Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim  moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Very warm here today. There's a warning for thunderstorms for tomorrow and looking at the weather maps, my region looks as if it could get a lot of them.

I hope everyone has a good day

There were brief power cuts here yesterday evening. The Met Office warning for thunderstorms tomorrow does say that there could be power cuts as a result. Thunderstorms seem probable here for much of the day. So if I'm not around here tomorrow, it's because of power cuts.

@El Loro posted:

There were brief power cuts here yesterday evening. The Met Office warning for thunderstorms tomorrow does say that there could be power cuts as a result. Thunderstorms seem probable here for much of the day. So if I'm not around here tomorrow, it's because of power cuts.

We have the same warning El....odd really cos the forecast states a 0% chance of precipitation and yet warns of flash flooding from thunderstorms

Hope you don't lose power for too long if indeed you do have power cuts

Enjoy the sunshine folks!

@slimfern posted:

We have the same warning El....odd really cos the forecast states a 0% chance of precipitation and yet warns of flash flooding from thunderstorms

Hope you don't lose power for too long if indeed you do have power cuts

Enjoy the sunshine folks!

Thanks Slim

The Met Office warning covers a very large area. It does say that not all areas will get thunderstorms. If you look at the rain maps, your area seems considerably less likely than my area to get them. Some areas are at risk of getting 100mm of rain.

night EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Risk of slow moving thunderstorms in my region throughout this afternoon to early evening with the potential of flash flooding and power cuts. Might not get any, might get them.

I hope everyone has a good day

Slim, I watched "Rawhide" last evening. As you say, Jack Elam was exceptionally creepy. I was half expecting him to break down the door with an axe to attack Susan Hayward and say "Here's Johnny"

Slim, the Met Office have now removed your area from their thunderstorm warning

@El Loro posted:

Slim, I watched "Rawhide" last evening. As you say, Jack Elam was exceptionally creepy. I was half expecting him to break down the door with an axe to attack Susan Hayward and say "Here's Johnny"

@El Loro posted:

Slim, the Met Office have now removed your area from their thunderstorm warning

We had some rain during the night...no signs of any rumbles.
Cheers El

Signs of life on the felled Sycamore Gap tree:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn073v1r7xvo

Just heard some rubles of thunder in the distance. Looking at the Met Office rain map, likely to arrive here in 30 minutes.

@El Loro posted:

Just heard some rubles of thunder in the distance. Looking at the Met Office rain map, likely to arrive here in 30 minutes.

Hope all is okay EL

@El Loro posted:

Signs of life on the felled Sycamore Gap tree:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn073v1r7xvo

That was a sickening act of vandalism cutting down such a beautiful tree....
I hope something does grow in it's place...though anything substantial won't happen in our lifetime

@slimfern posted:

That was a sickening act of vandalism cutting down such a beautiful tree....
I hope something does grow in it's place...though anything substantial won't happen in our lifetime

As you say, it was a sickening act of vandalism .

Two 30 year old men were charged with criminal damage against the tree and Hadrian's Wall, the case is scheduled for December.

@slimfern posted:

Hope all is okay EL

Thanks Slim
Looking at the Met Office rain map, the thunderstorm passed through here a few miles to the south of where I live. Although the risk of thunderstorms continues for a couple of hours, it's a decreasing risk.
The Met Office forecast seems to have been more accurate than the BBC one this time as it was the BBC one which was considerably worse

New series on "Only Connect" then "University Challenge" starts on BBC Two on Monday the 12th at 8pm.

@El Loro posted:

New series on "Only Connect" then "University Challenge" starts on BBC Two on Monday the 12th at 8pm.

Good to hear that

@slimfern posted:

Good to hear that

I thought that "University Challenge" would be starting after the Olympics had finished so checked the BBC Two schedule as they seem to update that once a week on Thursdays. You have to do an internet search for that such as Google. Although you get on to the BBC site, it doesn't seem to be accessible via the BBC site direct, At present it shows the schedules until Friday the 16th  The iplayer TV guide only shows 8 days from the present day so until the 8th.
I looked at Monday the 12th and spotted that "Only Connect" was starting as well, somewhat earlier than last year.

