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Jun. 25th, 2012 10:10 pm
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I walked home along the canal again tonight, got a nice picture of a coot that appeared to be walking on water, but was actually standing on a submerged boom, and I think the same swans and cygnets I've seen before - the cygnets are now bigger than most ducks:



coot1

swans1



After that I went to see what's happening in the Crossrail portal; the answer appears to be that they're adding a load of conveyor belts, ducts, etc. which have now filled most of the tunnel entry - that's why they could only connect them after the machines set off. Eventually they will need several MILES of this stuff, which is why it's so massive (and why the infrastructure now stretches about half way to Paddington station). The video I linked to a while ago shows more about how it all works.







At the moment most of the conveyor belt hasn't been fitted, I have no idea what the time frame for this is, except that they seem to be working pretty fast.

Date: 2012-06-25 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keswindhover.livejournal.com
Coots have the most amazing feet, don't they? Lobed, not webbed.

Date: 2012-06-25 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
I'd never seen them before - VERY weird.

Date: 2012-06-25 11:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com
I was about to comment on the exact same thing. Are they... supposed to look like that, and it isn't some sort of weird mutant waterfowl that will soon evolve to take over the world?

Date: 2012-06-26 09:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Nope - just weird wide toes.

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