#Brownsea

[dansnaturepictures]

29/09/23-Views and fungi including common puffball on Brownsea Island and on the boat over today. I love going to Brownsea as the wooded and wetland landscape of the island is so vast, it really feels so peaceful to be immersed into the outdoors here. My last post mentioned the fantastic wildlife I enjoyed seeing here today.

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[deathbyvalentine]

they wake in your garden, the roses stooping to peer at imprudent me, lying in softest grass. you see, i don't grow here though i am trying my best. let the birds chatter around me. in nature, there is no bigger blessing than to be invisible.

i want to startle no fawns, stir no leaves, leave no tracks.

let the only motive force be my breath.

[gooutforthislife]

[thedrakeboys]

You know it’s a fun weekend when your face hurts from smiling, stomach hurts from laughing, and your camera roll is light because you were having too much fun. #scouting #NYLT #brownsea #webeloscamporee #leadershipdevelopment #camping (at Broad Creek Scout Reservation) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGSEZyryxm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Brownsea Island

Red Squirrel

By Jenny Usherwood

[tainted-pale]

[aigle-suisse]

messy eater par Emma Varley Via Flickr : Well...who doesn't scatter a few crumbs eating nuts?! I've been looking through my archives at the photos of red squirrels on Brownsea Island that I'd never processed. It would be wonderful to go back one day - much as I enjoy watching grey squirrels, the reds are something special!

[dianaashworth]

Island Sanctuary

We didn’t actually fly in to Brownsea Island in our sea plane. Aerial photograph displayed in NT Visitor Centre We arrived by boat, crossing Poole Harbour which is a large natural inlet on England’s south coast. Brownsea Island sits in the middle and affords unique protection to the species that live there. Arriving at Brownsea quay. This is what we came to see. Red Squirrel at British…

[ducktoonsfanart]

Junior Woodchucks and Chickadees - Kids scouts group - Duckverse

This is also my gift to my friend from Instagram and Deviantart, but I also drew this for Scouts Day, which is celebrated on February 22nd. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, was born on that day in 1857, who was also the founder of scouts (the first scout camp was Brownsea Island Scout camp) in 1907. On the same day, his wife Olave Baden-Powell was born, but in 1889, she too was credited with founding the Girl Scouts, just as Robert Baden-Powell was credited with founding the Boy Scouts. While the whole world celebrates the Scout Day on February 22, in America it is celebrated on February 8. Yes, those scout groups of either boys or girls help to improve their knowledge and skills and to get along better in nature and not be at home all the time in a closed space. Those scouting organizations are still active today.

Yes, I drew Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie together as the Junior Woodchucks, in which they are much more disciplined than before, and there is Gyro's nephew, Newton who is also a member of the Junior Woodchucks. There is also Sonny Seagull (Garvey Gull), who, although not a member of the Junior Woodchucks, is still best friends with Donald's nephews, so he is often with them. Unfortunately, he is an orphan. Incidentally, it is also the anniversary of the comic "Operation St. Bernard" published in February 1951 and written and drawn by Carl Barks and that comic was the beginning of Junior Woodchucks. Besides them, there are also Daisy's nieces, April, May and June (version from the Dutch comics), but as the Littlest Chickadees, a girl scout group and dressed in uniform. There is also Bertie McGoose or Grand Mogul, the leader of the Junior Woodchucks, also one of Donald Duck's best friends from childhood. And there are their parents, Aunt Daisy, Uncle Donald and Uncle Gyro Gearloose from Little Helper, watching their kids have fun and socializing while in scout groups. I mostly drew by combining styles from European comics. And yes, Huey holds the Junior Woodchucks Guidebook, which contains all the important information and is a veritable encyclopedia for young curiosities.

I hope you like this drawing and sorry for some mistakes I made. Feel free to like and reblog this, just don't copy or use my same ideas without crediting me! Thank you! And once again, Happy Girl and Boy Scout Day!

[dansnaturepictures]

Some more photos from my week off over the past week so far of; Fox moth caterpillar at Thursley, Red Squirrel on and Shag near Brownsea Island, Red Deer and Ring-necked Parakeet at Bushy Park, mushroom and African Fish Eagle at the Hawk Conservancy Trust, Wheatear at Sandy Point on Hayling Island, Sparrowhawk at home and view into Poole Harbour from Brownsea Island.

[thehighestfinca]

The Highest Finca - Earth Centric Creative Studio

Brownsea Island, UK Shot with Canon 4000D Buy this photo HERE

[rinconscout]

El 1 de agosto el día de la Pañoleta Scout símbolo de principios y virtudes

¡Hola, amigos! Hoy quiero hablarles de una fecha súper importante para los scouts: el 1 de agosto, conocido como el Día de la Pañoleta Scout. Esta fecha es especial porque la pañoleta es un símbolo fundamental para nosotros.

