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Earth Day cleanup taking place in Canterbury on Saturday - Norwich Bulletin
Earth Day cleanup taking place in Canterbury on Saturday  Norwich Bulletin

CANTERBURY - Residents are invited to gather at Town Hall Saturday morning to join in an annual townwide Earth Day cleanup."You can come down and pick ...

Canterbury boys and girls sweep District 18 lacrosse titles - The News-Press
Canterbury boys and girls sweep District 18 lacrosse titles  The News-Press

The stranglehold of being Lee County's top lacrosse programs held true for the Canterbury boys and girls Tuesday as the boys won their third straight District 18 ...

Westminster-Canterbury residents take their CyberCycling to the championships - Virginian-Pilot
Westminster-Canterbury residents take their CyberCycling to the championships  Virginian-Pilot

The group from Westminster-Canterbury took second place among 101 participating retirement communities throughout the U.S. who competed in “March ...

Volunteers invited to Canterbury Shaker Village for Clean-up Day - Concord Monitor
Volunteers invited to Canterbury Shaker Village for Clean-up Day  Concord Monitor

As spring arrives, volunteers are invited to help spruce up the buildings and grounds of Canterbury Shaker Village on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both new ...

Metro briefs: Canterbury Park CFO resigns - Star Tribune
Metro briefs: Canterbury Park CFO resigns  Star Tribune

Canterbury Park Chief Financial Officer Robert Wolf will step down Friday to take a job with a Minneapolis medical company, according to a news release.

