The moon, not an easy subject to photograph.
However, during last years thread; Tonight's Moon 2019; share your photos here, there were some very good photos taken and shared, so to continue the theme, I've started the 2020 thread.
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/photography/200488/tonight-s-moon-2019-share-your-photos-here/1269266#pifragment-4285=1
Earlier tonight, the cloud was for once particularly thin, allowing the evening moon to shine through for me to grab a photo.
The full moon, which is around 10th January, and known as the Wolf Moon, the name given to the first full moon of the year, mainly because wolves are supposed to howl more with it being the mating season. Incidentally, foxes tend to be more vocal December to January, for the same reason, so I'm inclined to believe the same for wolves.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Monday evening
Lovely clear photo PB.
Don't forget, the full moon tonight, the strawberry moon, unless, we're socked in with cloud.....
Well, the cloud did break up, a bit, and became strawberries!
Michael B said:unless, we're socked in with cloud.
Dohhh… you had to say it, didn't you Mike?! Solid blanket
PimperneBloke said:
Michael B said: unless, we're socked in with cloud.
If you'd brought some clotted cream, we could have shared strawberries and cream.
I'd offer a beer, but I don't partake these days, but I do have a very nice single malt and for the ladies, they could enjoy a Tia Maria, though I haven't consulted the boss, I'm sure Mrs PR would oblige.
PimperneBloke said:Got to say I prefer my blankets soft rather than solid
I'll make no comment!
The Full Moon for the month of July is called Buck Moon to signify the new antlers that emerge on deer buck's foreheads around this time. This Full Moon is also known as Thunder Moon, Wort Moon, and Hay Moon from Old English/Anglo-Saxon.
For most of the UK, the full moon will be on Sunday 5th July at 05:44
The next full moon for the UK will be around 16:58 on Monday 3 Aug 2020.
The full moon for August is called: "Sturgeon Moon" because of the large number of fish in the lakes where the Algonquin tribes fished.
Other names for this Full Moon include
Now you're wondering who the heck are the Algonquin tribes?
Well, Algonquian and Algonkian both refer to the Algonquin language or to the group of tribes that speak related dialects. Therefore, the Algonquian tribes (including the Delaware, the Narragansetts, the Pequot, and the Wampanoag) are so called because they all speak the Algonkin or Algonquin language.
A couple from Thursday evening:
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.