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Thegn. Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn ( pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane [1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay ...
The international vehicle registration code for the United Kingdom is UK.[2] Prior to 28 September 2021, it was GB.[3] The specification of plates incorporating the UK code was created by the British Number Plate Manufacturers Association, and is seen as the default design by the Department for Transport. [4]
Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis LC globally, CR or possibly extirpated in Great Britain [39] [6] Whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus LC [40] Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri LC [41] Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri LC [42] Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula LC [43] Nathusius pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii LC [44]
List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...
A long-eared owl. In general the avifauna of Britain is similar to that of Europe, consisting largely of Palaearctic species. As an island, it has fewer breeding species than continental Europe. Some species, like the crested lark, breed as close as northern France, but have not colonised Britain. The mild winters mean that many species that ...
The Monarch is the living embodiment of the United Kingdom. Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the Crown Dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man).
The museum's new policy allows unrestricted use of high-res artwork photos. If you want to use images of paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, like Woman with a Parrot by Gustave Courbet ...
Thanet aerial showing the towns of Broadstairs. Margate, Ramsgate and Westgate-on-Sea. Thanet / ˈθænɪt / is a local government district in Kent, England. The council is based in Margate and the district also contains the towns of Broadstairs, Ramsgate and Westgate-on-Sea, along with several villages. It takes its name from the Isle of ...