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We're glad Wagtails aren't the bird of choice for holiday eating. We are the bird of choice for building great websites! Try our new starter kit and see just how easy it is to deploy a new site to @flydotio
#WagtailCMS #Django #DjangoDevelopers #Python #Pythonprogramming #CMS #Content
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Our @wagtail Bug Hunt will be starting in about an hour. Shoot me a PM if you would like to join us and help squash some bugs! 🐛 🐛 🐛
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Python #Pythonprogramming
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Our @wagtail Bug Hunt will be starting in about an hour. Shoot me a PM if you would like to join us and help squash some bugs! 🐛 🐛 🐛
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Python #Pythonprogramming
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Our @wagtail Bug Hunt will be starting in about an hour. Shoot me a PM if you would like to join us and help squash some bugs! 🐛 🐛 🐛
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Python #Pythonprogramming
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Our @wagtail Bug Hunt will be starting in about an hour. Shoot me a PM if you would like to join us and help squash some bugs! 🐛 🐛 🐛
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Python #Pythonprogramming
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"Have you signed up for Wagtail Space US yet? The tickets are free and you can attend in person or online! Flap over to our website to get your ticket today. https://us.wagtail.space/
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Pyhon #Pythonprogramming"
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"Have you signed up for Wagtail Space US yet? The tickets are free and you can attend in person or online! Flap over to our website to get your ticket today. https://us.wagtail.space/
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Pyhon #Pythonprogramming"
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"Have you signed up for Wagtail Space US yet? The tickets are free and you can attend in person or online! Flap over to our website to get your ticket today. https://us.wagtail.space/
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Pyhon #Pythonprogramming"
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"Have you signed up for Wagtail Space US yet? The tickets are free and you can attend in person or online! Flap over to our website to get your ticket today. https://us.wagtail.space/
#WagtailCMS #Django #Djangodevelopers #Pyhon #Pythonprogramming"
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There is less than ONE WEEK to submit your talk to Wagtail Space US! Even if your idea is a bit off-the-wall, don't hesitate! Send it in!
The deadline is April 22. Find out how to submit your talk here: https://us.wagtail.space
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There is less than ONE WEEK to submit your talk to Wagtail Space US! Even if your idea is a bit off-the-wall, don't hesitate! Send it in!
The deadline is April 22. Find out how to submit your talk here: https://us.wagtail.space
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There is less than ONE WEEK to submit your talk to Wagtail Space US! Even if your idea is a bit off-the-wall, don't hesitate! Send it in!
The deadline is April 22. Find out how to submit your talk here: https://us.wagtail.space
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There is less than ONE WEEK to submit your talk to Wagtail Space US! Even if your idea is a bit off-the-wall, don't hesitate! Send it in!
The deadline is April 22. Find out how to submit your talk here: https://us.wagtail.space
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There is less than ONE WEEK to submit your talk to Wagtail Space US! Even if your idea is a bit off-the-wall, don't hesitate! Send it in!
The deadline is April 22. Find out how to submit your talk here: https://us.wagtail.space
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Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Angus #Tayside #Dighty #DightyBurn #Birds #Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Rivers #Woods #Wagtail #Wagtails #BlueTit #BlueTits #JuvenileBirds #YoungBirds #LongTailedTit #LongTailedTits #Countryside #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanNature #CityWildlife
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Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Tayside #Angus #Dighty #DightyBurn #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Magpies #Wagtails #GreyWagtails #JuvenileBirds #Chiffchaffs #LongTailedTits #Magpie #Wagtail #GreyWagtail #ChiffChaff #LongTailedTit #Rivers #Woods #Summer #ScottishSummer #BritishSummer #Countryside #Nature #CityWildlife #UrbanNature
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Went to #Arkemheen yesterday morning with a birding buddy and spotted a purple heron for the first time! We also spotted #spoonbills, #snipes, #wagtails and more. I just gotta sort through all the 2300 photos... 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #purpleheron #cows #polder #dutchlandscape #ardea #purpurea
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I documented how I integrated the Mako template engine into a Wagtail project to work alongside the existing backends.
