2020-09-04 53 9
| Fri 4 Sep 2020 in 53,9: 53.7725921, 9.9277859 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
in a small forest in Alveslohe, Schleswig-Holstein
Participants
Expedition
I almost forgot about this hash, and only remembered that I wanted to go there in the afternoon, two hours before I had an appointment. So I cycled the 4.4 km to the hash, then had to walk 600 m along a field and around a pond, trying hard not to damage any of the crops that grew there. The hash lay 17 m from the edge of a small forest, 370 m from the nearest path. I mostly had to navigate from only the features on the satellite map, because the location marker on my phone was way off at times. I settled on a spot and took photos, then went on to investigate a scene I had already discovered earlier, not even 10 m from the hash. Two birds lay dead on the forest floor. The first was a duck, whose legs were both severed and lay beneath it. Next to the duck was a spot with hundreds of down feathers, and some larger ones. An obvious trail of white feathers lead from the scene to the second dead bird a few metres away. Its ribcage lay on top of its plumage, but there were no organs inside. I wasn‘t able to identify if it was also a duck. And I couldn‘t tell if the second bird (who‘d left the trail) had dragged itself to where it died, or if it was dragged there by a predator, which to me seems more likely. In any case, a fitting crime scene for the detective story I‘d listened to on my way there. I walked the same way back, partially through the maize field to avoid some bushes behind the lake, and cycled home.
Photos
will follow shortly (16 pictures)
Achievements
Land geohash, Bicycle geohash
