wonderful texture of the water!

Beautifully captured Keith.

Wonderful capture, well done.
Have a great evening.

Your beautiful capture is greatly admired

Historical & Architectural Gems

Interesting historical record, Keith. Thank you for the info and the link.

Danke für die Erklärung und den Link
But I don't understand > Dolphins forming part of the pier head used to load ships departing>
what are dolphins ???
Grüße aNNa*

aNNa - hope this helps:

A dolphin is an isolated marine structure for berthing and mooring of
vessels. It is not uncommon that the combination of dolphins with piers could drastically reduce the size of piers.

Dolphins are generally divided into two types, namely breasting dolphins and mooring dolphins. Breasting dolphins serves the following purposes:

(i) Assist in berthing of vessels by taking up some berthing loads.
(ii) Keep the vessel from pressing against the pier structure.
(iii) Serve as mooring points to restrict the longitudinal movement of the berthing vessel.

Mooring dolphins, as the name implies, are used for mooring only and for securing the vessels by using ropes. They are also commonly used near pier structures to control the transverse movement of berthing vessels.

There is a link here with illustrations: www.engineeringcivil.com/what-is-the-difference-between-breasting-dolphin-and-mooring-dolphin.html (Sorry about the adverts).

Beautiful colour and texture on the dolphin plus the bird is a bonus.

Tremendous shot, Keith!

Strange name to give a wooden structure! Great place for the bird to perch though.

See my reply to aNNa above.

Keith !!!! THANKS sooo much
you've put so much effort into it now, but it's unclear to me ;-(((
although I grew up at the water and harbour I come from the North Sea (Bremerhaven)....
Is there a picture on Wikipedia so I can understand it? I always think of a pier

Thanks everyone, for all you comments etc...............much appreciated.

is it like this >>>>
Schiffsanleger >> www.schau-mal-einer-an.com/Orte/Zell/Hotel-gr-Krnz/Schiffsanleger-07.htm

Yes, that looks like a mooring dolphin. They can be fixed or mobile - that one looks as if it's mobile. This probably a better link. It shows the more modern dolphins being used in the offshore gas industry: www.offshore-technology.com/projects/aguirre-offshore-gasport