The Walls of Tallinn are the medieval defensive walls constructed around the city of Tallinn.
The photo shows the Rope Hill Tower (Köismäe torn) with the Loewenschede Tower (Loewenschede torn) in the background.
The first wall around Tallinn was ordered to be constructed by Margaret Sambiria in 1265 (known as the Margaret Wall). This wall was less than 5 metres tall and about 1.5 metres thick at its base.
Since that time it has been enlarged and strengthened. The walls and the many gates are still largely exist today. The walls were enlarged in the fourteenth century, and citizens of Tallinn were required to turn out for guard duty, which meant to wear their armour and demonstrate their readiness to face off invaders.
Tallinn old town is a World Heritage Site.
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2013_07_13 - Spitfire, Wellesbourne Airfield, Warwickshire.
The spitfire dropped into the local airfield for a couple of hours before heading off for a display over Warwick. We were treated to a small display over the airfiled and village and had superb close views of this iconic aircraft.
Information on this spitfire can be found via the following link:
www.hangar11.co.uk/spitfire.html
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The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae).
The scientific name Himantopus comes from the Greek meaning "strap foot" or "thong foot".
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The Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae.
The genus name comes from the Provençal French Aigrette, "egret", a diminutive of Aigron," heron".
The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
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Male Manderin Duck - Cannop Ponds, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK
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