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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/gmpolice1/">Greater Manchester Police</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmpolice1/55124493304/" title="A Cold Day at HQ"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55124493304_e1154476d9_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="A Cold Day at HQ" /></a></p> <p>Greater Manchester Police headquarters on a cold and damp December day.<br /> <br /> You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.<br /> <br /> Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life. <br /> <br /> You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement. <br /> <br /> You can access many of our services online at <a href="http://www.gmp.police.uk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.gmp.police.uk</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/gmpolice1/">Greater Manchester Police</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmpolice1/55124633625/" title="A Cold Day at HQ"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55124633625_850aff0fb7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="A Cold Day at HQ" /></a></p> <p>Greater Manchester Police headquarters on a cold and damp December day.<br /> <br /> You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.<br /> <br /> Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life. <br /> <br /> You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement. <br /> <br /> You can access many of our services online at <a href="http://www.gmp.police.uk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.gmp.police.uk</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/nvoaden/">Terathopius</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nvoaden/55124458939/" title="4.059 Stigmella svenssoni, Craignure, Isle of Mull"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55124458939_fb483abcaa_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="4.059 Stigmella svenssoni, Craignure, Isle of Mull" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/sam-benari/">Sam Benari</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sam-benari/55123332512/" title="Untitled, London 2019"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123332512_c42af33406_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Untitled, London 2019" /></a></p> <p>From the series Through The Window</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/139057802@N08/">_solidsilver_</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/139057802@N08/55124459799/" title="Morris dancers"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55124459799_d01023534c_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Morris dancers" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/99266384@N06/">Fred Chance</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/99266384@N06/55124314508/" title="Common Pochard"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55124314508_2b6b0262c0_m.jpg" width="240" height="127" alt="Common Pochard" /></a></p> <p>Buckpool and Fens Pool Local Nature Reserve<br /> <br /> What3Words<br /> ///thin.spill.bravo<br /> <br /> The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck widespread across Europe and Asia. While once extremely common, it is now globally classified as Vulnerable due to rapid population declines. <br /> Appearance and Identification <br /> Pochards are stocky ducks with a distinctive sloping forehead and a relatively long bill. <br /> Males (Drakes): <br /> Have a bright chestnut-red head, a black breast and tail, and a pale grey body. Their eyes are a striking red or yellow-orange.<br /> Females (Hens): <br /> Are more subtly colored, with grey-brown plumage, a dark brown head, and brown eyes.<br /> &quot;Eclipse&quot; Plumage: <br /> After the breeding season, males moult into a duller, mottled grey-brown plumage that closely resembles the females, providing camouflage while they are temporarily flightless. <br /> Diet and Behavior <br /> Diving Experts: <br /> They typically forage by diving up to 3 meters deep to find food, although they occasionally &quot;upend&quot; like dabbling ducks.<br /> Social Foragers: <br /> They are highly gregarious and often gather in large flocks, sometimes mixing with other species like Tufted Ducks or foraging alongside swans.<br /> Omnivorous Diet: <br /> They primarily eat aquatic plants and seeds, but also consume snails, small fish, and insects.<br /> Nocturnal: <br /> Much of their feeding activity occurs at night. <br /> Habitat and Migration <br /> Habitat: <br /> They prefer clean, relatively deep waterbodies such as lakes, reservoirs, and marshes with abundant vegetation for nesting.<br /> Migration::<br /> They are partially migratory. For example, the UK sees a massive influx of around 30,000 to 50,000 birds in winter from colder regions like Russia and Scandinavia.<br /> Skewed Sex Ratios: <br /> Wintering flocks in the UK are often dominated by males (up to 70%), as they tend to be hardier and stay further north while females migrate further south. <br /> Similar Species <br /> The Common Pochard is often confused with its North American relatives: <br /> Canvasback: <br /> Larger, with a much longer, all-black bill and a more steeply sloping &quot;ski-slope&quot; forehead.<br /> Redhead: <br /> Has a more rounded head, yellow eyes (in males), and a blue bill with a black tip.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/121541544@N07/">Brandon-Jones</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/121541544@N07/55124514595/" title="319374"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55124514595_81daf255f2_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="319374" /></a></p> <p>Working unknown.<br /> <br /> Newton-le-Willows<br /> 27 August 2018<br /> <br /> If you would like to use this image then please feel free, all I ask is that you credit me as the photographer. Thank you!