https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/blackriver/ Recent content in Blackriver on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Wed, 08 Jun 2022 09:26:09 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-06-08-the-date-palm-at-the/ Wed, 08 Jun 2022 09:26:09 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-06-08-the-date-palm-at-the/ <p>The date palm at the confluence stands on a tiny island. About the only thing on that bank spared destruction by the diggers and dozers. A good thing too as the willow beneath the palm seems to be a nesting site for Night Herons. Hopefully the cranes will be hauled away as they begin to rust.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-28-our-little-dawn-bird-counting-team/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:26:23 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-28-our-little-dawn-bird-counting-team/ <p>Our little dawn bird-counting team. Jane and Terna plus me. A lovely misty morning by the Black River. Commuters rushing to work on the M5 behind us. It&rsquo;s very much an urban wild space.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-01-20-ive-joined-a-tiny-bird/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:24:58 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-01-20-ive-joined-a-tiny-bird/ <p>I&rsquo;ve joined a tiny bird group to monitor the presence of birds where the Liesbeek River meets the Black River. Once a week we go out to this spot on the Black River in the morning and spend 5 minutes noting every species we can see and their numbers. Yesterday was a two kingfisher day with a trio of Pied Kingfishers fussing just on the right edge of the Liesbeek mouth and a Malachite Kingfisher I didn&rsquo;t see (I was taking notes and, when I thought I saw it later, was asked if I wasn&rsquo;t looking at a Morning Glory flower - I was 😂). Despite being an urban river system, it&rsquo;s bursting with wildlife.</p>