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birds, Black Forest, Ernest Hemingway, fungi, holiday, lichen, memorials, moss, Nutcracker, Otto von Bismarck, red squirrels, Triberg, waterfall, wildflowers
On our second full day on holiday we thought we would go and see the Triberg waterfall which we were informed is the highest waterfall in Germany. (In fact, it isn’t as Rothbach Waterfall in Bavaria is the highest with a single, vertical drop of 470 metres.) We had a short walk through the town to the nature park entrance where we were able to get free entry by using the guest-card that the hotel had given us on our arrival.
Just a few minutes walk brought us to the waterfall.
The waterfall is a series of seven cascades falling 160 metres into the valley.
The waterfall can be heard in the town.
The paths and bridges have been carefully designed to enable everyone to see the falls clearly.
I didn’t just photograph the waterfall. There were plenty of plants that interested me, some I recognised and others I still cannot put a name to.
Touch-me-not Balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere)
Fungus
Lichen
Unidentified yellow flower
Slime mould
Hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius) ?
Orange-coloured fungus.
Indian Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia)
Wood Sage flower spike
We also saw glimpses of Red Squirrels, which are not rare in Germany, but they were too quick for me and I was unable to photograph one.
I was very pleased that I managed to photograph a Nutcracker, a bird from the crow family. They are one of the smallest crows at 12.5 inches long, even smaller than a Jackdaw, and they were moving about quickly in the undergrowth feeding newly fledged young.
Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) on a tree-stump
This is the above photo which has been cropped
Nutcracker
Nutcracker
Nutcracker
Only one of those photos was cropped though I had to use the zoom on my camera to its fullest extent for the rest!
There were a few commemorative plaques placed on the rock face; this one is for Otto von Bismarck.
Bismarck commemoration
This one is for Ernest Hemingway
On the right are his dates of birth and death under a note saying that Ernest Hemingway visited Triberg in the Black Forest in August 1922 where he indulged in his passion for fishing. There is a quote from ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ on the left where he talks about a trout-fishing trip to Triberg.
We enjoyed our walk through the forest and before returning to our hotel, indulged in some more coffee and cake!
Thanks for visiting!
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