</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/pompeyroy/">Roy Llowarch (Thanx For 411 Million Total Views)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pompeyroy/55123111687/" title="Southwark Cathedral London"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123111687_3dc3cc12b7_m.jpg" width="240" height="191" alt="Southwark Cathedral London" /></a></p> <p>Southwark Cathedral formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwark, London, near the south bank of the River Thames and close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for more than 1,000 years, but the church was not raised to cathedral status until the creation of the diocese of Southwark in 1905.<br /> <br /> Between 1106 and 1538, it was the church of an Augustinian priory, Southwark Priory, dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary (St Mary – over the river, 'overie'). Following the dissolution of the monasteries, it became a parish church, with a dedication to the Holy Saviour (St Saviour). The church was in the diocese of Winchester until 1877, when the parish of St Saviour's, along with other South London parishes, was transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The present building retains the basic form of the Gothic structure built between 1220 and 1420, although the nave is a late 19th-century reconstruction.<br /> The 16th-century London historian John Stow recorded an account of the origins of the Southwark Priory of St Mary that he had heard from Bartholomew Linsted, who had been the last prior when the priory was dissolved. Linsted claimed it had been founded as a nunnery &quot;long before the [Norman] Conquest&quot; by a maiden named Mary, on the profits of a ferry across the Thames she had inherited from her parents. Later it was converted into a college of priests by &quot;Swithen, a noble lady&quot;. Finally in 1106 it was re-founded as an Augustinian priory.<br /> <br /> The tale of the ferryman's daughter Mary and her benefactions became very popular, but later historians tried to rationalise Linsted's story. Thus the author of an 1862 guidebook to the then St Saviour's Church suggested it was probable that the &quot;noble lady&quot; Swithen had in fact been a man – Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, from 852 or 853 until his death in 863.<br /> <br /> In the 20th century this identification was accepted by Thomas P. Stevens, succentor and sacrist, and later honorary canon, of Southwark Cathedral, who wrote a number of guidebooks to the cathedral, and a history that was revised and reprinted many times. He went on to date the foundation of the supposed original nunnery to &quot;about the year 606&quot;, although he provided no evidence to support the date. Although recent guidebooks are more circumspect, referring only to &quot;a tradition&quot;, an information panel at the east end of the cathedral still claims that there had been &quot;A convent founded in 606 AD&quot; and &quot;A monastery established by St Swithun in the 9th century&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unlikely that this minster pre-dated the conversion of Wessex in the mid-7th century, or the foundation of the &quot;burh&quot; c. 886. There is no proof for suggestions that a convent was founded on the site in 606 nor for the claim that a monastery was founded there by St Swithun in the 9th century.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/pompeyroy/">Roy Llowarch (Thanx For 411 Million Total Views)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pompeyroy/55123990446/" title="Southwark Cathedral London"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123990446_23feb3dc67_m.jpg" width="240" height="214" alt="Southwark Cathedral London" /></a></p> <p>Southwark Cathedral formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwark, London, near the south bank of the River Thames and close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for more than 1,000 years, but the church was not raised to cathedral status until the creation of the diocese of Southwark in 1905.<br /> <br /> Between 1106 and 1538, it was the church of an Augustinian priory, Southwark Priory, dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary (St Mary – over the river, 'overie'). Following the dissolution of the monasteries, it became a parish church, with a dedication to the Holy Saviour (St Saviour). The church was in the diocese of Winchester until 1877, when the parish of St Saviour's, along with other South London parishes, was transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The present building retains the basic form of the Gothic structure built between 1220 and 1420, although the nave is a late 19th-century reconstruction.<br /> The 16th-century London historian John Stow recorded an account of the origins of the Southwark Priory of St Mary that he had heard from Bartholomew Linsted, who had been the last prior when the priory was dissolved. Linsted claimed it had been founded as a nunnery &quot;long before the [Norman] Conquest&quot; by a maiden named Mary, on the profits of a ferry across the Thames she had inherited from her parents. Later it was converted into a college of priests by &quot;Swithen, a noble lady&quot;. Finally in 1106 it was re-founded as an Augustinian priory.<br /> <br /> The tale of the ferryman's daughter Mary and her benefactions became very popular, but later historians tried to rationalise Linsted's story. Thus the author of an 1862 guidebook to the then St Saviour's Church suggested it was probable that the &quot;noble lady&quot; Swithen had in fact been a man – Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, from 852 or 853 until his death in 863.<br /> <br /> In the 20th century this identification was accepted by Thomas P. Stevens, succentor and sacrist, and later honorary canon, of Southwark Cathedral, who wrote a number of guidebooks to the cathedral, and a history that was revised and reprinted many times. He went on to date the foundation of the supposed original nunnery to &quot;about the year 606&quot;, although he provided no evidence to support the date. Although recent guidebooks are more circumspect, referring only to &quot;a tradition&quot;, an information panel at the east end of the cathedral still claims that there had been &quot;A convent founded in 606 AD&quot; and &quot;A monastery established by St Swithun in the 9th century&quot;.