Hint: It's straightforward because both Django and Wagtail are designed to support flexibility. 🎈
https://gist.github.com/ertgl/baf44e33ea37f01a49d1204475e4ed14
#Python #Django #Wagtail #CMS #Mako #OpenSource #WebDevelopment
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Turn your garden into a bird paradise this spring with these expert gardening tips https://www.allforgardening.com/1644852/turn-your-garden-into-a-bird-paradise-this-spring-with-these-expert-gardening-tips/ #BirdBoxes #BirdFeeders #garden #gardening #HowToAttractBirdsToYourGarden #MartinChaplin #NestingBirds #OutdoorSpaces #Sparrows #SpeciesOfBirds #wagtails
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My 25th trip on Kelly's Hero out of #Brixham this morning. Sun, blue sky, fabulous company, Devon redness and #Peregrine and #Fulmar. Nigh on prefect.
Followed by a visit to see the Blue-headed Wagtail at South Huish Marsh.
#UKBirding #Devon #wildlife #nature #Seabird #HappyDays #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon
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Andorra and Occitanie
For this mission our focus had been on Spain and Portugal, but we took the opportunity to briefly transit Andorra and to visit those western parts of Occitanie we didn’t have time for on our previous trip into France.
Coordinates
- Andorra la Vella
- Escaldes-Engordany
- Engolasters
- Canillo
- Col du Puymorens
- Llívia
- Mont-Louis
- Villefranche-de-Conflent
- Tautavel
- Cucugnan
- Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse
- Bugarach
- Carcassonne
- Trèbes
- Lagrasse
- Gruissan
- Frontignan
- Béziers
- Mont Aigoual
- Le Truel
- Le Rozier
- Sainte-Enimie
Andorra
Andorra in a nutshell
Andorra isn’t an EU country (so there was a border crossing from Spain and no EU roaming—46€ per SMS—just robbery!), but it uses the Euro by agreement. It has a similar GDP per capita to NZ, with a population of ~80,000 who speak Catalan as a first language (most of whom also speak Spanish and/or French). Andorra is a co-principality (with largely ceremonial co-princes being the President of France and Spain’s Bishop of Urgel), governed as a parliamentary democracy.
🧭 Exploring
Andorra la Vella, the capital, put on a damp and cold welcome after weeks of sunshine in Spain and Portugal (📷1). It does have geothermal waters (Caldea in contiguous Escaldes-Engordany is one of Europe’s largest thermal spa complexes) but isn’t regarded as a traditional spa town. We found it:
- Like Spain, but less dry and warm—possibly unfair given our limited transit.
- Like France, but without old stones—much of Barri Antic appears comparatively modern (📷2) and there are no Roman ruins (although Casa de la Vall, a former parliament building, dates from 1580)
- Like Monaco, but without yachts—although a fast-flowing river runs through this valley-confined city (📷3)
- Like Dubai, but without sand—although money passes through fingers here similarly in this shopping mecca, due to low taxes (📷4).
A machete with your charge cable?
We are at a loss to explain why most electronic stores also sell “personal weapons” (knives, guns, etc…). We find this both weird and scary!
🤔 Curiosity
Andorra is more than a country of one city: ~94% of the land and ~73% of the population are outside Andorra la Vella. Vall del Madriu-Perafita-Claror | Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley is Andorra’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed as a cultural landscape. We accessed it via the official “Volta a Ràmio” trail. From parking above the village of Engolasters it was a steep 35min climb through pine forest to Coll de Jovell at 1,780m, from where we began descending into the glacier-formed valley. At the 2km mark we reached Ràmio in the valley’s bottom end (📷1). The valley makes up ~9% of Andorra and is regarded as a time capsule for traditional mountain usage with limited modern development. Ràmio gave us a first glimpse into how people shaped the high Pyrenees over centuries through pastoralism, farming and communal land management (📷2). The trail continued up the valley, mostly alongside the Riu Madriu to the constant roar of white water, with ever-present granite underfoot/ in dry-stone walls and the scent of damp moss and pine needles in the air. At just over 4km/ 2h 10min into the hike we came to Refugi de Fontverd, not unlike a NZ-style DOC hut, at 1,875m elevation (📷3). We returned to the Coll via a higher path, which gave us superior views back up the valley (📷4). The 9km loop hike took us 4h 15min.
