Rye Meads is a 58.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Rye House, Hertfordshire. It is also part of the Lea Valley RAMSAR site (a group of internationally important wetland sites) and a Special Protection Area. The SSSI is divided into three areas. North of Rye Road is the Rye Meads nature reserve, which is open to the public. The western half of this nature reserve, next to the River Lea in the Lee Valley Regional Park, is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The eastern half is managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT). The SSSI also includes a meadow and lagoons owned by Thames Water south of Rye Road which is not open to the public.
The RSPB reserve has ten birdwatching hides, trails and a visitor centre. Birds include kingfisher, snipe, green sandpiper, shoveler, gadwall and tufted duck.
The HMWT site is an ancient flood meadow which has a variety of habitats including reedbed, marshy grassland and fen. It is grazed by ponies and water buffalo.
The Drwęca [ˈdrvɛnt͡sa] is a river in northern Poland and a tributary of the Vistula river near Toruń, forming a part of the city’s administrative boundary. It has a length of 207 km (17th longest) and a basin area of 5,344 km², all in Poland.
Towns:
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Brodnica
Golub-Dobrzyń
Toruń
May 2015, Lenka, “Pod Kominkiem”, Brodnica, Poland
| Almost like green eyed Afghan girl from June 1985 National Geographic cover by famous Steve McCurry. 😀 |
| Prawie jak zielonooka Afganka z okładki National Geographic z czerwca 1985 “pstryknięta” przez sławnego Steve’a McCurry.😀 |
