst taking this shot with my tripod and lots of other visitors! You must buy a photography licence to take pictures in the monastery; however, it was only a small sum. Well worth it to work with such a location. There's also a guided tour that takes you into the rooms that aren't open to the public but it must be booked a few days in advance and subject to availability.
The Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov is one of the oldest monasteries of the Premonstratensian Order in the world. It has been a working monastery practically ever since it was founded in 1142. Fire, the Hussite Wars, religious wars, and the Communists all failed to shut down this institution. Even when the members of the monastery were unable to live within its walls, they gathered wherever they could and nurtured the spirit of their House until they were able to return to the monastery complex.
The Theological Hall was built under Abbot Jeroným Hirnhaim (1671-1679). The architect was a Prague burgher of Italian origin, Giovanni Domennico Orsi, whose Italian school is evident in the stucco cartouches. The Baroque concept of the library is demonstrated by the shelves; unlike the Romanesque treasury system or the Gothic desk system, the books were stored upright. Above the shelves, there are gilded wooded carved decorations with wooden cartouches. This was a rudimentary library aid, because the pictures in the wooden cartouches and their titles specified the type of literature stored on the shelves. At this time (1672) Library Rules were compiled by Abbot Hirnhaim.
Theological Hall 1 Fifty years later, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the translation of St Norbert's relics (1727), the hall was extended by several metres. It was then decorated with frescoes by the Strahov Premonstratensian and painter Siard Nosecký. Symbolically, and based on quotations from the Bible (mainly Proverbs) and in part from the philosophical tracts of the hall's founder, Abbot Hirnhaim, he presented the true wisdom we acquire through piety, fear of God. In his tracts, Hirnhaim opposed scholasticism and its racionalistic understanding of the world and truth, which he believed to be false or proud wisdom. He wanted to gain an understanding of the world through true humble piety. A person enlightened by faith, however, must build on knowledge and education. The library hosts several frescoes as a symbol of this principle. Above the forged iron gates on the other side of the library there is a small legend: INITIUM SAPIENTIAE TIMOR DOMINI - the beginning of wisdom is fear of God. It remains a paradox that the philosophical works of the library's founder were put on the index of forbidden books and were therefore placed in special locked cabinets above both the hall doors; Hirnhaim himself had these cabinets installed. As time passed, publication of his works was permitted, and they became the inspiration for Siard Nosecký. A portrait of Jeroným Hirnhaim hangs by the first window, Nosecký's self-portrait by the second.
Theological Hall 2 The left-hand side of the hall is dominated by a Late-Gothic wooden statue of St John the Evangelist. The link between this statue and the library is his small pouch, held by St John in his left hand. This pouch called girdle-book, although frequently depicted in manuscripts, has only been preserved in several cases, mainly because of the purpose it served - as a travel bag. It was either destroyed during journeys or cut off on inclusion in the book collection. On the right-hand side, there is a 'compilation wheel', commissioned by the library in 1678 and used to compile texts. The scribe had the various sources he was using distributed over the shelves of the wheel. The planet mechanism means that when turned, its shelves were kept at the same angle so the books are not liable to fall.
A number of globes (both astronomical and terrestrial) line both sides of the Theological Hall. Some of them come from the workshop of the Rotterdam-based family Blaeu, which specialized in manufacturing maps, atlases, and globes over several generations in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Over 18,000 volumes are stored in the Theological Hall. The name of the hall comes from the content of these works. The northern wall contains nothing but different editions of the Bible or parts of the Bible in many languages.
In 1993 and 1994, the interior was restored; the shelves were completely dismantled and the wood was treated. At the end of the 1980s, the original red paint was discovered under the later blue-grey paint, and this red was used in the restoration as the oldest layer. The parquets from the 20th century were replaced with a historically and aesthetically more accurate copy of the original Baroque flooring. The original visitors' route went through all the main areas of the library. After long-term readings were analyzed, the tour was adjusted to the current version, as the humidity in the halls fluctuated so much during the day that the good condition of the frescoes and book bindings was in jeopardy.
The Strahov Monastic Brewery was first founded by King Vladislav II in 1142.
24 exposures combined in Photomatix Pro v5.
With all thy getting, get understanding. Stained glass in the Great Mausoleum in Glendale, California.
There was still a family party of six Willow Tits at my local reservoir yesterday and I still don't know whether it comprised 4 youngsters and 2 adults, or five young and one parent. I know this picture is horribly cluttered but I thought it was worth recording how the parents fed them in this instance. The young were constantly begging for food by giving special calls and shivering their wings with their beaks open. As the party moved through the undergrowth, the parent(s) would find insects, usually caterpillars, and feed one of the youngsters. How they ensured each one got its share I do not know as it seemed rather chaotic. Here the parent bird swung trapeze-like on the bramble branch below its chick so was hanging upside-down while it fed its upright fledgling. This was a split second after feeding when the adult bird turned its head for the camera. Incidentally, the word fledging is a verb that describes the time that young birds leave the nest. But add an l and you get a noun fledgling that describes a young bird that has recently fledged.
Across most of their Eurasian ranges the Marsh Tit and Willow Tit are easy to separate as Willow Tit is a cold, frosty grey, whereas Marsh Tit is a warmer buff colour. But in Britain the kleinschmidti race of Willow Tit is warmer with buffy flanks, just like Marsh Tit. Marsh Tit usually has a pale spot at the base of its dark bill and Willow Tit usually has a pale wing panel, though my understanding is that no single feature is 100% reliable for separating them apart from call. Though the adult Willow Tit here has an astonishingly bright wing panel, but confusingly has a tiny pale spot on its bill like Marsh Tit. Marsh Tit was described new to science in 1758, but it was 69 years later before Willow Tit was described in 1827. But it was an incredible 70 years later (1897) before people realised Willow Tits occurred in Britain. Willow Tits have declined massively in Britain but still occur in West and South Yorkshire where Marsh Tits usually do not occur. Willow Tits are the most rapidly declining resident bird in the UK. The British population fell by 91% between 1967 and 2010. Research on reasons for the decline is ongoing, but we know they prefer scrub to woodland, and also need standing dead wood as they excavate their own nest holes. The endemic British race kleinschmidti is the smallest and darkest of numerous races. The latest population estimate of the British kleinschmidti is 3400 pairs, but it continues to decline.