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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fafiebig/">fafiebig</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fafiebig/47634722201/" title="Twizel Sundown"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47634722201_b0e7843c62_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Twizel Sundown" /></a></p> <p>Twizel Sundown <a href="http://fafiebig.com/twizel-sundown/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">fafiebig.com/twizel-sundown/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/archivesnz/">Archives New Zealand</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/46717140865/" title="The Maytown Settlement 1902"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46717140865_64e3439278_m.jpg" width="240" height="121" alt="The Maytown Settlement 1902" /></a></p> <p>On 28 April in 1902 the Maytown section of land near Waimate in Canterbury was opened for selection as part of the 1900 &quot;Land for Settlements Consolidation Act&quot;. 387 acres of the land was subdivided into 11 farms of varying sizes.<br /> <br /> The record shows the map of the area and the title page of the terms and conditions for the section.<br /> <br /> Archives New Zealand reference: ADXS 19518 LS-W28 3/36 <a href="https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21163546" rel="noreferrer nofollow">archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21163546</a><br /> <br /> Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/47579528082/" title="Southern Wood Ants in Blean Woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47579528082_3915238ddc_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Southern Wood Ants in Blean Woods" /></a></p> <p>In Blean Woods near Canterbury, colonies of the Southern Wood Ant (Formica rufa) can be found. One of the largest ant species in the UK. Their nests are large mounds on the ground (sometimes 1 metre tall), and there are thousands in a colony.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/33755079148/" title="Southern Wood Ants in Blean Woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33755079148_f841ffa817_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Southern Wood Ants in Blean Woods" /></a></p> <p>In Blean Woods near Canterbury, colonies of the Southern Wood Ant (Formica rufa) can be found. One of the largest ant species in the UK. Their nests are large mounds on the ground (sometimes 1 metre tall), and there are thousands in a colony.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/33755080048/" title="Bluebells close up, Blean Woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33755080048_8c820d9502_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Bluebells close up, Blean Woods" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/47579523332/" title="Wood Anemone, Blean Woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47579523332_4b577275bd_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Wood Anemone, Blean Woods" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/47579530172/" title="Southern Wood Ants and Slow Worm in Blean Woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47579530172_596830f1d3_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Southern Wood Ants and Slow Worm in Blean Woods" /></a></p> <p>Slow worms are neither worms nor snakes, but 'legless lizards'. This one is actually alive, despite the rather stumpy tail and being climbed on by Southern Wood Ants.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/33755078468/" title="Close up of Southern Wood Ants"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33755078468_cd2b76a03d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Close up of Southern Wood Ants" /></a></p> <p>In Blean Woods near Canterbury, colonies of the Southern Wood Ant (Formica rufa) can be found. One of the largest ant species in the UK. Their nests are large mounds on the ground (sometimes 1 metre tall), and there are thousands in a colony.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/47579525672/" title="Southern Wood Ants in Blean Woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47579525672_15d27f7603_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Southern Wood Ants in Blean Woods" /></a></p> <p>In Blean Woods near Canterbury, colonies of the Southern Wood Ant (Formica rufa) can be found. One of the largest ant species in the UK. Their nests are large mounds on the ground (sometimes 1 metre tall), and there are thousands in a colony.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loughtonkid/">Alex-397</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/33755077688/" title="Bluebells in Blean Woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33755077688_c7eee8bfea_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Bluebells in Blean Woods" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jamespdeans/">JamesPDeans.co.uk</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamespdeans/40664794783/" title="Canterbury 22 June 2017-0021.jpg"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40664794783_5ceb013676_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="Canterbury 22 June 2017-0021.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Canterbury West Railway Station, Kent 22 June 2017 <br /> <br /> Please see my other Photographs at: <a href="http://www.jamespdeans.co.uk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.jamespdeans.co.uk</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/40661424303/" title="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40661424303_257cdacb6e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena" /></a></p> <p>Photographed at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Welcome swallows are small fast-flying birds found in open country particularly around lakes, coasts, riverbeds and ponds. Their flight is circular and darting in style, and they may be seen singly, in pairs or in flocks. Flocks often perch en masse, lined up on fences or power lines. They were named ‘welcome swallows’ because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Due to their elegant shape and flight, and their preference for nesting around buildings, swallows are noticed and appreciated more than most other small birds - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/47575087842/" title="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47575087842_b909fc47b5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena" /></a></p> <p>Photographed at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Welcome swallows are small fast-flying birds found in open country particularly around lakes, coasts, riverbeds and ponds. Their flight is circular and darting in style, and they may be seen singly, in pairs or in flocks. Flocks often perch en masse, lined up on fences or power lines. They were named ‘welcome swallows’ because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Due to their elegant shape and flight, and their preference for nesting around buildings, swallows are noticed and appreciated more than most other small birds - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/33750500558/" title="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33750500558_988502f971_m.jpg" width="240" height="108" alt="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena" /></a></p> <p>Photographed at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Welcome swallows are small fast-flying birds found in open country particularly around lakes, coasts, riverbeds and ponds. Their flight is circular and darting in style, and they may be seen singly, in pairs or in flocks. Flocks often perch en masse, lined up on fences or power lines. They were named ‘welcome swallows’ because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Due to their elegant shape and flight, and their preference for nesting around buildings, swallows are noticed and appreciated more than most other small birds - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/40661424873/" title="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40661424873_fee2c61591_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena" /></a></p> <p>Photographed at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Welcome swallows are small fast-flying birds found in open country particularly around lakes, coasts, riverbeds and ponds. Their flight is circular and darting in style, and they may be seen singly, in pairs or in flocks. Flocks often perch en masse, lined up on fences or power lines. They were named ‘welcome swallows’ because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Due to their elegant shape and flight, and their preference for nesting around buildings, swallows are noticed and appreciated more than most other small birds - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/33750527398/" title="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33750527398_bd891cbbe2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena" /></a></p> <p>Photographed at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Welcome swallows are small fast-flying birds found in open country particularly around lakes, coasts, riverbeds and ponds. Their flight is circular and darting in style, and they may be seen singly, in pairs or in flocks. Flocks often perch en masse, lined up on fences or power lines. They were named ‘welcome swallows’ because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Due to their elegant shape and flight, and their preference for nesting around buildings, swallows are noticed and appreciated more than most other small birds - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/40661423863/" title="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40661423863_ae418cd4cc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena" /></a></p> <p>Photographed at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Welcome swallows are small fast-flying birds found in open country particularly around lakes, coasts, riverbeds and ponds. Their flight is circular and darting in style, and they may be seen singly, in pairs or in flocks. Flocks often perch en masse, lined up on fences or power lines. They were named ‘welcome swallows’ because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Due to their elegant shape and flight, and their preference for nesting around buildings, swallows are noticed and appreciated more than most other small birds - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/33750523808/" title="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33750523808_624841a6c8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Warou - welcome swallow - Hirundo neoxena" /></a></p> <p>Photographed at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand.<br /> <br /> Welcome swallows are small fast-flying birds found in open country particularly around lakes, coasts, riverbeds and ponds. Their flight is circular and darting in style, and they may be seen singly, in pairs or in flocks. Flocks often perch en masse, lined up on fences or power lines. They were named ‘welcome swallows’ because they appeared in southern Australia as a herald of spring. Due to their elegant shape and flight, and their preference for nesting around buildings, swallows are noticed and appreciated more than most other small birds - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dragostesun/">Dragostesun Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragostesun/46903693184/" title="Misty Morning"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46903693184_0cf14830b5_m.jpg" width="240" height="145" alt="Misty Morning" /></a></p> <p>Happy Easter everyone. Enjoy the long weekend and keep safe! :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/85628872@N00/">Liz Pidgeon</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/85628872@N00/32685238247/" title="Lyttelton Road Tunnel, Canterbury-back"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32685238247_74d67c846f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Lyttelton Road Tunnel, Canterbury-back" /></a></p> <p>Postcard<br /> No date</p>

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