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2024-03-19T04:46:28+00:00text/html2024-02-05T16:33:14+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.825358 -0.652698SP9214 : Hebridean sheep at College Lake
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These Hebridean sheep were grazing on rough pasture towards the northern end of the College Lake Wildlife Centre. Some Hebridean sheep can sport four fearsome-looking horns, but the ones seen here only had a pair.text/html2024-02-05T16:25:27+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.818609 -0.652174SP9314 : Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) at College Lake
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This little fungus is known as Scarlet Elfcup for fairly obvious reasons. It was about 2cm (just under an inch) in diameter and was tucked amidst the grass beside the path on the western side of College Lake. Its Latin name is Sarcoscypha coccinea. It was growing just a few feet away from [[[7702385]]]text/html2024-02-05T16:18:01+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.818426 -0.651889SP9314 : Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes) at College Lake
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I'm pretty sure that this attractive clump of orange fungi is Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes). It is an edible fungus, though the stems can be tough, so usually only the cap is eaten. It is one of the few fungi whose fruiting bodies thrive in winter. It is closely related to Flammulina filiformis which has been cultivated as Enoki mushrooms in Japan for centuries and can be bought in UK shops, though its cultivation method results in white fungi with long stems unlike its natural form which looks almost identical to this example. A yard or two along the path from this clump was another attractive winter fungus: [[[7702395]]]text/html2024-02-01T17:17:25+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.693663 -0.181310TL2501 : Sunset and mast, Potters Bar
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Looking over the BP petrol station on High Street, Potters Bar to the telecoms mast with a dramatic sunset behind. Taken from a second-floor window of an office block on the eastern side of the High Street.text/html2024-01-29T21:44:53+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.813402 -0.668722SP9113 : New bridge and overflow, Startopsend Reservoir
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This new bridge replaces a more rickety one that was here before and spans a new concrete overflow.text/html2024-01-29T21:19:28+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.813807 -0.664793SP9213 : Waterfowl on Marsworth Reservoir
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A Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), two Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) and what I think are Tufted Ducks (Aythya fuligula) behind them.text/html2024-01-29T21:08:35+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.813722 -0.665231SP9213 : A brace of Canada Geese on Marsworth Reservoir
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Two Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in the midst of Marsworth Reservoir towards its southern end. These large birds can have a wingspan of up to 6' (nearly 2m)text/html2024-01-29T21:03:31+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.813825 -0.666388SP9213 : Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
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This Greylag Goose (Anser anser) was a few feet away from [[[7698281]]] and while they were content to nibble the grass, this one was keeping a beedy eye on me.text/html2024-01-29T21:00:53+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.813825 -0.666388SP9213 : Greylag Geese (Anser anser) beside Marsworth Reservoir
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7698281
Two Greylag Geese (Anser anser) nibble the grass at the water's edge on the western side of Marsworth Reservoir. A third was being more aloof - see [[[7698288]]]
The Greylag is the ancestor of the majority of farmyard geese. With an overall length up to 90cm (3') it is the largest of the "grey" geese (genus Anser) - and the only one that breeds in Britain.text/html2024-01-29T20:54:44+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.812832 -0.665982SP9213 : Reeds and trees at the southern end of Marsworth Reservoir
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Looking over the southern end of Marsworth Reservoir from the path between it and Startopsend Reservoir. The water is fringed by a good growth of reeds with bare deciduous trees beyond them.text/html2024-01-29T20:51:47+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.815685 -0.663867SP9213 : Marsworth Reservoir - Northern end
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The duck-strewn northern end of Marsworth Reservoir which lies to the south of the village of the same name.text/html2024-01-29T20:49:18+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.815170 -0.666058SP9213 : A sord of mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) on the path
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A sord of mallard (that's the collective noun for them apparently) mostly males with their bottle-green heads. On the path that threads between Marsworth and Startopsend Reservoirs north of Tring.text/html2024-01-29T20:27:59+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow51.815433 -0.665470SP9213 : Ducks on Marsworth Reservoir
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I think that all these five ducks are mallard - a female in the lead, but the brown-headed ones are not typical and are perhaps males in eclipse - during the "eclipse" phase - which occurs after breeding - the male bird moults its more characteristic plumage and resembles the female of the species - this is particularly true of pochard - see [[[4019290]]] for example.text/html2023-10-25T13:35:14+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow57.863357 -8.491983NA1504 : St Kilda - Sgarbhstac
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Sgarbhstac is a small islet or skerry off the southwestern coast of Boreray in the St Kilda archipelago. It rises to c. 70' (just over 20m) above mean sea level with an area of about one acre (0.4ha).
Its name derives from the Gaelic for Cormorant (Sgarbh); the bird seen bottom right however is a Gannet (Gaelic: Sùlaire).text/html2023-10-03T16:59:32+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/3546Rob Farrow50.310342 -5.197138SW7250 : Gooninnis Mine Engine House (Remains)
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Looking over rooftops to the remains of the engine house of the former Gooninnis Mine which lies to the southeast of St Agnes.
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