As we drove back down from Engolasters we stopped to snap the top end of Escaldes-Engordany, which illustrates its rather dramatic valley confinement (📷1). A switchback sequence took us to Mirador Roc del Quer near Canillo, where we appreciated the views in several directions, such as this (📷2), without paying 6€ pp to stand on a suspended platform. Just beyond Canillo we stopped again at Sant Joan de Caselles, said to be a fine example of old Andorran architecture (📷3) and inside, one of the best preserved Romanesque interiors; the door was however bolted. We exited Andorra by heading for Col de Puymorens at 1,915m in the French Pyrénées (📷4); you can avoid the pass via a tolled tunnel.
Occitanie
A piece of Spain—inside France!
After reaching Occitanie we transited the Spanish/ Catalonian enclave of Llívia, a town of some 13 square kilometres that was excluded from transfer to France in the Treaty of the Pyrénées (1659) because the said border agreement only specified the transfer of “villages”!
🧭 Exploring
We parked for our first night in Occitanie in Mont-Louis, beneath the walls of the town (📷1); at ~1,600m elevation it’s France’s highest fortified town and together with the c. 1679 citadel—an active commando training facility—is part of the “Fortifications of Vauban” UNESCO listing. Villefranche-de-Conflent is another of 12 UNESCO-listed fortified sites designed by military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, together representing a coherent defensive system across France. It’s considerably more tourist-oriented; we took the opportunity to walk the restored late 17th C. ramparts (📷2) and stroll through the town’s medieval streets (📷3). Next up was Musée de Préhistoire de Tautavel | Tautavel Prehistory Museum, featuring rather dated and underwhelming exhibits (cf. Altamira) around findings from La Caune de l’Arago | the Arago Cave. People seasonally camped here from ~690,000 years ago, as imagined in this unconvincing “facsimile” cave set 500,000 years ago (📷4). All displayed human bones (including the signature “Tautavel Man”, possibly a Homo erectus subspecies, compiled from fragments of ~20 individuals) are moulds. We also drove to the actual limestone cave in nearby Gouleyrous gorge, situated in the middle of a cliff, but you can’t access it.
Château de Quéribus at Cucugnan (📷1) and nearby Château de Peyrepertuse at Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse (📷2) are two of eight “Royal Fortresses of Languedoc” aspiring to UNESCO World Heritage status. Languedoc was shaped by Roman rule, became a centre of medieval Occitan culture, was devastated by the Albigensian Crusade before being integrated into the French kingdom. Château de Peyrepertuse sits on a limestone ridge at 800m elevation and is first mentioned in records from 1020 CE (📷3); this view is from parking close to the ticket gate (we decided not to go inside). It came into royal possession in 1240 CE, its former owner William of Peyrepertuse having been excommunicated for supporting the Cathars (a medieval Christian sect in southern Europe who believed in strict division between a good spiritual realm and an evil material world, leading the Pope to label them heretics). After the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees the castle lost its strategic importance; it was finally abandoned during the French Revolution. There’s free access to a lookout platform from which you can see the ruin of Château de Quéribus and beyond it, the Mediterranean Sea (📷4).
Upon leaving Château de Peyrepertuse bound for Carcassonne we took the D14, a narrow winding backroad between hills cloaked in forest and meadows, intermittently punctuated with small villages. One such village is Bugarach, on the outskirts of which is a 700m path to Pont Romain, a single-arch stone bridge across a limestone basin on the Roman road linking the village to Rennes-les-Bains (📷1). Although the original was probably Gallo-Roman, it was destroyed in 1992 by flooding but faithfully restored the following year. What caught our eye was the trailside orchids, three of which were new to us. All native, first up is Neotinea ustulata | the burnt-tip orchid, which can be found up to 2,400m elevation in the mountains of central and southern Europe (📷2). The aptly-named Serapias lingua | tongue orchid is found throughout the Mediterranean (📷3). Ophrys scolopax | the woodcock orchid is recognisably a bee orchid given its morphology (📷4); it can be found in both the Mediterranean and Middle East. We also re-identified Orchis mascula | the early-purple orchid (📷5).
