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RI Birdnerd ([personal profile] ribirdnerd) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2026-04-15 03:05 pm

Trails

I got out to one of our local trails late last week.

This one is an old state park that has been partially developed. It's a fun but small trail that has a variety of habitats for wildlife.





It goes around this drainage pond, which attracts many birds and waterfowl.





Then it passes the condo development, eventually leading to a bike path along the bay.
You can see one of the condos on the right.




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Denise ([staff profile] denise) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2026-04-11 11:58 pm

The case of the missing notifications

I keep forgetting to post about this: we've been troubleshooting the "missing notifications" problem for the past few days. (Well, I say "we", really I mean Mark and Robby; I'm just the amanuensis.) It's been one of those annoying loops of "find a logical explanation for what could be causing the problem, fix that thing, observe that the problem gets better for some people but doesn't go away completely, go back to step one and start again", sigh.

Mark is hauling out the heavy debugging ordinance to try to find the root cause. Once he's done building all the extra logging tools he needs, he'll comment to this entry. After he does, if you find a comment that should have gone to your inbox and sent an email notification but didn't, leave him a link to the comment that should have sent the notification, as long as the comment itself was made after Mark says he's collecting them. (I'd wait and post this after he gets the debug code in but I need to go to sleep and he's not sure how long it will take!)

We're sorry about the hassle! Irregular/sporadic issues like this are really hard to troubleshoot because it's impossible to know if they're fixed or if they're just not happening while you're looking. With luck, this will give us enough information to figure out the root cause for real this time.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2026-04-06 04:54 pm

Nature

King Charles III England Coast Path

The King Charles III England Coast Path (KCIIIECP), originally and still commonly known as the England Coast Path, is a long-distance National Trail that follows the coastline of England. Opened on 19 March 2026 by King Charles III, the trail extends for 2,689 miles (4,328 km).

Sections of the English coast already had established walking routes, most notably the South West Coast Path. However, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 required Natural England, under section 298, to create a continuous coastal path. The first section, along Weymouth Bay, opened in 2012. The walking route is the longest coastal trail in the world, and its total length increases further when considered alongside the Wales Coast Path
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Those of you who live in or visit the United Kingdom may wish to explore this amenity.
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bookscorpion ([personal profile] bookscorpion) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2026-04-06 10:49 am

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a comedy in four acts:

greylag goose flyrunning on the water

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puddleshark ([personal profile] puddleshark) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2026-04-03 11:51 am

The Woods in April

The Path through the Woods 2

The woods in early April. Full of sunlight and birdsong: the pensive silvery songs of robins, the repetitive two-tone squeak of coal-tits, chiffchaffs singing their own name, and nuthatches whistling like football referees.

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