Pinwheel Galaxy

Todays picture from Harvard NASA telescope

Insights into London history

Attended the London archaeology conference yesterday. The morning began with a series of reports on current or recent excavations in … More

Bird Pictures: Jay in the rain

Charing Cross Peregrines

Great news to hear that the Peregrines on Charing Cross hospital have so far laid two eggs. I used to … More

Bird log: Friday 15th March

Watching the garden this morning – the usual suspects are present. Strange sighting of Nuthatch peeking into nesting box 2 … More

Medieval trading ship

These are some pictures of a replica medieval trading ship, the Lisa von Lubeck, which visited Kings Lynn in 2009 … More

Ring Nebula

Todays picture from Bradford Telescope For further information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Nebula http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/ring-p.html

Calfornian Sea Lions

These pictures were taken at Fishermans wharf San Francisco. The Sea lions began to arrive here in 1989 and the … More

Birdlog: Thursday14th March (2)

On returning home from the Wetland Centre, I took the opportunity for a walk around the Tarn. In addition to … More

Birdlog: Thursday 14th March

A free day and a chance to visit the London wetland Centre again. Arriving about 11 o’clock I was surprised … More