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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby scotia » March 23rd, 2024, 1:00 pm

Tedx wrote:Not my pic

HMS Queen Elizabeth passes under the Forth Rail Bridge

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When the Forth Rail bridge was constructed, there was an Admiralty requirement that the arch would have a minimum height above high water of 158 feet (48m). Our new carriers can just about make it through at specific low tides, with a lowered mast on one of the carrier islands.
Presumably they felt that this was easier than moving Rosyth downstream of the bridge ;)

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby GoSeigen » March 23rd, 2024, 5:43 pm

Tedx wrote:Not my pic

HMS Queen Elizabeth passes under the Forth Rail Bridge


That is some photographer. Goodness me! Thought I live in a beautiful place but Scotland may just be a wee bit better.


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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby Clitheroekid » March 25th, 2024, 10:13 pm

It was a delightful spring day in Hyde Park yesterday, but as I strolled in the sunshine I noticed that parakeets are now as prolific as pigeons.

Although they’re quite attractive to look at they make a horrible screeching sound, and I can’t believe that their presence is beneficial to the traditional residents. On balance, therefore, I’ve decided they are Not A Good Thing.

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby bungeejumper » March 26th, 2024, 10:03 am

Clitheroekid wrote:Although they’re quite attractive to look at they make a horrible screeching sound, and I can’t believe that their presence is beneficial to the traditional residents. On balance, therefore, I’ve decided they are Not A Good Thing.
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A little bit of history: It wasn't Jimi's fault! And nor was it the African Queen. :D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50755015

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby 88V8 » March 26th, 2024, 10:55 am

Clitheroekid wrote:It was a delightful spring day in Hyde Park yesterday, but as I strolled in the sunshine I noticed that parakeets are now as prolific as pigeons.
Although they’re quite attractive to look at they make a horrible screeching sound, and I can’t believe that their presence is beneficial to the traditional residents. On balance, therefore, I’ve decided they are Not A Good Thing.

When we lived in Surrey they had definitely arrived.
They chase other birds off the feeders, and if you have top fruit, bad luck.

I do not look forward to their arrival in Gloucs.

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby Leothebear » March 26th, 2024, 2:57 pm

Perhaps the answer lies here:

https://www.timeout.com/london/news/the ... don-022723

More Peregrine falcons!

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby Dicky99 » March 26th, 2024, 3:01 pm

When I started working in Ealing in 2010 they were still a novelty to me in Lammas Park and added a bit of exotic colour around the Council Estates of Acton and Southall.

I recall that the first time I heard their, by now to me, distinctive screeching while out and about at home in Hertfordshire was in 2017 and now in 2024 they are omnipresent.

I wonder how far north they have ventured. Northants, West Midlands or perhaps further north?

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby Dicky99 » March 26th, 2024, 3:03 pm

scotia wrote:
Tedx wrote:Not my pic

HMS Queen Elizabeth passes under the Forth Rail Bridge

Image

When the Forth Rail bridge was constructed, there was an Admiralty requirement that the arch would have a minimum height above high water of 158 feet (48m). Our new carriers can just about make it through at specific low tides, with a lowered mast on one of the carrier islands.
Presumably they felt that this was easier than moving Rosyth downstream of the bridge ;)


Good job it missed the pier :(

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby bungeejumper » March 26th, 2024, 4:08 pm

Dicky99 wrote:I wonder how far north they have ventured. Northants, West Midlands or perhaps further north?

There's a map at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50755015, although it's only for 2016.

No parakeets in my part of postwar Sarf Arts/Norf Lunnon. Although, if you listened carefully, you could hear the sparrows coughing. :|

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby 88V8 » March 26th, 2024, 5:43 pm

Dicky99 wrote:I wonder how far north they have ventured. Northants, West Midlands or perhaps further north?

They're in Cheshire, although not yet breeding there.

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby Redmires » March 26th, 2024, 6:25 pm

88V8 wrote:
Dicky99 wrote:I wonder how far north they have ventured. Northants, West Midlands or perhaps further north?

They're in Cheshire, although not yet breeding there.

V8


No sign of them in these parts (Monmouthshire). Perhaps they're moving North only, and don't realise there is a West ;)

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Re: The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

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Postby scotia » March 26th, 2024, 9:10 pm

Dicky99 wrote:I wonder how far north they have ventured. Northants, West Midlands or perhaps further north?

About 50 years ago there was a parakeet in Wick (Caithness) which visited my mother-in-law's garden, where she fed it on apples. It survived a fair number of years, but never found a mate. It is possible that it finally decided to fly south for a mate (as did my wife ;) )


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