Cité de Carcassonne is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as an outstanding example of a medieval fortified town (📷1). First fortified in the Gallo-Roman period ~3rd–4th C. CE, it underwent extensive restorations in the 19th C. Set upon a hill overlooking the modern urban sprawl, the compact site is protected by ~3km of double walls and 52 defensive towers (📷2); it’s 19 € pp to walk the ramparts/ visit the restored château, but free to walk between the rows (without climbing on the outer battlements). The enclosed town is very touristy, filled with trinket shops and eateries, but also offers some architectural curiosities (📷3). Later, at nearby Trèbes, we walked alongside Canal du Midi, a ~360km network of navigable waterways linking the Atlantic (via Garonne) to the Mediterranean using locks, aqueducts, bridges and reservoirs. The canal is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, created through the vision of Pierre-Paul Riquet during 1667–94. The Trèbes Orbiel aqueduct (📷4) was designed by Vauban in 1688 and the town’s staircase lock dates from ~1674.
Lagrasse is listed among Les Plus Beaux Villages de France | the Most Beautiful Villages of France; S had enjoyed her visit ~20 years ago and wanted to return to this relatively quiet locale, surrounded by hills on the Orbieu River (📷1). It developed around Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Lagrasse, a Benedictine abbey founded during the 8th C. (📷2), becoming an important religious and economic hub. The village is compact, with stone houses/ artisan shops (in Jul/ Aug it is filled with tourists) and a medieval open-air market hall (📷3). On the path between camp and village we also discovered a new-to-us native orchid, Serapias vomeracea | the long-lipped serapias (📷4).
Bonus pictures of pretty Lagrasse. A monk in the courtyard of Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Lagrasse; it’s still an active religious site (📷1). A grey heron fishing in the Orbieu River (📷2). The 40m high fortified bell tower (clocher fortifié) of the abbey church, featuring buttresses with curved flyers; it was heavily modified in the late Middle Ages when the monastery was adapted for defense during periods like the Hundred Years’ War (📷3). Entrance on Rue de la Porte d’Eau, through which typical stone buildings can be seen (📷4). A view from the old bridge, looking back towards the hill on which we camped (📷5). A random village door (📷6). Anacamptis pyramidalis | the pyramidal orchid, with the monastery in the background (📷7).
Our “small of the day” was captured when S went to empty the toilet cassette—not when you expect to hear “Quick, bring the camera!” This is a native moth, Arctia villica | the cream-spot tiger (📷1). We made our way to Salins de Saint-Martin outside of Gruissan on the Gulf of Lion, although being too early for florid algal blooms, colour differences between salt ponds were subtle (📷2). We followed the marked path 2.1km out to Plage de la Vieille Nouvelle (📷3). En route we did identify a number of birds, mostly at a distance: Phoenicopterus roseus | greater flamingo; Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Kentish plover; Chlidonias hybrida | whiskered tern; Motacilla flava | western yellow wagtail; and Milvus migrans | the black kite. Later we stopped in Béziers, where we watched as boats navigated “Les 9 écluses de Fonseranes”, one of the most impressive engineering features of the Canal du Midi (📷4). Originally a sequence of nine locks (a “staircase”) completed in 1697, seven are typically in use, raising or lowering vessels ~21.5 meters over a short distance.
Etang Des Mouettes is a a coastal lagoon in Frontignan, formerly a salt production pond with over 600 years of service, now gradually rewilding (📷1). On our dawn walk we found a heron stalking in the shallows (📷2), but there wasn’t enough light to be sure of the species. As the sun rose it illuminated flocks of Phoenicopterus roseus | greater flamingo traversing the pond, with their distinctive long necks, large kinked bills, trailing long pink legs and striking deep pink/ black underside wing plumage (📷3). A look at Frontignan Plage before departing the Mediterranean shore (📷4).