<br /> <br /> It is unlikely that this minster pre-dated the conversion of Wessex in the mid-7th century, or the foundation of the &quot;burh&quot; c. 886. There is no proof for suggestions that a convent was founded on the site in 606 nor for the claim that a monastery was founded there by St Swithun in the 9th century.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/andrewtijou/">andrewtijou</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewtijou/55124180549/" title="Winter Trees, Summer Weather"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55124180549_f125283328_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Winter Trees, Summer Weather" /></a></p> <p>On the 25th we had weather akin to a summer's day. luckily I was off that day so I went for a hike, it was glorious!</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/23522083@N03/">Patrick Cray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/23522083@N03/55123984055/" title="Lily Pond, Lytham Hall 15.01.26"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123984055_b34e731c1f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Lily Pond, Lytham Hall 15.01.26" /></a></p> <p>Lytham Hall is an 18th-century Georgian country house in Lytham, Lancashire, 1 mile from the centre of the town, in 78 acres of wooded parkland. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, the only one in the Borough of Fylde. <br /> <br /> Wikipedia</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/23522083@N03/">Patrick Cray</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/23522083@N03/55123591346/" title="Lytham Hall 15.01.26"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123591346_b493957c9b_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Lytham Hall 15.01.26" /></a></p> <p>Lytham Hall is an 18th-century Georgian country house in Lytham, Lancashire, 1 mile from the centre of the town, in 78 acres of wooded parkland. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, the only one in the Borough of Fylde. <br /> <br /> Wikipedia</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/number10gov/">UK Prime Minister</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/55123913365/" title="Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle-East"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123913365_1accce2631_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle-East" /></a></p> <p>01/03/2026. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle East from 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/number10gov/">UK Prime Minister</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/55122642387/" title="Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle-East"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55122642387_bc0369b825_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle-East" /></a></p> <p>01/03/2026. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle East from 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/number10gov/">UK Prime Minister</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/55123777204/" title="Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle-East"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123777204_4961d15fb6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle-East" /></a></p> <p>01/03/2026. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a statement on the Middle East from 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stuart_photoafc/">Stuart MacFarlane</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_photoafc/55123704928/" title="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123704928_85800060ca_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League" /></a></p> <p>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: Gabriel of Arsenal celebrates in the tunnel after the team's victory in the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on March 01, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stuart_photoafc/">Stuart MacFarlane</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_photoafc/55123505371/" title="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123505371_4a536658df_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League" /></a></p> <p>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: Pedro Neto of Chelsea battles for possession with Piero Hincapie of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on March 01, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stuart_photoafc/">Stuart MacFarlane</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_photoafc/55122629852/" title="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55122629852_34afba4a02_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League" /></a></p> <p>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: William Saliba and Piero Hincapie of Arsenal pray on the pitch prior to the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on March 01, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stuart_photoafc/">Stuart MacFarlane</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_photoafc/55123505656/" title="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123505656_44485be099_m.jpg" width="240" height="166" alt="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League" /></a></p> <p>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: William Saliba scores the 1st Arsenal goal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on March 01, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stuart_photoafc/">Stuart MacFarlane</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_photoafc/55123705093/" title="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55123705093_a7e67bc50d_m.jpg" width="199" height="240" alt="Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League" /></a></p> <p>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: (R) William Saliba celebrates scoring the 1st Arsenal goal with (L) Gabriel Magalhaes during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on March 01, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)</p>

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