(and on Sunday 11th afternoon they are showing a film you've probably seen before - Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder")

@El Loro posted:

I thought that "University Challenge" would be starting after the Olympics had finished so checked the BBC Two schedule as they seem to update that once a week on Thursdays. You have to do an internet search for that such as Google. Although you get on to the BBC site, it doesn't seem to be accessible via the BBC site direct, At present it shows the schedules until Friday the 16th  The iplayer TV guide only shows 8 days from the present day so until the 8th.
I looked at Monday the 12th and spotted that "Only Connect" was starting as well, somewhat earlier than last year.

(and on Sunday 11th afternoon they are showing a film you've probably seen before - Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder")

I don't watch Uni Challenge El...it's too clever for me

And Yep, have seen 'Dial M for Murder'...probably more than once  

@El Loro posted:

Signs of life on the felled Sycamore Gap tree:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn073v1r7xvo

loved reading this - fantastic EL

night EL slim moonsiee

Good morning everyone

Sunny here, warm but down from the last few days.
There was a sudden downpour here late last evening but no thunder.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern posted:

I don't watch Uni Challenge El...it's too clever for me

And Yep, have seen 'Dial M for Murder'...probably more than once  

I thought that was probable

Had a vistor outside my bedroom window this morning....

? sparrowhawk ?

@El Loro posted:

? sparrowhawk ?

Yes...a male Sparrowhawk

I thought at first when he landed that it was an injured bird but when I looked out the window, he had obviously just caught his breakfast and what I had, (out of the corner of my eye) thought was an injury, were infact the wings/feathers of his catch

@slimfern posted:

Yes...a male Sparrowhawk

I thought at first when he landed that it was an injured bird but when I looked out the window, he had obviously just caught his breakfast and what I had, (out of the corner of my eye) thought was an injury, were inf act the wings/feathers of his catch

That's what I saw in your photo, hence a bird of prey

@El Loro posted:

That's what I saw in your photo, hence a bird of prey

Yes, I thought it might be a Kestrel at first, but, and am a little confused....one article I read said that Sparrowhawks are a type of Kestrel and another states them as different

@slimfern posted:

Yes, I thought it might be a Kestrel at first, but, and am a little confused....one article I read said that Sparrowhawks are a type of Kestrel and another states them as different

I've found this wiki article about birds of prey:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey
Under the heading Systematics it mentions the historical classifications by Carl Linnaeus. The genre Falco included hawks and falcons. Falcons would include kestrels.
Then there;s the modern systematics section. Birds of prey are classified into 6 families. Hawks (including sparrowhawks) are in the accipitridae family. Falcons are in the falconidae family,

So I think one of the articles you saw was based on the historical classification and the other article on the modern classification

@El Loro posted:

I've found this wiki article about birds of prey:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey
Under the heading Systematics it mentions the historical classifications by Carl Linnaeus. The genre Falco included hawks and falcons. Falcons would include kestrels.
Then there;s the modern systematics section. Birds of prey are classified into 6 families. Hawks (including sparrowhawks) are in the accipitridae family. Falcons are in the falconidae family,

So I think one of the articles you saw was based on the historical classification and the other article on the modern classification

Quite possible....more than likely 

@slimfern posted:

Quite possible....more than likely 

sparrowhawks are stunning but super  predators- lovely photo

night  EL slim

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

sparrowhawks are stunning but super  predators- lovely photo

Thanks Ros

Good morning everyone

Fairly cloudy here at present, may be some drizzle over the next hour or so but mainly a dry day.

I hope everyone has a good day

Slim, tomorrow morning BBC Two is showing the 1940 film version of "Pride and Prejudice" (Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier), For a long time, this was the definitive version

@El Loro posted:

Slim, tomorrow morning BBC Two is showing the 1940 film version of "Pride and Prejudice" (Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier), For a long time, this was the definitive version

Okay, thanks El

I haven't actually seen that version before all the way through...

Good afternoon Buddies

Overcast and humid here. No more rain promised though

Enjoy your weekend everyone