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Post by dreamy on Jun 4, 2006 17:48:13 GMT 10
First of all, your pics are beautiful, Neil! Not only that this corner of our planet you're living at is so lovely; you also have a very good eye and feeling for perspectives and situations. Hard to decide which of your photos I like most. So I'm looking forwards for more of them to come as you promised. Thank you for sharing them with us.
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Post by roper on Jun 7, 2006 3:27:34 GMT 10
GREAT pics Neil, thanks for sharing them with us I have a question, the pic of the field......is there a bird standing in that field? and if so what kind of bird is that
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Post by neil6147 on Jun 7, 2006 3:47:07 GMT 10
The Bird in the field is a Curlew. For more details go to www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/c/curlew/index.aspThe bird was approx 8 metres away from me when I took the picture. And that was the closest of of about 20 that were around me at the time. Hope this helps with your question. Neil
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Post by roper on Jun 7, 2006 23:40:16 GMT 10
cool bird, thanks for the link
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Post by weewummin on Jun 14, 2006 9:54:11 GMT 10
hey neil do you ever go to greenock just wondered if ye did if ye could take a wee pic o ma home
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Post by neil6147 on Jun 21, 2006 21:07:15 GMT 10
Hello I shall have to start thinging about starting an East Lothian Link with the looks of things. But mean time I hope you do not mind me putting this link in this section. It is regards the Scottish Saltire Centre in the small village of Athelstaneford. Over looking the Museum Of Flight where Concorde is based. In the village they have a centre where you can find out about the Scottish Saltire. But due to the weather it has been damaged. But now it now looks like founding has been put in place to restore the building. heritage.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=908992006The centre is well worth a visit. I shall try and look out my photos taken last year later today and post them for you all to look at.
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Post by roper on Jul 4, 2006 1:17:33 GMT 10
Neil you have been posting so much great info..... and great photos.........thank you so much
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Post by neil6147 on Jul 12, 2006 5:23:28 GMT 10
Hi to you all again. Sorry I have not been on much in the past few weeks but the small problem we had seems to be now over. I shall print this article in this thread just now. Maninly because the location for reasons outwith my control is a secret. But I am pleased to say that five Osprey Chicks are just about ready to start flying from their location not to far from us. Five chicks in the Tweed Valley Ospreys Project have been given a clean bill of health by Forestry Commission rangers. They have been carrying out routine inspection and ringing of the birds at the site in the Scottish Borders. The chicks are gaining weight, eager to start flying and perfectly fit and healthy according to Diane Bennett, community wildlife officer. All the young birds can be seen at viewing centres at Glentress forest and Kailzie Gardens just outside Peebles. "The chicks have grown remarkably quickly which is proof that their mum and dad are real experts at fishing," said Ms Bennett. "It won't be too long until they take their first flight and already they are stretching and exercising their wings with real determination." The two websites for Glentress Forrest and Kailzie gardens are as follows www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-68JMYGwww.gardens-guide.com/gardenpages/_0141.htm
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Post by neil6147 on Jul 18, 2006 0:40:34 GMT 10
An osprey chick has gone missing from its nest in the Tweed Valley. Volunteer observers were delighted to see two of the birds make their first flight recently.
However, they are growing increasingly concerned that one of them has failed to return to its nest - which they say is highly unusual for younger birds.
Community Wildlife Officer Diane Bennett said they were "holding their breath" and hoping that nothing sinister had happened to the osprey.
The absence of the chick is worrying volunteers who run viewing centres in Glentress Forest and Kailzie Gardens, near Peebles.
'Missing youngster'
"It's brilliant that the chicks have taken their first flight and we are all very excited at this," said Ms Bennett.
"It is normal that after the first flight young ospreys will return to the nest or hang about the nesting site, just so that they feel reassured.
"Unfortunately we've not seen both chicks back so we are holding our breath that nothing sinister has happened to our missing youngster.
"We are hopeful that the parents are looking out for it and providing the chick with lots of food and guidance."
There are currently five chicks in the Tweed Valley osprey project, two on the main CCTV viewing nest and three on the back-up viewing nest.
The project is part of a three-year celebration of the 50th anniversary of the return of ospreys to breed in Scotland in 1954.
Lets us hope the chick is safe.
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Post by dreamy on Jul 18, 2006 2:29:02 GMT 10
It's amazing pics, I had a look at the live camera pics a while ago! To my mind it's awesome that ospreys are breeding in Scotland again successfully. Let's all hope that the chick is safe and will grow to a majestic bird.
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Post by neil6147 on Jul 25, 2006 1:59:01 GMT 10
I wish to share this article I have just found regards the woodland around the Newbattle Abbey. Which sits between Dalkeith and the old Coal Mining Village of Newtongrange. Also very close to the Abbey is the location where the Monks discovered the first Coal in Sctland. This news is great for the Abbey as they do have a very large area of woodland to maintain. A Midlothian college is to benefit from legacy left by a former Edinburgh resident who wanted her will to be used to improve mature woodlands. Part of Mary Emily Scott's £195,000 donation will allow the Forestry Commission to manage 125 acres around Newbattle Abbey College, near Dalkeith. The funding will help improve access and recreational opportunities for local people, visitors and students. The rest of the legacy will be used to improve Craigmillar's wooded areas. The commission has signed a concordat with Newbattle Abbey College to lease its woodland and two wardens will be based at the college. Pioneering concordat Forestry Minister Rhona Brankin said the partnership would encourage more people into woods. "What is happening at Newbattle is a shining example of how the commission is using local woodlands to enrich the lives of people who live in the towns and cities of Scotland," she said. "The concordat is also a perfect opportunity to allow the woodlands to be used as a rich curricular resource for college students and pupils from local schools." Dr Hugh Insley, chief executive of Forest Enterprise Scotland, said the agreement was part of a wider strategy to ensure the public benefited from the national forest estate. He said: "One way open to the commission to achieve this is to buy or lease new land into the national forest estate and manage it for the good of the community. "The concordat for Newbattle is pioneering this approach." The Abbey is now used as College and people travel from all over the world to attend . www.newbattleabbeycollege.co.uk/The from of Newbattle Abbey College The library within the College Newbattle Abbey College from above
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Post by neil6147 on Sept 19, 2006 21:45:55 GMT 10
House for sale in Lasswade Midlothian Anyone one interested.
IT was once the country retreat of Sir Walter Scott and the great novelist even brought his new bride here after their honeymoon.
Now Barony House in Lasswade, rented by Scott for just £30 per year, could fetch a cool £2 million on Midlothian's booming property market.
The Edinburgh-born poet and author rented the property by the River Esk in the early 1800s from the original owners, the Clarks of Penicuik.
Then known as Lasswade Cottage, Scott wrote the opening stanza of his first great poetic success, The Lay of the Last Minstrel while staying at the house.
He also wrote the novel The Gray Brother, which celebrates the countryside around Lasswade.
The current owners have now decided to put Barony House on the market and estate agent Savills is seeking offers over £1.75m, a price that could easily attract bids of more than £2m.
Neil
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