Sentence examples for quiet sites from inspiring English sources

But the noise did keep some kinds of birds away: the quiet sites had nests of 32 species, while only 21 species were found at compressor sites.

Quiet sites had 32 bird species nesting on them compared with 21 species at noisy sites.

Of course, it's also possible that these birds were being forced out of quiet sites, but Francis thinks that's unlikely.

In quiet sites during night-time the relevant limits are often exceeded, if the tracks are laid in the normal manner.

His team didn't observe many species that would compete with black-chinned hummingbirds nesting on quiet sites, and house finches succeed almost everywhere.

The two species associated with quiet sites, on the other hand, communicate using lower frequencies that may be drowned out by the compressors.

I'd collected my car-in-sheep's-clothing at the Quiet Site, a green-minded camp- and glampsite overlooking Ullswater.

The helpful folk at the Quiet Site had foreseen this and advised a refuelling stop at Castlerigg Hall, a smart camping park overlooking Derwentwater.

"The new one is much calmer, a more calmed-down, quiet site — it seems less busy; it seems less confused," said Jakob Nielsen, a founder of the Nielsen Norman Group in Fremont, Calif., who specializes in the usability of Web pages.

The Quiet Site (07768 727016, thequietsite.co.uk) at Watermillock, which has cottages sleeping up to nine from £400-£1,400 a week), camping pods that can sleep two adults and two children (£35-£50 a night), plus caravan and tent pitches, provided accommodation.

Eight local businesses have leased these two-seater sheepmobiles as part of an initiative called See More, whose aim is not only to reduce carbon emissions but also to make the Lake District more accessible to car-free travellers: the Quiet Site, for example, picks up campers from Penrith station.