Making the news today....

[s.varty]

23 hours ago, scbk said:

 

Sunderland man to stand trial accused of causing unnecessary suffering to a wild bird in alleged bizarre attack - Chronicle Live

WWW.CHRONICLELIVE.CO.UK

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David Lee will stand trial at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court after pleading not guilty to the charge

 

 

 

He seems a nice lad, he put his knob in a seagull 

Is it still legal do do this with a goose?, just asking for a mate.

[GarethM]

Don't be a gander, obviously it illegal.

Use a funnel it might be foie gras tho.

Edited February 22, 2023 by GarethM

[scbk]

44 minutes ago, s.varty said:

Is it still legal do do this with a goose?, just asking for a mate.

I tried it once with an ostrich, but the poor thing was scared off by the step ladder

[s.varty]

53 minutes ago, scbk said:

I tried it once with an ostrich, but the poor thing was scared off by the step ladder

Same with horses mate,, so my mate said

[eggsarascal]

Something in the water today, lads?

[topchippyles]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

Something in the water today, lads?

A little suck and see scenario.

[waterbuoy]

I may be missing something here, but I see in the news that Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli) has been awarded status as a dark sky sanctuary:

 

Dark Skies: Welsh island is first sanctuary in Europe

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Ynys Enlli, also known as Bardsey Island, officially has one of the best night skies in the world.

 

Yet when I think of Bardsey I immediately think of the bloody great lighthouse that is stuck on the end of it:

 

Bardsey Lighthouse | Trinity House

WWW.TRINITYHOUSE.CO.UK

 

[nepia]

But a lighthouse light is directed horizontally seaward surely so not affecting the sky away from it.

 

I guess

[GarethM]

Think they did block the windows facing land in many places, but they have been talking about turning them off as satellite navigation is pretty much mandatory.

 

Bit like dab, FM & AM radio. AM uses like 500kw transmitter Vs DAB is something ridiculous like 1kw.

[waterbuoy]

Part of my marine work includes overlap with the NLB (Northern Lighthouse Board) and yes, the vast majority of their lights are directional.  However, anyone who has spent a night outside in the vicinity of a lighthouse will know that the light can be visible behind the itended direction - don't know why, maybe due to reflection of particles in the atmosphere?

 

The evolution of AToNs (Aids to Navigation) is rapid at present - Virtual and Electronic means such as signals transmitted on AIS are expanding, whereas only last year the lighthouse authorities discontinued their Differential GPS service.

 

I am a total luddite, and have always enjoyed looking at charts and maps, so was somewhat disappointed to hear that the UKHO is to discontinue printing paper charts.

 

Anyhoo, my original point was/is that it just struck me as rather ironic that the first Dark Light Sanctuary to be declared in Europe was on an island which has a lighthouse on it - nothing more than that!