We drove to the Mont Aigoual summit at 1,565m elevation in Parc national des Cévennes | Cevennes National Park; the park is recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Our route up via Nant and Dourbies was long, winding and frankly tedious, so despite views towards the coast (📷1) and further inland (📷2) we felt less appreciative than we should have. We decided against our intended hike in 7°C and headed down via Gorges de la Jonte. En route the road verge was decorated with numerous native Dactylorhiza sambucina | the elder-flowered orchid, in shades of yellow, deep purple and pink (we first saw it in Theth, Albania). As is common practice, some of the formations in the gorge are named; this is Arcade des Bergers | Shepherds’ Arcade (📷3). The hamlet of Le Truel, where terraces once held vineyards, orchards and vegetable gardens, while sheep and goats grazed sloping pastures (📷4). Gyps fulvus | griffon vultures soar from the cliffs above, seemingly untroubled by the loss of a traditional way of life.
Gorges du Tarn, also within Parc nationaldes Cévennes, is a canyon carved by the Tarn ~50km long and up to 500m deep. Large parts of the gorge are also included within the UNESCO-listed “Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape”. We began the scenic drive at Le Rozier, working our way west to east via cliffs and tunnels, with frequent stops at viewpoints towards Sainte-Enimie. Hameau semi-troglodyte d’Eglazines | the “semi-troglodyte hamlet of Eglazines” was first to catch our eye (📷1). Although not as high, the hamlet of La Sablière is on the opposite bank of the Tarn, so access/ supplies is via a cableway (📷2). The larger settlement of La Malène is billed as a Petite Cité de Caractère | “Little City of Character” (📷3). Sainte-Enimie is listed as one of the “Most Beautiful Villages in France”; this view is from the river beach (📷4).
From Sainte-Enimie we entered “Home” into the nav system and headed out of Occitaine. After 8,217km this tour was complete. Related missions logs are as follows:
- France into Basque Country
- Northwestern Spain
- Northern Portugal
- Central Portugal
- Lisbon and northern Alentejo
- Extremadura to the heart of Spain
- The wild reaches of Aragón
Plans for our next trip are uncertain as we await easing of global disruption.
#2026 #andorra #camperVan #europe #france #hiking #nationalPark #nature #nomad #occitanie #roadTrip #romans #spain #travel #unesco #vanLife -
Boxing Day walk to #Sculcoates at high tide. 7 Redshank at roost, one left, impatient for the tide to ebb, adult Great Black-backed Gull, then Grey Wagtail and Siskin in the #Avenues #Hull #UrbanBiodiversity #urbanwildlife
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Had a lovely day aimlessly wandering around the Dart Valley NR. Walked from New Bridge to Sharrah Pool (tempted to have a dip), then channelled my inner mountain goat to scramble up the steep valley-side (no path to speak of) & explore White Wood. I had it completely to myself, wildlife notwithstanding! Saw pied flycatchers, dippers, grey wagtail & goosander, & heard many more, but the highlight was hearing wood warblers! Very good for the soul.
#walking #dartmoor #RiverDart #nature #Mosstodon -
Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk in the #DightyBurn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Tayside #Angus #Dighty #Photography #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Wood #Woods #River #Rivers #Starling #Starlings #Wagtail #Dipper #Dippers #DipperBird #DipperBirds #Pigeon #Pigeons #StockPigeon #StockPigeons #Robin #Robins #JuvenileBird #JuvenileBirds #Countryside #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanNature #CityWildlife
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Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk in the #DightyBurn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Tayside #Angus #Dighty #Photography #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Wood #Woods #River #Rivers #Starling #Starlings #Wagtail #Dipper #Dippers #DipperBird #DipperBirds #Pigeon #Pigeons #StockPigeon #StockPigeons #Robin #Robins #JuvenileBird #JuvenileBirds #Countryside #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanNature #CityWildlife
