Nature pics

[RimaNTSS]

My house Nice winter BTW.

 

[Archive4]

My house View attachment 90047 Nice winter BTW.

I take it the rest of the dishes are on their winter break!

 

[skomedal]

Still no sun here ( arrives/reappears 10 february ) spotted this nacreous cloud last evening.



Taken through the living room window, the top of that mountain is 785 meters above sea level ~560 meters higher than house level.

Regards

 

[Topper]

Click here for a whole collection of nacreous cloud formations viewed from around here in the last 24 hours, of course I missed them completely

 

[Topper]

My resident robins are busy feeding so I am seeing a lot of them at the moment, one of them however seems to have changed it's markings, it has gone white around the eyes and lower chest, I have never seen this before and wondered if it was like us silver surfers and only something that shows with age. Sorry about the poor quality of snaps however my camera is at least 5 years old and long in the tooth also I took these through rain splattered windows

 

[skomedal]

Might be a sub species.

Canary Islands robin
The most distinct birds are those of Gran Canaria (E. r. marionae) and Tenerife (E. r. superbus), which may be considered two distinct species or at least two different subspecies. It is readily distinguished by a white eye-ring, an intensely coloured breast, and a grey line that separates the orange-red from the brown colouration. Its belly is entirely white.

European robin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regards

 

[Archive4]

You could be correct, but, alas, like Topper, I have to fall back on theory 1

We´re all getting older! ( Blame that on the photo´s too )

 

[rolfw]

More likely to be Leucistic, I have a Blackbird in my garden with a white collar, even after several yearly moults, it has retained the collar, the picture below is from november 2012, but he's still around.

 

[Archive4]

Anyone watched the series North and South,
well, here´s North

and here´s South


My view of the world just now!

 

[Topper]

I think Rolf is probably correct, it seems we have a family of Leucistic Robins now and something I have never seen before is them feeding direct from the fat ball feeder, they normally just pack around underneath for scraps

 

[timo_w2s]

Some northern lights from the other night here in Lapland...

Plus a short time lapse video: Timo Newton-Syms on Instagram: “A short time lapse of the northern lights in Ruka last night. #Ruka #kuusamo #aurora #northernlights #finland #winter #snow #night…”

 

[rolfw]

Some northern lights from the other night here in Lapland...

Plus a short time lapse video: Timo Newton-Syms on Instagram: “A short time lapse of the northern lights in Ruka last night. #Ruka #kuusamo #aurora #northernlights #finland #winter #snow #night…”

Wow, some spectacular shots.

 

[Topper]

I agree with Rolf they are spectacular

 

[4wd]

^^^ northern lights, 1st class!

 

[Topper]

I do not know who is more confused me or my resident robin, who is now full of eggs , has lost nearly all of her red breast and is looking distinctly more like a chicken every day

 

[Lazarus]

Just returned from a fabulous week walking in the Lake District.

Herewith some memories.



View from lower fells north of Skiddaw



View from Fleetwith Pike



Another from Fleetwith



View from Haystacks



Another view from Haystacks

 

[Lazarus]

Next batch.



Heading towards the old Mine under Grisedale Pike and the Coledale Horseshoe



Heading up Blencathra



Buzzard feeding at Dubwath Silver Meadows



Cormorant at Dubwath Silver Meadows

 

[Lazarus]

And finally.


View of Crummock Water and Mellbreak from the ascent of Grasmoor



View wandering back from Grasmoor towards Wandope



View back towards the Grasmoor ascent route, taken from the descent towards Whiteless Pike

 

[Archive4]

taken from the descent towards Whiteless Pike

Didn´t realise we were merging nature pics with Dad´s Army!

Great pics though, well done!

Edit: There´s no e or h in witless , stupid boy !

 

[nelson_b]

And finally.

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View of Crummock Water and Mellbreak from the ascent of Grasmoor


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View wandering back from Grasmoor towards Wandope


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View back towards the Grasmoor ascent route, taken from the descent towards Whiteless Pike

Fantastic ---- you chose a good week
Me and a friend did the Rannerdale knotts - Whiteless pike - Wandope - Grassmoor - Hopedale head - Whiteside - circuit yesterday -- a BIG day out and we had perfect weather too ..... sunshine all day.