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[contremineur]

Waves come from far off, through the gap they have made, between Purbeck and Wight.

Jeremy Hooker, from From a pill-box on the Solent

text and image from here and here

[dansnaturepictures]

08/09/2024-A Sparrowhawk in the garden which we had a thrilling encounter seeing, beautiful rainbow at Hill Head, fuchsia in the garden and another great recent Osprey sighting at Hill Head. We saw a Sparrowhawk at Hill Head today too.

Only my third ever Wryneck my 205th bird of the year an exquisite bird to see, Hobby in a very strong start to a week off work we have this week for seeing birds of prey, my first Brent Geese of the season amazing to see two of my very favourite birds Brent Goose and Osprey on one day not something I've done before being a winter migrant and summer migrant respectively here their seasons don't overlap by much, Whitethroat, Painted Lady and Red Admiral butterflies chasing each other, Emperor dragonfly, restharrow and scentless mayweed at Hill Head and Blue Tit seen well at home too were among other highlights today.

[jaspersmithers]

Sunset over the Solent from a few days ago.

[humphreyhippo]

20240512 - Sea Mist

[ballentines]

Round The Island - Part 1

The alarm buzzed, I was about to hit the snooze as I normally did, but then I remembered why it was chiming at this ungodly hour. 04:30 who’s idea was this, oh yeah mine… I wasn’t under my normal duvet on a plush double matress with a feather pillow, I was twisted up in a sleeping bag, with another spare sleeping bag in it’s travel bag as my pillow. I slept relatively well up forrad in the…

[royllowarch]

Hill Head by Roy Llowarch Via Flickr: Hill Head Sailing Club at the mouth of the River Meon. Fareham, Hampshire

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Dar Młodzieży by Gerry Walden Via Flickr: The Polish sail training square rigger Dar Młodzieży (2,384GRT) departing Southampton during the Tall Ships Race.

[mondasmatt]

That second one with the sea fort is my hometown 🙂

Richard Eurich - paintings

[roby-46]

Low sun over the Isle of Wight.

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[marejadilla]

Kurt Jackson (b. 1961), "Solent Moonlight", 2007, British painter.

[humphreyhippo]

20230713 - Solent Chop

[newsfromtherooftop]

Oysters to return to the River Hamble

Oysters to return to the River Hamble l Largest restoration reef in the Solent seeded by 30,000 oysters. #Solent #oysters #marine

Foundations for the largest restoration reef in the Solent have been laid, as part of the multi-million pound Solent Seascape Project to restore marine habitats across the region. Ocean conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation laid a thin veneer of shingle mixed with cockleshells, known as ‘cultch,’ covering 2,500 metres square onto the seabed. In a few weeks, 30,000 oysters sourced from…

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Two musk oxen face off in Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park in Norway. The males go head to head to measure their strengths against one another

Photograph: Christain Surber/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News

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