La historia de la pañoleta se remonta a Robert Baden-Powell, el fundador del escultismo. Durante su tiempo en Mafeking, África, conoció al explorador estadounidense Frederick Russell Burnham, que llevaba una pañoleta al estilo de los vaqueros. Este simple accesorio, que al principio era solo una prenda funcional, se transformó en un símbolo con mucho significado dentro del movimiento scout.

En su libro "Escultismo para Muchachos", Baden-Powell incorporó la pañoleta al uniforme scout, dándole un rol central en la promesa scout, que es cuando nos comprometemos a vivir según los valores del movimiento.

Para cada scout, la pañoleta es más que un simple trozo de tela; es un símbolo de nuestro compromiso con Dios, la patria y la comunidad. Recibirla durante la promesa es un momento muy especial porque marca el comienzo de nuestro camino como scouts.

Personalmente, hice mi promesa tanto en la manada de lobatos como en la tropa scout, y mi pañoleta tiene un significado muy especial para mí. He vivido muchas aventuras con ella, y si pudiera hablar, tendría un montón de anécdotas para contar. En este sentido puedo decir también que tengo la suerte de haber portado 2 pañoletas en mi vida scout: La del Grupo 55 Nazareth, dónde me inicié, y la de mi actual grupo Nro 10 Niño Jesus de Praga”.

En resumen, el 1 de agosto es el Día de la Pañoleta Scout porque en esa fecha, en 1907, comenzó el primer campamento scout en la isla de Brownsea, organizado por B.P., el fundador del movimiento scout. Este campamento marcó el inicio oficial del escultismo, y la pañoleta, como parte esencial del uniforme scout, se ha convertido en un símbolo de pertenencia y compromiso con los valores del movimiento.

El Día de la Pañoleta celebra este legado, recordando a los scouts de todo el mundo su promesa y los principios que los guían.

¡Hasta la próxima! Siempre listo

Asunción agosto 2024

[master-john-uk]

Many people are unaware that the beautiful county of Dorset has a large amount of oil reserves, much of which is untapped.

The first oil well in Dorset was at Kimmeridge Bay, bordering the MoD firing ranges at Lulworth. A single "nodding donkey" pump has been extracting oil form this site since 1959, making it the oldest working oil well in the UK. Kimmeridge Bay is part of a privately owned estate and visitors have to pay a toll to enter the area. The impact of the oil well on the local community has been minimal, but in 2018 it was revealed that the oil production plant has been releasing methane into the atmosphere since pumping began.

The oil spill reported this morning stems from the Wytch Farm oil production site on the Isle of Purbeck. The oil field extends under Poole Harbour, Brownsea Island, Sandbanks and south of Bournemouth. It is the largest on-shore oil field in Western Europe and has been operating since 1979. Fortunately this spill appears to be minor and has been contained, although the public are still being advised to stay away from the area, and not to go into the sea.

In December 2019, South West Energy applied for planning permission to drill a new exploratory oil well near Puddletown, not far from my Dorset Farm. The initial planning application was described as being "farm diversification"! There was huge uproar from the local community and a campaign was launched to stop this application from going ahead.

A little over a year later it appeared that Dorset County Council were set to approve this planning application. Personally, I was livid! I had been denied planning permission to erect a single wind-turbine on my farm because of the "visual impact" it would have in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [Hmmm, I accept your decision... but it is acceptable to drill a new oil well, which will almost certainly release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, in order to extract fossil fuels which will have an even more harmful effect on the environment?] I suspected that some very large brown envelopes had exchanged hands!

In 2022, South West Energy withdrew their initial planning application. But this was not the victory campaigners were hoping for. Legal advisors recommended that SWE should submit three separate planning applications to cover exploration, building infrastructure and full production. Permission is more likely to be granted in this three phase approach.

I have received no updates on this issue since April 2022. I will be doing a little deeper research as soon as I have time.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 8.9 (before 1945)

48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army. 1173 – Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. 1329 – Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. 1428 – Sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Republic of Ragusa. Vlachs committed to Ragusan lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 horses deliver 1,500 modius of salt. Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt. 1500 – Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia. 1610 – The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia. 1810 – Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. 1814 – American Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia. 1830 – Louis Philippe becomes the king of the French following abdication of Charles X. 1842 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. 1854 – American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau publishes his memoir Walden. 1855 – Åland War: The Battle of Suomenlinna begins. 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army. 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. 1897 – The first International Congress of Mathematicians is held in Zürich, Switzerland. 1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. 1925 – A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India, by the Indian independence revolutionaries, against British government. 1936 – Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games. 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. 1942 – Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th symphony is premiered in a besieged Leningrad. 1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. 1944 – World War II: Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.

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We had a wet and windy day trip to Brownsea Island but did see Avocets and a Spoonbill.